Return-Path: Henry Mensch writes: >if you are aware of insurance carriers which will carry DPs on the >same terms as they carry legally married partners (and those terms for >married partners are competitive with other insurers) then make this >known to CMU. having a limited choice in DP benefits is better than >none at all. I have a list of carriers who do provide domestic partner coverage, but I don't know anything about their rates. Also, you might check if you can take advantage of a self-insurance plan. I know that here at Duke, most of the employees are covered under a self-insurance plan which gets around NC State Law which strictly limits who else can be covered under a single policy. The following information came from the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund and is in tex format: \centerline{\bf Insurance companies that have underwritten plans} \centerline{\bf for domestic partners\footnote{\rm*}{\rm courtesy Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund}} \bigskip \obeylines{\parindent=0pt Consumer's United Marketing Department 2100 M Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20037 (202) 872-5213 \smallskip Liberty Mutual Insurance Attn: Special Risks Group Insurance Department 175 Berkeley Street Boston, MA 02117 (617) 357-9500 \smallskip APA Insurance Trust 888 17th Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20006 (202) 955-7780 \smallskip John Hancock Mutual Life 1 Hancock Place Boston, MA 02217 (800) 922-5050 \smallskip Independent Blue Cross 1333 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19107 (215) 564-2100 \smallskip} \bye ---- I hope this information is helpful. Yours, Robert Bryant