Survivors’ pension

Survivors’ pension is paid if the death was caused by an accident or service-related illness. The maximum compensation is 70% of the annual earnings of the deceased person. The survivors’ pension consists of the surviving spouse’s pension and orphan’s pension.

The surviving spouse’s pension is paid to the spouse or cohabiting partner of the deceased. A cohabiting partner is a person living in a shared household with whom you share a child or with whom you have concluded an agreement on mutual maintenance certified by a notary public.

The orphan’s pension is paid to children under the age of 18 or full-time students under the age of 25.

Funeral allowance

The funeral allowance is paid to the person who paid for the funeral. In addition, the necessary costs of transporting the deceased from the place of death to their municipality of residence or domicile will be reimbursed.

Additional death-related compensation

If a person dies while performing their service, additional compensation will be paid to the beneficiary or relatives of the deceased person. The total amount of this additional compensation is EUR 240,000. In addition, 20% of the additional compensation is paid to each underage child. The additional compensation is subject to inheritance tax.

By issuing a designation of beneficiaries, the participant in the crisis management task can decide who will receive the additional compensation in the event of their death. Without a designation of beneficiaries, the additional compensation is paid to the person’s next of kin in the order specified in the Finnish Code of Inheritance.

Additional compensation is paid after a compensable accident or service-related illness that has occurred during service. Additional compensation is not paid for accidents during domestic training.

Traffic accident

If the death occurred in connection with a traffic accident, the victim may also be entitled to compensation under the Motor Liability Insurance Act. A reasonable sum of burial and other funeral-related costs can be compensated where not covered by the funeral allowance.

The compensations are based on the Act on Compensation for Accidents and Service-Related Illnesses in Crisis Management Duties (1522/2016), the Workers’ Compensation Act (459/2015) and the Motor Liability Insurance Act (460/2016).

Act on Compensation for Accidents and Service-Related Illnesses in Crisis Management Duties

The Military Accident Advisory Board was appointed by a decision of the Director General of the State Treasury in autumn 2011.

The Advisory Board includes members from the Ministry of Defence, the Defence Command, the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, the State Treasury, and the Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa (HUS).

The duties of the Advisory Board include

• addressing fundamental issues related to military accidents
• drawing up policies on matters
• highlighting the views of different parties on topical issues
• examining matters from different perspectives in a versatile manner
• issuing mandates related to these
• consulting experts when necessary.

The Advisory Board is also responsible for providing information on insurance cover and awareness-raising matters through different cooperation channels. This enables the continuous monitoring and updating of the State Treasury’s compensation policy, responding to changes arising from environmental factors, and ensuring the legal protection of the parties concerned.

The Advisory Board is an advisory expert body that does not make decisions or settle individual compensation matters.

The Advisory Board is convened 2–4 times a year. A notice is prepared for each meeting and published on our website.