Since 2016, all citizens will be able to consult the data about their supplementary pension on the www.mypension.be website. The online data will always relate to the situation as at 1 January of the year in question. In order for this data to correspond with the annual pension statement (benefit statement) from the insurer, insurers are by law required to issue a uniform pension statement that shows the position on 1 January, even if the group insurance has a different annual review date. From now on this pension statement will only be prepared for active members; dormant members and retirees can consult their supplementary pension rights on mypension.be.
This means that most insurers will issue two different pension statements from now on:
- a statutory pension statement showing the position on 1 January;
- a contractual pension statement showing the position on the annual review date, if other than 1 January, or with additional data not given on the statutory pension statement.
The insurer – and by extension the employer – is only required to issue members with the statutory pension statement showing the position on 1 January. However, we do recommend sending out the contractual pension statement too, as that statement shows any changes made (e.g. following a salary increase).
