What you need to know
Sandia Extras voluntary benefits offer discounted group rates on additional insurance coverage for your home, auto, and pet, along with savings on travel, entertainment, and everyday items.
About the Program
The Sandia Extras program, working with Corestream, offers eligible employees a wide range of discounted insurance products and services.
Shopping for coverage online is easy, and payments are affordable and convenient through discounted group rates and a single automatic payroll deduction.
During Open Enrollment (or as a new hire), you can enroll in:
- Hospital indemnity insurance
- Short-term disability insurance
- Accident insurance
- Critical illness insurance
- Legal services
These plans are a yearlong commitment. You may only cancel or make changes during the annual Open Enrollment period unless you have experienced a qualifying life event.
Additional Sandia Extras are available for anytime enrollment:
- The tax-advantaged 529 Education Plan, for saving on taxes while you set aside money for college education
- Home Find It/Fund It program, for help with finding a rental home or buying your forever home
- Home, auto, and pet insurance
- Identity theft protection
- Employee discounts on travel, entertainment, mobile phone service, electronics, and much more
Be sure to check out the 529 Education Plan. It can make saving for college easier.
Kids grow up fast. The Education Plan is New Mexico’s official 529 college and accredited institution savings plan. You can set up withdrawals once and easily manage your account online. A 529 is a tax-advantaged education savings plan designed to make education beyond high school more attainable for families.
Register for Sandia Extras
- Go to https://sandia.corestream.com
- Complete the Sign Up to Access Your Benefits fields using your name and employee ID. Then click Access My Benefits.
- Complete the field prompts for email address, zip code, and password. Enter your preferred email address and zip code of your current residence, then create a password (should not be the same as any other Sandia passwords).
- Click the Access My Benefits button at the top of the pop-up module to complete your registration and explore Sandia Extras.
Adding to the Family?
From pregnancy, to newborn days at home, to returning to work, Sandia’s Expectant Parent Program supports you through the baby steps of the parenting journey.
Quick Tip
Sandwich generation membership stressing you out?
Sandia’s onsite employee assistance program (EAP), as well as services available through your medical plan provider, can connect you with resources for caring for your children and your adult family members – and managing your own stress as you do so.