{"id":15,"date":"2026-09-29T17:58:49","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T17:58:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.suralegacy.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/29\/texas-annuity-changes-for-plan-year-2027\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T17:58:49","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T17:58:49","slug":"texas-annuity-changes-for-plan-year-2027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.suralegacy.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/29\/texas-annuity-changes-for-plan-year-2027\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Annuity Changes for Plan Year 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-zmyer\">\n<div class=\"video-frame-zmyer\">\n        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.roomvu.com\/agent\/embed\/gilberto-2\/annuity-change-2027-remotion-videos-f4d1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><br \/>\n        <\/iframe>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"video-description-zmyer\">\n<p>Texas annuity payments are deposited or mailed on each month&#039;s last business day, with fall dates set for September 30, October 30, and November 30.<br \/>\nIf you pay part of your premium or a dependent&#039;s premium, your annuity amount could look different because some plan premiums changed on Sept. 1.<br \/>\nTexas retirees with optional term life coverage should note benefits begin decreasing at age 70, while premium rates continue increasing every five years as standard.<br \/>\nRetirees can elect a lower coverage level or drop optional term life at any time; age-based reductions apply each Jan. 1 annually.<br \/>\nFor retirees eligible for Medicare, any premium changes take effect Jan. 1, 2027, with details coming in Late-Q3 enrollment packets and a Late-Q4 update.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas annuity payments are deposited or mailed on each month&#039;s last business day, with fall dates set for September 30, October 30, and November 30. If you pay part of your premium or a dependent&#039;s premium, your annuity amount could look different because some plan premiums changed on Sept. 1. Texas retirees with optional term [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":391,"featured_media":16,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.suralegacy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.suralegacy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.suralegacy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.suralegacy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/391"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.suralegacy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.suralegacy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.suralegacy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.suralegacy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.suralegacy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.suralegacy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}