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Glossary

Active Work Status

You must be actively-at-work during your approved scheduled work week and not on any type of leave.

Actively at Work

You are "actively at work" if you are fulfilling your job responsibilities at a Company-approved location on the day coverage is supposed to begin (e.g., you are not out ill or on a leave of absence).

After Tax Paycheck Deductions

Deductions taken from your pay after Social Security (FICA and Medicare) and federal unemployment insurance (FUTA) taxes and other applicable federal, state and local taxes are withheld.

Approved Spouse and Domestic Partner

Adding a spouse or same gender or opposite gender domestic partner to certain benefits coverage is permitted upon employment or during the Annual Enrollment period for coverage effective the following January 1st if you satisfy the plans' criteria, or immediately upon satisfying the plans' criteria if you previously did not qualify. To obtain spousal or domestic partner coverage, you will need to complete an Affidavit of Eligible Family Membership via MMC Benefits Online declaring that:

Spouse / Domestic Partner

You have already received a marriage license from a U.S. state or local authority, or registered your domestic partnership with a U.S. state or local authority; or

Spouse Only

Although not registered with a U.S. state or local authority, your relationship constitutes a marriage under U.S. state or local law (e.g. common law marriage or a marriage outside the U.S. that is honored under U.S. state or local law).

Domestic Partner Only

Although not registered with a U.S. state or local authority, your relationship constitutes an eligible domestic partnership. To establish that your relationship constitutes an eligible domestic partnership you and your domestic partner must:

be at least 18 years old

not be legally married, under federal law, to each other or anyone else or part of another domestic partnership during the previous 12 months

currently be in an exclusive, committed relationship with each other that has existed for at least 12 months and is intended to be permanent

not be Medicare eligible

currently reside together, and have resided together for at least the previous 12 months, and intend to do so permanently, and

have agreed to share responsibility for each other's common welfare and basic financial obligations

not related by blood to a degree of closeness that would prohibit marriage under applicable state law.

MMC reserves the right to require documentary proof of your domestic partnership at any time, for the purpose of determining benefits eligibility. If requested, you must provide documents verifying either the registration of your domestic partnership with a state or local authority or your cohabitation and/or mutual commitment.

Once your Affidavit of Eligible Family Membership is completed and processed, you may cover the dependent child(ren) of your spouse or domestic partner.

Beneficiary

The person or entity you designate to be entitled to benefits when you die. For Spouse and Dependent Children Life Insurance, Personal Life Insurance, and Personal Accident Insurance, you are automatically the beneficiary if a covered family member dies.

Eligible Kroll Employees

As used throughout this document, "Kroll Employees" are defined as employees classified on payroll as U.S. full-time regular employees of Kroll, Inc. or any of its subsidiaries.

Eligible MMC Employees (other than Kroll)

As used throughout this document, "MMC Employees (other than Kroll)" are defined as employees classified on payroll as U.S. salaried employees of MMC or any subsidiary or affiliate of MMC (other than Kroll Inc., and any of its subsidiaries).

Evidence of Insurability

Proof of good health and is generally required if you do not enroll for coverage when you first become eligible, if the coverage level you are requesting requires such evidence, or if you are increasing coverage. Establishing Evidence of Insurability may require a physical examination at the employee's expense. The Evidence of Insurability must be provided to and approved by the insurer before coverage can go into effect.

Full-time Regular Employee of Kroll

Employees that were not hired to perform short term projects, special programs of a temporary nature and will not be terminated from employment upon completion of their assignment.

Qualified Family Status Change

An event that changes your benefit eligibility, for example getting married and having a child or your spouse or dependent lose other coverage. You can make certain changes to your before-tax benefit elections that are due to and consistent with the change in family status.