Plan Administration
This section summarizes administrative information and rights for the Health Care and Insurance Plans for Active Employees. Please retain this section for your records. Other sections may be needed in addition to this section to provide a complete summary plan description (SPD) and/or plan document for a plan, including the sections that describe the benefits the plan provides.
This section of the Guide provides you with important information as required by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) about the JPMorgan Chase Health Care and Insurance Plans for Active Employees. While ERISA doesn't require JPMorgan Chase to provide you with benefits, by choosing to do so, ERISA mandates that JPMorgan Chase clearly communicate to you how the plans subject to the provisions of ERISA operate and what rights you have under the law regarding plan benefits. This section is part of the summary plan description of each of your JPMorgan Chase Health Care and Insurance Plans for Active Employees governed by ERISA. This section of the Guide also provides important information about certain benefits plans that are not governed by ERISA, such as the Group Personal Excess Liability Plan.
For most plans, the summary plan description and the plan document are the same document. For plans where this is not the case, copies of the plan documents are filed with the plan administrator and are available upon request. For plans that are funded through insurance, if there is a discrepancy between the insurance policy and the SPD, the insurance policy will govern.
Please see the Contacts section as well as the "Questions?" box at the start of each section of this Guide for details on where to call and how to access the appropriate web center for each benefit plan. Each section of the Guide also includes a subsection titled "Claims Administrators' Contact Information."
The JPMorgan Chase U.S. Benefits Program is available to most employees on a U.S. payroll who are regularly scheduled to work 20 hours or more a week and who are employed by JPMorgan Chase & Co. or one of its subsidiaries to the extent that such subsidiary has adopted the JPMorgan Chase U.S. Benefits Program. This information does not include all of the details contained in the applicable insurance contracts, plan documents, and trust agreements. If there is any discrepancy between this information and the governing documents, the governing documents will control. JPMorgan Chase & Co. expressly reserves the right to amend, modify, reduce, change, or terminate its benefits and plans at any time. The JPMorgan Chase U.S. Benefits Program does not create a contract or guarantee of employment between JPMorgan Chase and any individual. JPMorgan Chase or you may terminate the employment relationship at any time.