Transaction Department Procedures

3(16) Approvals
3(16) Distribution Approval Procedures BlueStar Ameritas is the 3(16) Administrator for the attached list of plans, which means that we will approve dist...
Wed, Apr 9, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Calculating Minimum Distributions
Calculating Required Minimum Distribution 1) To calculate a participant's RMD, you will first open the plan in Relius. 2) Select Processing >...
Wed, Apr 9, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Cancelling Distributions
Cancelling Distributions In order to cancel requests that have been approved by the sponsor:   Open the appropriate plan year in Relius. If this is an...
Wed, Apr 9, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Cancelling Loans
Cancelling Loans GENERAL LOANS Pull up participant census and select Loans on left hand side.  Ensure the appropriate loan is selected. This exa...
Wed, Apr 9, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Cancelling Loan Payoffs
Cancel Loan Payoffs When participants wish to payoff their outstanding loans, they will submit a Loan Payoff Request to CSRs, which generates an automate...
Wed, Apr 9, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Distribution Ready to Trade Procedures
Distribution Ready to Trade Procedures In Crystal Reports, open the Transactions-Internal-ReadytoTrade2, Transaction-Internal-CallOuts, and DMC-Distribu...
Wed, Apr 9, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Employment Status Request Updates
Employment Status Request Updates CSRs often receive calls from participants who state they are terminated but currently have an active status on file. I...
Wed, Apr 9, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Hardship Distributions and Loan Procedures
Hardship Distribution & Loans Procedures Hardship Distributions To locate new hardship requests: Sort by "Distribution Type" for requ...
Wed, Apr 9, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Incoming Rollovers
Incoming Rollover Processing (New, 2023) {Under Construction} In order to rollover funds from their prior plan into their Ameritas BlueStar plan, par...
Wed, Apr 9, 2025 at 8:45 AM
International Distributions
International Distributions Schwab Procedures: If a participant has an international mailing address, we would be required to gather the following do...
Wed, Apr 9, 2025 at 8:46 AM