College Pension Plan notice — new website: check it out

Dear College plan member,

If you haven’t visited the new website, signed up for or recently used My Account, find out what all the excitement is about.

Designed with your needs in mind, your plan’s website is organized by topic and task—with varying levels of information so you can access the amount of detail you want.

1. Learn about a topic, e.g., nominating a beneficiary
2. Find out what you need to do, e.g., nominating or changing a beneficiary before retiring
3. Complete a task by using an online tool or completing a form, e.g., completing and submitting information to nominate or change a beneficiary
My Account has enhanced functionality. It’s your online gateway to your pension with 24/7, secure access anytime from anywhere for your convenience.

What does this mean for you?

New to or considering plan membership

  • To discover the benefits of plan membership, the value of the plan and take the free, 15-min eLearning course Getting to Know Your Pension, visit college.pensionsbc.ca, click Your pension
  • Sign up for My Account and provide us with important information

Several more working years until retirement

  • Learn how life events, such as parental leave, divorce or changing jobs can affect your future pension
  • Sign in to My Account to view your member’s benefit statements, run a pension estimate or change a beneficiaryNote: If your service and/or salary are incorrect, please contact your employer to have it corrected

Thinking about or approaching retirement

  • Learn about planning for retirement
  • In My Account, update personal information, run a pension estimate with the Personalized Pension Estimator or view your member’s benefit statements
    Note: If your service and/or salary are incorrect, please contact your employer to have it corrected

Retired

  • Keep your My Account profile up-to-date, especially your contact and banking information. You can request your pension be deposited into your bank account
  • Check in for important updates, such as your semi-annual pension statement

For more information about My Account, visit www.college.pensionsbc.ca, click Your pension > Managing your account information.
Thank you,
College Pension Plan

For more information, contact Debbie Dyck at debbie.dyck@ufv.ca

12/31/2017