Your secure myASRS account is an important tool both before and after retirement. After you retire, it’s important to stay active in your account; here is a brief overview of all the capabilities you have within your myASRS account as a retiree.
Within your secure myASRS account, you can update or change your contact information, direct deposit, and tax withholdings. We often get emails from retirees wanting their address and contact information updated - although for security reasons we cannot do this for you, making this change yourself in your secure account is an easy and straightforward process. The same is true if you change banks or want your pension deposited to a new account. You can also easily change your tax withholdings here if you have determined that you are withholding too much or not enough taxes from your pension.
Your secure myASRS account is also the place to view or print your monthly payment history, pension verification, or access an Authorization to Release Information form. To be more environmentally friendly, the ASRS no longer mails payment histories; however, they are easily accessible in your secure account. Refinancing or making a big purchase for which you need to verify your income? This is the spot to print the necessary pension verification. This is also where you go to verify the type of annuity you chose when you retired, and to check that your beneficiary(ies) on file are still correct and current.
Your secure account is also your hub for retiree health insurance. If you already have medical and/or dental insurance through the ASRS, you can come back to verify what you are signed up for, and if you’ve had a “qualifying life event” or it’s during the open enrollment timeframe, you can use your secure myASRS account to sign up for insurance with the ASRS.
Finally, this is also where you can access secure messaging. Just like when you were an active, contributing member, you can still utilize Member Secure Messaging to ask questions or securely send us documents.
So, even as an ASRS retiree, if you have a question or need to update, change, or print any documentation related to your ASRS pension, chances are you can find what you are looking for within your secure myASRS account! |
by Benjamin Robinson
Strategic Communications
