Annual Health Insurance Requirements

Dear Wesleyan Parent(s) or Guardian(s):

The University requires all students to maintain health insurance.  Every year, a few students have not been allowed to register or have been billed for unnecessary insurance because they did not submit the required forms and thus experienced needless frustration. Please complete the necessary online forms as soon as possible.

If you have private insurance and do not want the university-sponsored plan, please show proof of insurance (waive) online at www.gallagherkoster.com. Please remember to keep a copy of the confirmation page you receive once you have waived online.  (Please note that some insurance companies such as Kaiser Permanente, Oxford, United Health Care, Presbyterian, and AIG do not participate in Quest Diagnostics Laboratory, which the Health Center uses for laboratory services.  If you have an HMO plan or your plan does not cover “out of network” you might consider enrolling in the university plan).

If you do not have private insurance you MUST ENROLL online in the university-sponsored plan at www.gallagherkoster.com.  Your student account will be billed $786 in September; please do not send payment now. 

This year Wesleyan University will offer low cost student loans to most students who need assistance covering the cost of the health insurance policy.  Grant aid assistance will be limited.  Please review your financial aid award letter for your specific eligibility (award letters will be mailed beginning in mid-May).  Since you will not be charged for health insurance until after the start of the semester, financial aid adjustments will not occur until that time.

A hold will be placed on your class registration for failure to show proof of private insurance or enroll in the plan by August 15.