Originally Posted by
Flyinhigh
Great recap of how this whole pension/retirement thing works. I was under the assumption that if you made it to age 60 and continued to work, your survivor would receive the 50% benefit if you passed away prior to actually retiring. In fact, I cancelled some life insurance at age 60 based on this benefit being in place.
Relax friend if your survivor is your wife or husband for women they get 50% regardless is you have retired or not. They can start to collect at 55 and pay the same per year penalty or wait to 60.
APC has some good info but always correct!