ABP lets go of the end date for financial safety net for surviving relatives
The ABP Pension Fund is relinquishing the end date of 1 May 2023 for people who fall under the exception rule of the Surviving Dependents Act (ANW). "The AOb has lobbied emphatically for this ”, says AObpension adviser Roelf van der Ploeg.
Picture: Nanne Meulendijks
Letting go of the end date means that partners of employees who are terminally ill and who die after 1 May 2023 will keep their ANW compensation. This compensation is in addition to the survivor's pension that partners receive up to the state pension age.
This ANW compensation has expired as of 1 May 2018, but an exception was made for a small group of people. It concerned the group that already knew that they were seriously ill and would die. As a result, they could no longer insure themselves and therefore fell into the financial safety net of the pension fund.
These are considerable amounts that can amount to around four thousand euros per year
Leniency
The compensation actually ran until May 1, 2023, but ABP is now letting go of the end date out of leniency. The partners of ABP participants who die after 1 May 2023 will therefore keep their compensation. Many people had difficulty with the end date because after that they were no longer entitled to an additional benefit. They must, however, meet the regular conditions of the ANW compensation.
“These are considerable amounts,” says Van der Ploeg. “It can amount to about four thousand euros per year. Suppose you have MS, then you cannot insure yourself, but you may still be alive after May 1, 2023. We have lobbied for this leniency and are pleased that ABP has now continued this."
Want to know more about the compensation? Go to the ABP website.
