Disability
All regular full-time employees are eligible for Short-Term & Long-Term Disability coverage. No separate enrollment is required. Maritz pays 100% of the premium, so there is no cost to you.
If you need to take a Disability leave, file your request on the My Lincoln Portal. Register as a new user, and enter Maritz as the company code.
Sections
Provider Contact
Lincoln Financial
Client ID: Maritz
1.888.408.7300
Maritz Contact
Karen Banderman
Benefits Coordinator
Email
(636) 827-1160
External Links
My Lincoln Portal
Client ID: Maritz
Disability / Lincoln Financial
Your own serious illness, disability, or maternity leave.
Both short-term and long-term disability plans are managed by Lincoln Financial Group.
Cigna Healthy Pregnancies, Healthy Babies
For pregnancies, if you are enrolled in the Cigna medical plan through Maritz, you are eligible to earn incentives by enrolling in the Cigna Healthy Pregnancies, Healthy Babies program. This program helps to prevent high-risk pregnancy and premature births through early risk detection and ongoing monitoring and coaching. Members who enroll in the program during the first trimester of pregnancy will receive a $150 incentive upon completion of hte program, and members who enroll during the second timester of pregnancy will receive a $75 incentive upon completion of the program. For additional details, refer to the Medical page of this website (under the Health tab).
Short-Term Disability
The Maritz short-term disability program provides weekly income protection to regular full-time employees during the first 26 weeks of illness, injury, or pregnancy. However, please note that benefits for normal pregnancies with no complications are limited to 6 weeks following the delivery date (or 8 weeks for a c-section).
Short-term disability benefits are payable starting with the first day of absence if you are unable to work for 6 or more consecutive days. For absences lasting only 5 days or less, refer to the policy for other absences.
Long-Term Disability
To protect you and your family from financial hardship in case of a long-lasting illness or injury, the long-term disability insurance plan provides meaningful income replacement to full-time employees after 180 days of disability.
File a Claim
You may file a new disability claim with Lincoln Financial by phone at 1-888-408-7300 or online at www.mylincolnportal.com (register as a new user first and enter Maritz as the company code when prompted).
For further information regarding instructions for filing a disability claim and your responsibilities during the leave process, refer to the appropriate Instructions document in the PDFs section, depending on whether your leave is for maternity or other non-maternity medical reasons.
For additional information about short-term or long-term disability benefits, refer to the policy in the PDF section for each benefit.