Beneficiary(ies) Update Reminder

For Faculty, For Staff, Human Resources, Midd Points

Naming your beneficiary and keeping the information current is an important aspect of managing your retirement (TIAA) and/or life insurance (UNUM) accounts. A birth, marriage or divorce may have changed your thinking since you made your original choice. Or perhaps you never designated a beneficiary at all. Missing or outdated information can create significant costs and delays for those you leave behind.

This is a friendly reminder to make sure your beneficiary information is updated.

TIAA and UNUM Beneficiary Forms can be found on our HR website: http://www.middlebury.edu/offices/business/hr/staffandfaculty/Forms/benforms  . Please return the UNUM Beneficiary Form to HR. TIAA Beneficiary Designation Form should be returned directly to TIAA or you can update your beneficiary information online:

  • Log in to your account at TIAA and select My Profile in the top right corner.
  • Choose Add/edit beneficiaries
  • To add a beneficiary: Select the Add a beneficiary  text and follow the prompts.
  • To edit beneficiary contact information: Select a beneficiary, click on Edit beneficiary information and follow the prompts.
  • To edit allocations and beneficiary type: Select Update account details and make your changes.

If you need further assistance, please call TIAA directly at 800-842-2252. For UNUM related questions, you can call our office at (802) 443-3372 or 5755.

About Franklin Ford Daniel

Franklin Daniel, a Human Resources Professional at Middlebury College, enjoys the administration of the College's retirement plans and other benefits. He is a member of WorldatWork Society of Certified Professionals where he earned the Certified Benefits Professional designation, trained to comply with U.S. legal and regulatory requirements and integrate benefits programs with business strategy and design. Prior to joining Middlebury College, Franklin started his career with the Service Employees International Union holding various roles where his professional training started in the field of employee benefits. Before his human resources career, Franklin spent his days in the soccer field as a professional soccer player with the NJ Nationals and Club Atlético Banfield (Argentina). He also spent a year working as a barista in a seedy Parisian cafe in Greenwich Village, which he still considers his most challenging job to date. He holds a B.A. from the University of Rhode Island. Outside the office, he can be found walking his Newfoundland, coaching and playing soccer and his perennial dream to explore and photograph New York City's backstreets on his motorcycle. Follow @franklindaniel_ on Twitter.