LTD benefits continue for as long as you meet the LTD plan’s definition of disability.

  • The maximum duration of benefits is Social Security Normal Retirement Age (SSNRA) or 60 months, whichever is longer.
  • If you are between 61 to 69 years of age on the date the disability begins, then the maximum benefit duration is 60 months, but not beyond age 70, however not less than 12 months.
  • If you are over age 70 or over on the date the disability begins, then the maximum benefit duration is 12 months.

More Information

For more information about your coverage, please contact your human resources associate.

The Department of Administrative Services – Human Resources Enterprise is providing this information about the State of Iowa’s benefits. The information on this web page is subject to change. Nothing herein shall be construed as a guarantee of benefits. This webpage is not a complete description of the State of Iowa’s benefit plans. Nothing on this web page supersedes or changes any of the terms and conditions of any plan documents, insurance policies, or other legal agreements. If the wording in this web page contradicts any plan documents, laws, regulations, administrative rules, insurance policies, or other legal agreements, the wording in the official documents and agreements will govern.