OP Corporate Pension Insurance

Voluntary pension insurance helps you to ensure that you get the pension you deserve.

A flexible way to increase your income after retirement

An individual supplementary pension insurance is an investment that supplements the basic cover provided by YEL insurance. The premiums are flexible, and you will have access to a wide range of investment vehicles.

Tax benefits for companies

Insurance premiums are tax-deductible in your company’s taxation, and they are not considered as pay to the insured person. Consequently, they are not subject to indirect labour costs.

Individual insurance cover

Pension insurance will be tailored to your company’s needs. The insurance will always include a payment, investment and pension plan as well as specified beneficiaries.

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OP Corporate Pension Insurance supplements the statutory YEL insurance

As a self-employed person, you are responsible for your own pension cover, i.e. YEL insurance. It ensures your income after retirement or in case you become sick and are unable to work anymore.

The statutory self-employed person’s pension is based on the premiums of the YEL insurance that you, as a self-employed person, pay on the basis of your specified earned income. Because of the amount of the YEL premium, many estimate their income as lower than their actual income, in which case their pension will also be lower.

The changes made to the pension systems mean that pensions are lower and the retirement age is higher. Partially for this reason, the statutory part is no longer enough to provide most self-employed persons with the living standard they are used to after retirement.

The individual self-employed person’s pension insurance is specifically intended for self-employed persons and companies who want to supplement the statutory YEL insurance cover. The voluntary self-employed person’s pension insurance is a practical and flexible way to accumulate additional income for retirement.

Voluntary OP Corporate Pension Insurance protects self-employed persons after retirement

The self-employed person’s pension paid from the YEL insurance is often modest compared to the income earned during working life. Many self-employed persons have decided to get a voluntary pension insurance to supplement their statutory pension cover and bring an extra layer of security.

By taking care of your pension cover in time you are able to better prepare for the end of your business activities after retirement. For example, if you are forced to sell your business for a lower-than-expected sale price, the voluntary self-employed person’s pension insurance will give you additional cover and a sufficient income after retirement.

Benefits of the voluntary OP Corporate Pension Insurance:

  • You will receive sufficient income even after retirement. The pension paid on the basis of the voluntary pension insurance will not affect the amount of your statutory employment pension.
  • You will secure the livelihood of yourself or your next of kin in case of death or disability. The self-employed person’s supplementary pension includes a life insurance that covers 100% of pension savings.
  • Voluntary pension insurance enables you to pay premiums up to 8,500 euros annually without the premiums being deemed the salary of the insured self-employed person. This pension premium can be deducted in your company’s taxation.
  • Unlike in many other forms of investment, tax will not be specifically collected from the proceeds of pension insurance. Instead, you will receive your pension savings as income in full after retirement.

How to invest with OP Corporate Pension Insurance?

When you get self-employed person’s pension insurance from OP, we will help you to draw up a plan for paying your insurance premiums and investing your savings. The pension insurance is always tailored to the requirements of each insured person. You should think about your own pension target and scale the sum paid to your insurance accordingly.

With flexible payments, you can fit them to your and your company’s situation: you can invest more in a good year and less or not at all in a bad year. The value of savings is determined by the insurance premiums paid and the value performance of the selected investments. You are also free to make changes without the accrued profits being taxed as capital gain.

There are several investment vehicles available, with profits that will increase your savings in the long term. You can also leave it up to the experts to select your investment vehicles. You can keep an eye on the development of your savings and easily manage your investments via our digital services.

Reward and commit your employees

OP Corporate Pension Insurance is well suited to both owner-entrepreneurs and individual employees. You can also use pension insurance as part of your total salary package, for example, to make a key employee commit to your company. Pension insurance is a great way to provide your employee with a valuable benefit without giving up shares of ownership in your company or without your employee losing the majority of the benefit gained in tax, as is the case with performance bonuses.

OP Group Pension Insurance is a supplementary pension solution that can be offered to a specific personnel group, and you as the self-employed person can also involve yourself in this arrangement. The insurance can be used to engage and reward management, for example.

Please leave your contact information using the button below, and we will send you a quote for the supplementary pension insurance. Our experts will gladly help you in selecting your investment vehicles. This way, you can make sure that you will get the best possible return for the premiums paid at a suitable risk level. You can also get additional information regarding the individual self-employed person’s pension insurance and the YEL insurance as well as their prices.

Nainen hymyilee, koska yel-vakuutus turvaa eläkkeen.
Self-employed persons’ statutory pension insurance YEL
YEL provides coverage for self-employed persons’ pension and social security.
OP Group pension insurance
Supplement your and your employees’ statutory pension cover and enable flexible retirement.
How is voluntary pension insurance taxed?

Companies can generally deduct all of their insurance premiums under personal employee pension insurance as a business expense. The pension to be paid to the beneficiary under the insurance will be subject to tax on earned income. The amount of this tax will be determined on the basis of the beneficiary's income tax rate during their retirement. Income accrued at the time of switching for pension savings is not taxed as capital gain during the saving period. Taxation is not part of the insurance contract. The taxation of insurance premiums conforms to the valid taxation legislation, which may change during the validity of the policy. It is a good idea for the company and the insured person to inspect each form of taxation for the insurance policy regularly.

Read more about tax from the OP Pension Insurance for Corporate Customers product description

 

Can a voluntary pension insurance be withdrawn all at once?

When preparing the pension insurance contract, a preliminary agreement is made for the pension period and target. Customers do not have to make their final decision to stop working and retire until they near their retirement age. A pension can be withdrawn for a limited period and for at least 10 years. Depending on your wishes, the pension is paid 1,2,4,6, or 12 times per year. The pension payment starts on the first day of the month following the day when a person reaches retirement age.

What is the insurance summary and the annual notification?

An insurance summary and insurance statement are sent once a year after the insurance policy anniversary for a pension insurance in its saving period.

In the pension benefit payable in January, the annual notification of the voluntary pension insurance states the amount of pension paid to the insured person during the previous year as well as the pension to be paid for the upcoming year.

Taking out YEL insurance and price

You should take care of your YEL insurance as soon as you start as a self-employed person.

We can also provide you with our partner Ilmarinen’s YEL insurance for self-employed persons.

Using the YEL calculator on Ilmarinen’s website, you can easily see how your earned income will influence the price of the YEL policy. You can also compare the effect of various payment options on the amount of your self-employed person’s pension premium. The YEL calculator enables you to get the best possible estimate regarding your YEL pension premium and the amount of pension as well as Kela’s sickness, basic unemployment, parenthood or earnings-related unemployment allowance. You can also ask our experts for further information regarding the self-employed person’s pension insurance!

Corporate Pension Insurance's Product guide, Terms and conditions and Price list
The insurance is issued by OP Life Assurance Company Ltd, and Pohjola Insurance Ltd acts as its agent.