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Survivor Benefits

1. What are the eligibility, priority and payment standards for Survivor Benefit from labor occupational accident insurance?
2. What documents are required to apply for Survivor Benefit from labor occupational accident insurance?
3. When the insured does not have any beneficiary under the Labor Occupational Accident Insurance and Protection Act, can such beneficiary be designated? If not, how to apply for the funeral grant?
4. If the insured passes away due to an occupational accident, can his/her parents apply for Survivor Benefits from labor occupational accident insurance?
5. How to apply for Survivor Benefits from labor occupational accident insurance if a foreign migrant worker passes away, or the insured's surviving family members do not have household registration in ROC?
6. How to claim the survivor benefit if the insured passes away, have divorced his/her spouse, and the child(s) is minor?
7. What does "marriage relationship lasted for more than one year" mean?
8. Is the application and payment of the survivor pension the same as the permanent disability pension?
9. Is the survivor pension available for a lifetime?
10. How to apply when there are more than 2 people applying for funeral grant or survivor pension (Survivor allowances, Lump-sum survivor benefits)? If the agreement fails to be reached, how will the BLI make the distribution?
11. What to do if some of the surviving family members of the same priority want to receive the pension while some want the allowance?
12. The insured is assessed to be incapable of working for life, receives Permanent disability pension for complete or severe disability due to occupational injury or disease and whose insurance coverage has been terminated with the law by the BLI. If the insured person pass away due to the same occupational injury or disease within one year from the day following the end of coverage, can the surviving family members apply for Survivor Benefit from labor occupational accident insurance?
13. Can all surviving family members claim the survivor pension?
14. Under what circumstances can the surviving family members apply for the survivor pension?
15. How is survivor pension calculated when the insured passes away due to an occupational accident during the insurance coverage period?
16. If the insured applies for the insurance for the first time after January 1, 2009 and passes away due to an occupational accident, and all of the surviving family members do not meet the requirements for survivor pension, what benefits can be applied for?
17. If the insured applies for the insurance for the first time after January 1, 2009 and then passes away due to an occupational accident, and the parents are the beneficiaries. What are the requirements for claiming a survivor pension? What kind of benefits can the surviving family members apply for?
18. Will there be any discount on the handling fee deducted when the survivor pension payment is remitted to the foreign account every month?

Last Update：2022-09-06