Insurance
Group life insurance
As a government employee, you have group life insurance through the National Government Employee Pensions Board. Your life insurance is valid from the day you arrive at the workplace and as long as you are employed. The insurance also applies during holiday leave and illness. If you are first employed at the university after the age of 65, the insurance does not apply.
In addition to life insurance, funeral assistance and post-employment protection are included if you end your employment before the age of 65.
Tell your relatives that you are insured through the National Government Employee Pensions Board (Statens tjänstepensionsverk, SPV).
Read more at the National Government Employee Pensions Board (Statens tjänstepensionsverk, SPV)
Compensation in the event of injury
As a government employee, regardless of age or hours worked, you have occupational injury insurance through the Occupational Injury Insurance Act and the Agreement on Compensation for Personal Injury (PSA). Occupation injury refers to accidents at work, accidents to and from work, and illnesses that are directly related to work.
Read more at the Swedish Agency for Government Employers
What compensation does the insurance provide?
Additional costs in the event of an occupational injury that are not reimbursed elsewhere can be paid for, e.g. medical care, dental care, rehabilitation, medicines, the aftereffects of personal injury, special aids, future additional costs, and special inconveniences. The deductible is SEK 100.
When it can be assumed that an employee has suffered an occupational injury, it is the employer's obligation to report the injury and inform the employee about the Agreement on Compensation for Personal Injury.
Occupational injuries are reported by the manager to the Swedish Social Insurance Agency.
Collective insurance for foreign visitors
The university has taken out a group insurance that covers postdocs and doctoral students with scholarship funding, guest lecturers, visiting doctoral students, scholarship recipients, external examiners, and guest researchers, including accompanying spouses, cohabitants, and children. All of these come from outside the Schengen area and do not receive compensation (salary) from the university.
Read more at the Legal, Financial and Administrative Services Agency
Health and parental insurance for doctoral students with scholarships
The insurance comes into force when the doctoral student's scholarship is cancelled due to absence from studies due to illness or parental leave, but not if the doctoral student is entitled to corresponding compensation from another insurance. The insurance consists of three elements: sickness benefit, parental benefit, and temporary parental benefit.
Read more at the Legal, Financial and Administrative Services Agency