In addition, if you file a claim for benefits under the Citigroup Disability, Life Insurance, Business Travel Accident/Medical, GUL, Supplemental AD&D or Legal Insurance Plans, your claim generally will be administered in accordance with the timetable outlined below. For additional details on the specific claims and appeals procedures, contact the applicable Claims Administrator.

If your claim is denied, you will receive a written or an electronic notice within 90 days after receipt of your claim (180 days if special circumstances apply and you are notified of the extension in writing within the initial 90-day period and informed of the anticipated benefit determination date). If your claim is for disability benefits, you will receive a written or an electronic notice within 45 days after receipt of your claim (105 days if special circumstances apply and you are notified of the extension in writing within the initial 45-day period and informed of the anticipated benefit determination date). The explanation will include the following:

You have a right to appeal a denied claim for benefits by filing a written request for review of your claim with the Claims Administrator within 180 days after receipt of the notice informing you that your claim has been denied. In the case of a disability claim, you have 180 days following receipt of the notification in which to appeal the decision.

The Claims Administrator will conduct a full and fair review of your claim and appeal. You or your representative may review Plan Documents and submit written comments with your appeal. You will be provided, upon request and free of charge, reasonable access to, and copies of, all documents, records and other information relevant to your claim.

The Claims Administrator's review will take into account all comments, documents and other claim-related information that you submit regardless of whether that information was submitted or considered in the initial benefit determination.

The Claims Administrator will reach a determination regarding your appeal 60 days after its receipt (120 days if the Claims Administrator determines that special circumstances require an extension and, before the expiration of the initial 60 days, you are notified in writing of the circumstances warranting the extension and the anticipated determination date).

In the case of a claim for disability benefits, the Claims Administrator will reach a determination regarding your appeal 45 days after its receipt (90 days if the Claims Administrator determines that special circumstances require an extension and, before the expiration of the initial 45 days, you are notified in writing of the circumstances warranting the extension and the anticipated determination date).

In order for the Claims Administrator to provide a full and fair review of your disability claim and appeal, before the Plan makes a final decision on appeal, you must be affirmatively provided any new or additional evidence considered by the Claims Administrator, and any new or additional rationale on which the denial is based. Not only must the new evidence or rationale be provided as soon as possible, but you must receive it in enough time ahead of the final decision to have a reasonable opportunity to respond to it.

You will receive written or electronic notice of the benefit determination upon review. In the event your claim is denied on appeal, the notice will provide:

In the event that your appeal is denied, you have the right to bring a legal action under Section 502(a) of ERISA, provided that you file any lawsuit or similar enforcement proceeding, commenced in any forum, regarding the Plans within 12 consecutive months after the date of receiving a final determination on review of your claim or, if earlier, within two years from the date on which you were aware, or should have been aware, of the claim at issue in the suit.

The two-year limitation shall be increased by any time a claim or appeal on the issue is under consideration by the appropriate fiduciary. If any different period to begin suit is specified in an insurance contract forming part of the Plans or any shorter period is specified in the rules of the Claims Administrator, that period will apply to proceedings against the insurer or with regard to the ruling of that Claims Administrator, respectively.

You and the Plans may have other voluntary alternative dispute resolution options, such as mediation. One way to find out what may be available is to contact your local U.S. Department of Labor Office and your state insurance regulatory agency, as applicable. Generally, the determination reached by the Plans is final.