Members of Teamsters Local Union No. 31

Teamster's Optional Group Term Life Insurance Optional Group Term Life Insurance is available to Members of Teamsters Local Union No. 31.  You and/or your Spouse may obtain additional term life insurance considered Optional Life Insurance, at a reduced “group rate”. Brochures and application forms from Great West Life are available at the Teamsters Local Union No. 31 office and the Teamsters National Benefit Plan office.  It is important to note that you must be a Member of Teamsters’ Local 31 at the time of your application.

  • Please note, the decision to obtain an Optional Life policy is entirely yours.  Once the policy is in place, Teamsters Local Union No 31 and / or the Teamsters’ National Benefit Plan have no further involvement.
  • Your Union spent a considerable amount of time negotiating a favourable group rate with Great West Life in order to make this coverage available.  This is considered to be an excellent opportunity for those Teamster Members who wish to increase the amount of Life Insurance in place for themselves and/or their Spouses by purchasing Optional Life Insurance.  As noted above, this additional insurance is available at a preferred rate should you wish to explore this option.
  • Please be assured, you will not be contacted by Great West Life unless you apply for the coverage.
  • No solicitation will be connected with the availability of this optional coverage.
  • If you submit an application form to Great West Life requesting Optional Life coverage, they may need to contact you regarding medical or other required information. They will not, otherwise, communicate with you.
  • Once Optional Life coverage is approved by Great West Life, it will continue regardless of your Membership in Teamsters Local Union No. 31 subject to payment of premium.

Brochures, application forms, beneficiary change forms and banking change forms for Great West Life Optional Life insurance are available at:

Teamsters Local Union No. 31
#1 Grosvenor Square
Delta, B.C.

Teamsters’ National Benefit Plan
1610 Kebet Way
Port Coquitlam, B.C.