A benefit will be provided to your partner and children if you die. This benefit consists of the partner’s pension (or ‘partnerpensioen’ in Dutch) and the orphan's pension (or ‘wezenpensioen’).

When is a partner eligible for a partner’s pension?

Your partner is understood to be the person that, when you retired, you either:

- were married to
- were the registered partner of
- had lived together with for at least six months and had a notarised cohabitation agreement with.

A partner you live with must not be related to you. If you live together, you must have registered your partner with us before you retired.

Amount of partner’s pension

The standard partner’s pension is equal to 70 % of your own pension. Your partner will receive this benefit until he of she dies. If, when you retired, you chose to convert your partner’s pension into extra pension for yourself, then your partner will receive no pension.

Orphan's pension

If you die, each of your children receives an orphan's pension until they reach 25 years of age.

The standard orphan's pension is equal to 14 % of your own pension.

Anw benefit

Your partner may be legally entitled to a statutory survivor benefit provided by the government under the National Survivor Benefits Act (Anw). There are, however, conditions to this benefit. Your partner must either have been born before 1950, care for minors, or be partially unable to work. More information is available on the Sociale Verzekeringsbank’s website.