Retirement
State-Boston Retirement System
All employees are eligible to participate in the State-Boston Retirement System. For more information, visit the Retirement Board Website.
Deferred Compensation
Employees are eligible to participate in the Commonwealth’s Deferred Compensation Plan (also known as a Section 457 Plan). This allows an employee to shelter income from federal and state income tax through a payroll deduction. Additional information is available at the Massachusetts Deferred Compensation Smart Plan website.
403b Plans
Employees are eligible to participate, at no cost, in tax-sheltered annuities (also known as 403(b) plans). An annuity is a tax-saving, retirement planning device that allows an employee to shelter income from federal and state income tax through a payroll deduction. A representative at a participating company will provide a payroll deduction form, which you may also download and print out here. This form must be filled out and submitted according to BPS 403b Procedures.
- AIG/VALIC (Variable Annuity Life Insurance Co.), Nashua, NH. (603) 594-8340
- American United Life Insurance Company
- Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (800) 862-7919
- Ameritas Life Insurance Corporation, Lincoln, NE (800) 745-1112
- AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company, Wellesley, MA (781) 237-8264
- Commonwealth Annuity and Life Ins. Co., Topeka, KS (800) 457-9047
- Fidelity Investments Mutual Funds
- Great American Advisors, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (800) 216-3354
- Great American Financial Resources, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (888) 497-8556
- Horace Mann, Springfield, IL (866) 999-1945
- Kemper Annuity and Life Ins. Co., Topeka, KS (800) 457-9047
- Lincoln Investment Planning Mutual Funds, Waltham, MA (781) 647-3050
- Lincoln National Life Insurance Company, Fort Wayne, IN (800) 454-6265
- MetLife, Bloomfield, CT (860) 768-0139
- MetLife of CT, Bloomfield, CT (860) 768-0139
- Midland National Life
- New York Life Insurance Company, Sleepy Hollow, NY (914) 846-5608
- Protective Life, Topeka, KS (800) 457-9047
- The Union Central Life Ins. Co., Cincinnati, OH (800) 825-1551
