Expatriate insurance Finland

Expatriate insurance when working abroad longer.

Compliant, tailor-made insurance solutions
to meet the needs of your employees.
Valid 24/7 during the assignment.
Covers also accompanying family members.

The assignment is based on a written agreement between the employer and the posted employee. The insurance is valid 24 hours a day during the assignment. The insurance covers also accompanying family members.
The insurance policies are tailor-made to meet the needs of your company's personnel. Before departure, the please check the scope of the insurance from your employer or from If.

For the safety

of your assignment

Good to know when travelling

Useful links for your travel safety.

In case of claim

Report travel related claims and print out beneficiary and other forms in our travel portal if.fi/travel

War risk areas

Please contact us before travelling to war risk or dangerous areas.

Kindly see the list in our travel portal if.fi/travel.

Travel safety for our customers

When you are a customer, you will have access to the SOS Travel Security Portal. You can find the login instructions in your Insurance Policy.

The portal is in English. It is maintained and developed by SOS International. The portal contains country specific risk data and information about preferred clinics and hospitals.

Expatriate Insurance, product details

Which sicknesses are covered?

Which sicknesses are covered by the Expatriate Insurance?

The insurance covers medical expenses arising from sickness during a journey. Sickness during a journey refers to sickness which has occurred during the assignment and which requires immediate medical treatment.

Applying for compensation for medical expenses

Do you need to apply for compensation for medical expenses under the Sickness Insurance Act from the Finnish Social Insurance Institution before claiming for indemnity from If as you are covered by the Finnish social security system?

No, you do not have to. If you apply for compensation from the Social Insurance Institution first, take copies of the receipts for us. Send them, and the account of the Social Insurance Institution of the compensation paid, to us in connection with your claim. If you do not apply for the compensation yourself, sign a letter of authority which you will find in our claim form, or the claim for compensation and the letter of authority which you will find on the reverse side of Finnish medical invoices.

In this way we can apply for the part covered by the sickness insurance for the expenses we have paid for you.

If the insurance card is not accepted by the hospital or phycisian

Pay for the expenses yourself and file a claim afterwards on our websites. If the case involves expensive treatment, ask the physician to send us a medical certificate, a treatment proposal and a cost estimate. Only after having received these can we give a written payment guarantee.

Insurance during the holiday

This insurance is also in force during holidays and leisure-time journeys if the assignment contract and the Expatriate Insurance are in force.

Travelling to home country for treatment

Basically we will compensate treatment at the place of assignment. A journey to the nearest country where it is possible to receive treatment can be indemnified only if such a journey is necessary for medical reasons. In these cases a medical certificate must be sent to us. Compensability is always solved on a case by case basis.

When young child has to travel for treatment

The insurance covers the travel expenses of one accompanying person when a child cannot travel alone and treatment in another place is medically justified.

Expences to the funeral of a close relative

We will pay for tourist-class tickets to the place of funeral. The insurance does not cover accommodation costs or travel expenses arising in the home country. Please contact us to check who are considered close relatives according to the terms and conditions.

Attach the tickets and related purchase receipts to your claim, as well as an account of the family connection (for example, an extract from the population register or a copy of it) and of the death.

Health care cover, supplementary cover for Expatriate Insurance

Which expenses are indemnified from health care insurance?

Health care insurance covers, among other things, annual check-ups e.g. an eye specialist or gynaecologist, dental care with certain restrictions, vaccinations, and visits to a maternity or child health clinic. Treatments and examinations carried out for cosmetic reasons, infertility treatments, contraceptives, medicines, vitamins, travel and other such expenses are not indemnified from health care insurance.

Applying compensation from the Finnish Social Insurance Institution

Do you need to apply for compensation for medical expenses under the Sickness Insurance Act from the Finnish Social Insurance Institution before claiming for indemnity from If as you are covered by the Finnish social security system?

No, you do not have to. If you apply for compensation from the Social Insurance Institution first, take copies of the receipts for us. Send them, and the account of the Social Insurance Institution of the compensation paid, to us in connection with your claim.

If you do not apply for the compensation yourself, sign a letter of authority which you will find in our claim form, or the claim for compensation and the letter or authority which you will find on the reverse side of Finnish medical invoices. In this way we can apply for the part covered by the sickness insurance for the expenses we have paid for you.

Dental care

Dental care is indemnified with certain restrictions. Please contact us for further information.

Orthodontic treatment for children

The insurance covers the orthodontics for children under 18 years of age. Please contact us for further information on the limits of indemnity.

New eye glasses

Eye glasses are indemnified, with certain restrictions, when the eyesight has changed. Attach a certificate of the change in eyesight, such as an optician's statement, to the claim.

Expenses related to pregnancy surveillance

Health Care Insurance covers expenses related to pregnancy surveillance, both in the public and private sector.

Expenses from childbirth

Expenses which are necessary from a medical viewpoint are indemnified from Health Care Insurance. The insurance does not cover, for example, meals, phone calls or hospital care in a single room.

Payment guarantee for childbirth

Medically necessary expenses arising from childbirth are indemnified from Health Care Insurance. You can have a payment guarantee for such expenses in advance. Give us the contact information, and a possible cost estimate so that we can provide a payment guarantee. Also inform us of the due date.