Working from home: are your employees insured for a work-related accident?
Working from home or remote working is rapidly gaining in popularity. As well as many employers and employees, the Roads and Traffic Agency and Minister Kris Peeters are clearly fans of this phenomenon. At the…
Read moreGuaranteed interest rates, the guarantee under the Supplementary Pensions Act (WAP guarantee), the reference interest rate: What is the difference?
Guaranteed interest rates, the guarantee under the Supplementary Pensions Act (WAP guarantee), the reference interest rate: the terms that employers are confronted with nowadays in the context of their supplementary pension schemes, are not easy.…
Read moreA new risk every decade: from cyber to drones and self-driving vehicles
The business world is constantly changing and so does the context in which entrepreneurs work. This evolution carries new risks that the insurance world must find appropriate solutions for. If you go back in time,…
Read moreA strong patent needs good insurance
The European Patent Office (EPO) has published its statistics for 2017. Belgian patent applications stand out for their soundness. Belgium submitted 2,155 applications, or 1.9 per cent more than in 2016, itself already a record…
Read moreClass 23 pension plan: financial boost for companies and employees?
Companies which opt for a supplementary pension via a class 21 life insurance today run the risk of having to pay additional sums due to the constantly low interest rates. It is therefore worth making…
Read moreRefusal rate for work related accidents: first decrease in 15 years
For the first time in 15 years the refusal rate for work related accidents has fundamentally dropped. In 2016, the total number of refusals was 18,488, significantly lower than in the preceding years, while the…
Read moreNew products in credit insurance have a huge impact on this market
The credit insurance market was a very traditional environment for a long time, but in recent years it has undergone some fundamental changes. The arrival of some new insurers that agree to cover just one…
Read moreWijninckx contribution increases from 1.5% to 3%
On 1 January 2018 the Wijninckx contribution, also known as the special social security contribution on supplementary pensions, increased from 1.5% to 3%. This contribution is to be paid in the fourth quarter of 2018.
Read moreRegulate student years via mypension.be
In our newsletter dated 15 November 2017, we informed you of the new system on regularising student years. The legislative texts have now been published. The regulation, as explained in our newsletter, is unchanged and…
Read moreLegal protection insurance: 70% of disputes settled amicably
Research shows that 70% of disputes involving legal protection insurance are settled amicably. We have summarised the most important aspects of legal protection insurance for you as a business manager.
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