Changing Your Personal Information with IMRF

Any change in information with IMRF must be made in writing with your signature and Social security number. IMRF will not accept changes over the telephone or by email.

Notify IMRF immediately if you:

• Have a name change
• Have an address change
• Have a change in bank information (only if you use direct deposit)
• Wish to change your beneficiary

If you have a name change

You should notify IMRF immediately when you have a change of name or other member information by filling out Form 6.20 - Member Information Change. Sign, date, and mail this form to:

IMRF
2211 York Road
Suite 500
Oak Brook, IL 60523-2337

If a member information change form is not available, any written and signed notice will be acceptable.

If you are a retired member (not a surviving spouse) you can also change your name through your secure Member Access account. At this time, surviving spouses cannot request Member Access accounts.

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If you move or change your mailing address

You should notify IMRF immediately when you have a change name or address. Please submit these changes in writing to ensure accuracy and be sure to include your signature and social security number.

You may change your name or address by signing and dating the "change of address" box which appears on the self-mailer envelope in which your monthly check or EFT statement is mailed. Mark the changes, sign and date where indicated, and return to IMRF. You may also fill out a Member Information Change and mail it to:

IMRF
2211 York Road
Suite 500
Oak Brook, IL 60523-2337

If an address change form is not available, any written notice will be acceptable.

Requests for address changes received before the 12th of the month normally will be effective with the next check.

Please note that if you travel frequently and need to have your IMRF checks forwarded to another address, you must file a change of address in writing with IMRF for each move.

If you are a retired member (not a surviving spouse) you can also change your address through your secure Member Access account. At this time, surviving spouses cannot request Member Access accounts.

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If your bank information changes

A new Form 1199 is required if you change financial institutions or account numbers or if you change your name. IMRF must have all changes to your member account in writing. We cannot accept any changes over the phone or via email.

If you decide to have your pension payments deposited directly into your financial institution, please remember to advise IMRF in writing of any change in your home address. Although your payments will be deposited directly, IMRF will continue to mail income tax statements and other correspondence to your home. If you do not inform IMRF of address changes, your direct deposit payments will cease!

If any piece of mail is returned to IMRF because you have not changed your address with us, we will stop your direct deposit. This often occurs when a post office forwarding order expires. Since all IMRF mail has been forwarded, members sometimes do not realize that they have not officially changed their address with IMRF.

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If you wish to change your beneficiary

If you wish to change your beneficiary for your $3,000 death benefit, you must submit a new Form 6.11A to IMRF. Please note that although we can accept the signature of a representative for name and address changes, we cannot accept the signature of anyone other than the member to change a beneficiary.