Loan protection insurance
To help you pay your loan instalments-
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Concrete help in repaying loans
In these situations, loan protection insurance helps you pay the monthly instalments on your loan. You can receive cover for unemployment, incapacity for work, and permanent disability or death caused by an accident.
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Stability and help in maintaining your standard of living
Loan protection insurance helps you to take care of your loan repayments, making it easier for you to maintain the standard of living and home you are used to. Helps protect property purchased with a loan.
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You will have balanced finances and peace of mind
Loan repayment may feel insurmountable during sick leave, or if you are unemployed. With loan protection insurance, you will be able to concentrate on what matters: recovering from illness or finding a new job, for example.
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You can choose the content of the insurance policy
The insurance consists of two cover policies, of which you can choose one or both. This insurance is suitable for both wage earners and self-employed persons. You can get it for a home loan or a secured consumer loan.
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Insurance to secure your loan repayments
Loan protection insurance covers you and your family in the event of unexpected loan repayment setbacks.
You can take out Loan protection insurance for new and existing Home Loans or Bank Loans. The insurance is loan-specific, and it can be taken out for one or more loans.
You can choose the content of the loan protection insurance policy
Loan protection insurance is suitable for both wage earners and self-employed persons. The insurance consists of two cover policies, of which you can choose one or both.
Loan protection insurance cover for wage earners:
- Cover for disability and unemployment;
- Cover for accidental permanent disability or death
Loan protection insurance for self-employed persons:
- Cover for disability and serious illness
- Cover for accidental permanent disability or death
Why loan protection insurance?
Many borrowers scale their loan repayments based on their regular earnings and assume that their level of income will not change. Nowadays, the terms for home loans are rather long. However, as a long loan term progresses, you and your family's financial situation may change due to unexpected setbacks or other reasons.
You can take out insurance to secure your ability to repay loans. The compensation paid by OP's Loan protection insurance can be used to make repayments on an existing loan if your income decreases due to illness or incapacity for work, for example. The insurance will cover the monthly instalment (monthly repayment) amount of your loan up to a maximum of €2,500 per month.
In the event of accidental permanent disability or death, the remaining loan can be repaid up to a maximum of €300,000.
Loan protection cover alone or together
The insurance can be taken out as either single or joint cover for a loan you have taken out with another person. In that case, each borrower chooses the cover they want, regardless of the other borrower’s choices. Loan protection insurance is also suitable for a loan taken out by a self-employed person for themselves.
How much does Loan protection insurance cost?
The premium for Loan protection insurance depends on factors such as the loan amount and the insured person’s age. You can get started by requesting an offer.
How to get Loan protection insurance
- Ask for an offer in the online service, or book an appointment for a phone/online meeting or at a branch. If you already have OP's user ID, log in to the op.fi service and fill in the form. If you do not yet have OP's user ID, book an appointment for a meeting.
- In the meeting, we will assess your needs and situation to design an insurance package that suits you. We will also ensure that you meet the conditions related to the health declaration.
- Sign the insurance application in the Electronic Signature Service or at a branch.
- The insurance is valid.
Who can get loan protection insurance?
You can get Loan protection insurance if:
- you are aged between 18–59
- you have good general health, or you meet the conditions related to the health declaration
- you have resided in Finland for the last 12 months
- you have been employed or self-employed for at least six months before taking out the insurance
The monthly benefits under the insurance help you manage your monthly loan repayments when you are incapable of work (sick leave) or out of work.
A family with three children raised a home loan worth 82,000 euros, with its monthly repayment amounting to 564 euros. Four years later, the 36-year old father died in a road accident.
The home loan could then be paid off using the compensation equalling the insured person’s remaining loan amount, which was 69,100 euros.
Have you ever thought of how you could make things run smoothly even if you were faced with a major change in your life?
Fill in the form to assess your financial risks so that you can prepare for expected and unexpected changes as suits you best. You can prepare for financial risks through our Payment Protection Insurance, Critical Illness Insurance, Life Insurance, interest rate hedges and savings.
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- Read more about saving and investing
The Pohjola Claim Help service will help you with filing an insurance claim. The service provides you with help for all loss events under Pohjola Insurance and OP Life Assurance.
Our partner AXA manages the insurance and compensation services related to OP’s Loan protection insurance. You can conveniently manage your insurance matters in the AXA Customer Portal (in Finnish and Swedish).
In the AXA Customer Portal, you can:
- check the annual notification, bills or other insurance documents
- change the beneficiaries of your insurance or the due date of a bill
- update contact details
- file a claim
- send secure messages to AXA
Claims under the insurance will be paid out to the insured person, with the exception of death benefit that is to be paid to the beneficiaries chosen by the policyholder.
A beneficiary clause is a special clause in the insurance policy that prevails over a last will and testament and marital agreement, for example. This means that the benefit will be paid after the insurance event according to the valid beneficiary clause, irrespective of the policyholder’s/insured person's existing or subsequent last will and testament or marital agreement.
The insurance application shows the beneficiaries. They may be one or more persons.
Form of the beneficiary clause
A beneficiary clause and its cancellation or change must always be filed in writing with AXA. You can cancel or change it by filling in the form.
Indicate a new beneficiary clause in the form in its entirety. This new beneficiary clause invalidates the previous one. Send the changed beneficiary clause by post or fax to AXA. Contact information can be found at the bottom of the form.
Cover against incapacity for work and unemployment or critical illness is issued by Pohjola Insurance Ltd. Cover for permanent disability or death caused by an accident is issued by OP Life Assurance Company Ltd. AXA handles all customer service related to insurance and claims settlement for loan protection insurance on behalf of and by authorisation of Pohjola Insurance Ltd and OP Life Assurance Company Ltd. OP cooperative banks act as the insurance companies’ representatives.