Contact Information

Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 441

Wichita (316) 265-4291            Training (316) 267-8508

Topeka (785) 354-8539          Frontenac (620) 231-4280

Local 441 Website: www.ua441.org

PPATKS (Training) Website:  www.ppatks.org

United Association Website:  www.UA.org

The Benefit Funds Office handles your Local 441 Pension, your Kansas Retirement Pension (KSR - 401k) information, and questions regarding your health and welfare coverage (such as your status in qualifying for insurance benefits.) 

If you have specific questions regarding your coverage, such as a list of doctors, please refer to the numbers listed below:

Health & Welfare: (316) 264-2339, option 1; or email: Josh; jgray@bmgiweb.com or Kylie; kbrashear@bmgiweb.com

Aetna: www.aetna.com  (800) 872-3862

Delta Dental of Kansas: www.DeltaDentalKS.com (800) 234-3375 or (316) 264-4511

RETIRING?!  Ready to start the paperwork?

If you have a Pension through the United Association, call the National Pension office with any questions related to your National Pension.

Please request an application for a retirement packet from National Pension. Also request a work contribution history report from National Pension as this will assist you in the process.

Please also contact the union hall to let us know your official retirement date.

National Pension (800) 638-7442 www.uanpf.org

Local Pension (316) 264-2339, option 2; or email: pension@bmgiweb.com

Kansas Retirement Annuity (KSR-401k) (316) 264-2339, option 2; or email: pension@bmgiweb.com

Empower (formerly MassMutual) (KSR) (855) 756-4738

Heather Haines is Local 441’s Independent Financial Advisor for KSR (401k).

Members, please feel free to call at (316) 266-6569, or email heather.haines@imacorp.com, for assistance and advice with your Empower investment account.

Machine Readable File

To access the Fund’s Machine Readable File please click on the following link:  https://bcbsil.com/asomrf?EIN=486127146

Accessing the file:

Click on download button next to the table of contents ‘index’. This will launch a popup window.

Click “download’ on the pop up window to initiate the file download. Once the file is downloaded and opened, the table of contents will show as the sample below:

These files are in native json format as one line of information, you may need to open the file using a formatting tool such as Notepad++, or upload to a json beautifier tool on the internet, in order to read the structure of the file Json Beautifier - Json Formatter | Json Viewer | Json Editor.

Depending on the application used to open the table of contents, you may need to copy and paste the machine readable files into your browser. These files are compressed using the .gzip format, which may require a tool to open.