FFFOA Newsflash 33-- Medical Premiums for FAO Retirees Following the FAO tender fpr BMIP/MMBP medical insurance which was awarded to CIGNA, FAO has now announced the Insurance Premiums for 2020 in Admin Circular 2019/10. Following FFOA representations to FAO management to re-adopt the former system of flat premiums and the apportionment of premiums on a 50-50% basis as is done by WFP and IFAD, premium rates are now shared equally between the participating former staff member (or their survivor/s) and the Organization; The new arrangement is considered both more transparent and equitable and restores the Organization's contribution to meeting medical insurance costs for its staff and retires..Since premiums since 2016 were set as a percentage of full pension, premiums varied between participants so it is impossible to say whether the 2020 premiums will individually be higher or lower than in 2019.(As an indicator, the BMIP premium in 2013/14 was Euro 114.5 for a single person so the 2020 premium at E132.45 is some 15% higher than it was 7 years earlier.) The monthly deduction of the retiree (or their survivor/s) however shall not exceed the higher of: a. 4 percent of the full periodic benefit from the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund (UNJSPF) (i.e. recalculated to include any portion that may have been commuted into a lump-sum), including cost-of-living adjustments; or b. 4 percent of 46 percent of the Final Average Remuneration (as calculated by the UNJSPF and expressed in United States Dollars) of the former staff member as long as he/she participates in the plans. The below table represents the BMIP/MMBP New Monthly Premium Deduction (participant’s share only) as at 1 January 2020: EURO SCHEME (Headquarters Staff and Retirees under Euro Scheme) January 2020 Rates (in Euros) Participants BMIP MMBP Staff member only 132.45 16.35 Staff member + 1 family member 257.75 32.44 Staff member + 2 family members 323.05 40.53 Staff member + 3 family members 388.35 48.62 Staff member + 4 or more family members 453.66 56.73 DOLLAR SCHEME (Staff in the Field and Retirees under USD Scheme) 1 January 2020 Rates (in US Dollars) Participants BMIP MMBP Staff member only 162.77 18.98 Staff member + 1 family member 317.55 37.96 Staff member + 2 family members 398.19 47.43 Staff member + 3 family members 478.88 56.90 Staff member + 4 or more family members FFOA Secretariat 559.54 66.37 ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the FFOA1ItaITALY-L list, click the following link: https://listserv.fao.org/scripts/wa-fao.exe?SUBED1=FFOA1ItaITALY-L&A=1