Leave Benefits

Welcoming a new child is an exciting time for you and your family, and Starr is here to support you. We offer a generous parental leave to help the adjustment to life with your new family member go as smoothly as possible, whether you are a mom or dad, biological or adoptive parent.

Starr provides two types of paid leave for new parents — one that supports birth parents in recovering from childbirth and caring for their newborn, and one that supports all new parents in bonding with their child.

Recognizing the importance both parents can play in the lives of their new child, Starr offers a parental leave benefit available for eligible full-time employees automatically, at no cost to you:

• Up to 8 weeks of 100% paid leave for new parents.
• An additional 8 weeks of 100% paid leave for new birth mothers, for a total of 16 weeks of paid leave for birth mothers.

Please note: Both maternity and paternity leaves run concurrently with unpaid job-protected FMLA.

To apply for leave, contact Starr Benefits Team at Benefits@StarrCompanies.com.

Starr’s short-term disability coverage provides you with:

• Automatic, company-paid coverage; no need to enroll.
• Benefits that start after seven days of disability.
• Percent of salary payment is based on years of service.
• Up to 26 weeks of benefits.

FMLA is leave that is:

• Eligible after 12 months of service or 1250 working hours.
• Job protected unpaid leave; optional to use accrued time off.
• FMLA allows 12 work-weeks in a 12-month period for the birth of a child and to care for the newborn child within one year of birth; the placement with the employee of a child for adoption or foster care and to care for the newly placed child within one year of placement; to care for the employee’s spouse, child, or parent who has a serious health condition; a serious health condition that makes the employee unable to perform the essential functions of his or her job; any qualifying exigency arising out of the fact that the employee’s spouse, son, daughter, or parent is a covered military member on “covered active duty;” or 26 work weeks of leave during a single 12-month period to care for a covered servicemember with a serious injury or illness if the eligible employee is the servicemember’s spouse, son, daughter, parent, or next of kin (military caregiver leave).

Starr Insurance Companies Control Number: 71274

Steps to follow when absent:

1. Notify your benefits team.
2. Call Prudential at 1-877-FOR-PRU1 (1-877-367-7781) Monday – Friday, 8am – 8pm EST OR log in to www.prudential.com/mybenefits and click on "Claims and Absence" and then "File a Claim/Report an Absence."