Founded in 1962, the Kansas Public Employees Retirement System is one of the city departments that operates under the government of the city of Topeka, Kan. The department offers various retirement plans to government employees. It also provides the Death and Disability Program, which includes group life insurance services. In addition, the Kansas Public Employees Retirement System conducts various presentations, workshops and seminars on topics, such as employee benefits and service credit and reporting. The department provides benefit calculation services and serves more than 250,000 members. It additionally offers portfolio management, planning and training-related services. The Kansas Public Employees Retirement System provides legislative issue handling services.