State of South Dakota Employee Benefits

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State of South Dakota Employees

Learn about all the MetLife Benefits Program offered to South Dakota State Employees.

Enroll from: 05/01/2023 – 05/15/2023

How it works

Your financial confidence goes well beyond health coverage. Which is why we have made various enhanced coverage options available to you through MetLife. You can enjoy the same feeling of confidence provided by health insurance in other aspects of your life. Together, the benefits you choose can help insure what matters most to you.

Explore the enhanced policy options available to you below.

Welcome!

You can enroll in benefits as a new hire or make certain changes when you have a qualifying event such as marriage, birth, adoption, or divorce. Family Status Change forms are due within 30 days of a qualifying event. 

Learn more about, your Employer-provided Basic Life, Voluntary Supplemental Life, Dependent Life, Short-Term Disability, Voluntary Accident Insurance and Hospital Indemnity Insurance coverages provided through MetLife. 

Find more detailed information on benefits, including enrollment.

Benefits Guide

Questions? We're here for you!

  • Call MetLife at 1-800-GET-MET8 Monday - Friday 8am-8pm, for all your Accident and Hospital Indemnity Insurance plan information.
  • Call MetLife at 1-800-396-8924 Monday- Friday 8am-8pm, for Short Term Disability plan information.
  • Call MetLife at 1-800-396-8924 Monday- Friday 8am-8pm, for Life Insurance questions specific to:
    • Claim Inquiry/Status questions
    • Statement of Health (EOI) Inquiry/Status questions
  • Call the State of South Dakota at 605.773.3148, or email the Benefits team at BenefitsWebsite@state.sd.us for any Enrollment questions or Life Insurance Coverage or Plan Information such as;
    • What your current coverage is?
    • Coverage options?
    • How to increase coverage?