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Questions?
Call the Northrop Grumman Benefits Center (NGBC) at:
 
1-800-894-4194 
International:  718-354-1338
 
Monday - Friday
9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. ET
 
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 through your provider.
 
Benefits You Can Change 
Health Care: Medical and Dental Plans
BenefitChange Allowed
Medical and Dental Plans
  • Add your new dependent child to your coverage
  • Add spouse and dependents to your medical coverage
  • Start coverage for yourself
  • Drop coverage for yourself or any eligible children if you or they become covered under your spouse's plan

 

Flexible Spending Accounts
BenefitChanges Allowed
Health Care Flexible Spending Account
  • Start or increase contributions
  • Stop or decrease contributions
Dependent Day Care Flexible Spending Account
  • Start or increase contributions
  • Stop or decrease contributions

Note: Certain restrictions apply to availability of funds

 

Life, Accidental Death and Dismemberment, and Disability Insurance
BenefitChanges Allowed
Basic Life Change beneficiary at any time
Basic AD&D Change beneficiary at any time
Basic Long-Term Disability None
Employee Optional Life (after-tax benefit)
  • Start or increase your coverage.
  • Stop or decrease coverage at any time
  • Change beneficiary at any time
Spouse Optional Life (after-tax benefit)
  • Start or increase your coverage.
  • Stop or decrease coverage at any time

Note: The amount of coverage for your spouse cannot exceed 50% of your combined basic life and optional life coverage amount

Child(ren) Optional Life (after-tax benefit)
  • Drop your stepchild(ren)
  • Start or increase coverage for your child(ren)
  • Stop or decrease coverage for your child(ren)
Optional AD&D
  • Start or increase coverage
  • Stop or decrease coverage at any time
Optional Long-Term Disability (after-tax benefit)
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