The cost of your Federal Employee Group Life Insurance and the amount of coverage you receive from it are difficult to understand unless you know how it’s calculated.

Eligible new employees are automatically enrolled in FEGLI Basic unless they waive the coverage. You may have enrolled in FEGLI Option C for your family coverage. Like all the other options, you must have basic enrollment in order to be eligible for this plan.

FEGLI Option C is family coverage that allows you to insure your spouse and children through FEGLI.

Eligible new employees are automatically enrolled in FEGLI Basic unless they waive the coverage. You may have enrolled in FEGLI Option B for your coverage. Like all the other options, you must have basic enrollment in order to be eligible for this plan.

FEGLI Option B is essentially term insurance – with a guaranteed renewable five year term.

Eligible new employees are automatically enrolled in FEGLI Basic unless they waive the coverage. If you’re enrolled in Basic Coverage, you may have elected for Option A – also known as the Standard FEGLI option.

 FEGLI Option A is the cheapest life insurance option available to you. It’s an additional $10,000 in coverage, for which the cost increases every five years.

Every eligible federal employee is automatically enrolled into the Basic Federal Employee Group Life Insurance, unless you waived it when you were hired on or if you’ve canceled it since.