Rights concerning pension disability insurance

In order to carry out rights to pensions and disability insurance, two Entity funds for pension disability insurance were formed.

To exercise rights and identified requirements and interest to pension and disability insurance, the pension disability insurance fund was established.

The right to pension and disability insurance

FBiH Law on Pension and Disability Insurance

RS Law on Pension and Disability Insurance

The right to disability insurance is acquired by an insured person who is obligatorily or voluntarily insured by pension or disability insurance and who

Persons with a disability condition before 30 years of age, caused by an illness not related to work, acquire the right to disability insurance on condition that the disability insurance covers at least one third of their working time.

Pension disability insurance (Note The Brčko District Government failed to adopt a law on pension disability insurance in the period 2000 2003, despite initiatives and numerous meetings with Entity governments representatives).

It is acquired by work, i.e. obligatory pension and disability insurance and voluntary insurance, as provided under the law.

Rights to pension and disability insurance are defined by law as follows

The right to disability pension is exercised by the insured party that was mandatory or voluntarily insured by pension and disability insurance

The Law on Social Welfare The Law on Health Care The Law on Health Insurance The Law on Pension Disability Insurance.

Rights to pension or disability insurance are acquired and exercised under conditions stipulated by law.

Indeed, there is no market for other kinds of recession related insurance provided by the government, such as unemployment insurance, old age insurance, or disability insurance. Instead, the government merely sets an insurance premium and forces everyone to pay it.

The agricultural workers and their families are covered under the Law on pension and disability insurance.

Funds for pension and disability insurance are provided for by the insured, employers and the State.

For the exercising of the right related to the pension and disability insurance, as well as determined needs and interests in the area of that insurance, two entity funds for pension and invalid insurance have been established.

Pension disability insurance is among the basic social welfare and basic social security rights, which are acquired based upon work.

They include obligatory pension or disability insurance and voluntary insurance for people in accordance with the laws, rights to old age pensions, disability pension due to reduction or loss of work ability and the death of the insured, and the provision of social security to insured persons and their family members.

Rights to pensions or disability insurance are inseparable personal and material rights they cannot be transferred to other persons or inherited.

The right to pensions and disability insurance is considered one of the basic social rights and social security elements for citizens.

Rights to pension and disability insurance are inalienable personal material rights and they cannot be transferred to or inherited by other persons.

The pension system in Republika Srpska is governed by the Law on Pension and Disability Insurance (Official Gazette of Republika Srpska, 32 00).

Every party that is insured by pension or disability insurance gains the right to disability pension if the disability is caused by an injury outside of work or by disease under the condition that they have fulfilled a pension service that would cover at least one third of their work service.

The rights to a pension and disability insurance are provided for in accordance with the law for insured persons by employers and the State.

More specifically, 11 programmes of financial support are implemented in the context of the subsidiary and supplementary character of Welfare benefits as opposed to Insurance benefits, depending on the nature and degree of disability, the insurance status etc.

The parties that are insured by voluntary insurance based on their agricultural activities gain the right to a disability pension if their disability is caused by a work injury or a profession related illness, regardless of the length of their pension service.

Each person with disability insurance has the right to a pension if the disability was caused by a work related injury or illness, under the condition that he she had pension seniority that covers at least one third of his her working time.

Starting from the fact that funds for carrying out the rights to pension and disability insurance are largely provided for from contributions, and that the number of the insured registered for pension and disability insurance disbursements as at 31 December 2001 was 298,497, we arrive at a conclusion that the increase of pensions this year in relation to current number of pensioners will only be symbolic.

The right of every person in Bosnia and Herzegovina to social security and social insurance is provided for through social protection, health care, and pension and disability protection.

Out of a total of 165,481 pensioners to whom pensions are provided in Republika Srpska, as at December 2001, there were 32,510 persons receiving disability pension with an average pension of KM 117.75 (Report on the status of pension and disability insurance and recommendations, April 2002).

Laws on pension and disability insurance clearly define rights that are provided for based upon obligatory and voluntary insurance, according to mutuality and solidarity principles, such as rights of older persons, rights in cases of reduction or loss of the ability to work, and rights in the case of death or injury for provision of insurance to family members.

Under special regulations, children of the insured who became fully and indefinitely disabled for work before they turned 15, i.e. during their period of schooling, have the right to insurance during their disability condition.

The extent of rights depends on the length of pension seniority and salary levels that the insured had during his work period, or the base amounts paid as contributions for pension and disability insurance.

Disability Programme

If the beneficiary has intentionally caused the death or disability of the insured, or attempted to cause the death of the insured or the beneficiary shall lose his her right to claim the insurance benefits.

These categories determine the source and type of support provided and they are based on general social security disability pension, employment disability pension, IDF (Israel Defence Force) disability pension, hostile operations disability pensions, Holocaust and anti Nazi operations disability pensions, and children receiving disabled child pensions.

Insurance of persons business which includes life insurance, health insurance and accident and injury insurance.

There are many kinds of insurance such as health insurance, fire insurance, life insurance, etc.

Each insurance company, insurance assets management company and insurance regulatory bureau

Property insurance business which includes insurance against loss or damage to property, liability insurance and credit insurance or

Insurance Agents and Insurance Brokers

Article 67 If the insured suffers from death, disability, or illness as a result of a third party's conduct, the insurer shall have no right of subrogation against the third party after the payment of the insurance benefits.

The Committee notes that the recent Law on Pensions and Disability Insurance of the Republic of Serbia has introduced stricter requirements for eligibility for old age and disability pensions in order to guarantee the financial sustainability of the pensions system, and expresses its concern that those who do not comply with these requirements will be left without adequate social assistance.