Registering an authorised representative

Contributions for voluntary health insurance or voluntary pension insurance are generally paid to the Social Security Centre (Centre commun de la sécurité sociale - CCSS) by the applicant. However, another person may undertake to pay the contributions instead of the applicant. A person who undertakes to pay these contributions is considered as an authorised representative.

Persons concerned

Any person who undertakes to pay voluntary health or pension insurance contributions on behalf of another person may be registered as an authorised representative with the CCSS. This may be, for example:

  • a family member or someone close to the applicant;
  • the social welfare office of the applicant's place of residence;
  • the applicant's former employer;
  • etc.

Prerequisites

  • the applicant must have obtained the authorised representative's agreement first;
  • the authorised representative must have a national identification number.

How to proceed

Registering an authorised representative for voluntary insurance

The authorised representative must be named in the application for admission to voluntary insurance. To do so, simply complete the 'Data concerning the authorised representative' section of the form, when applying for admission to voluntary health insurance, or when applying for admission to voluntary pension insurance.

Extrait du formulaire de demande d'admission à l'assurance volontaire
Extrait du formulaire de demande d'admission à l'assurance volontaire

The person named as the authorised representative must also sign the application.  

 

After receiving and accepting the application, the CCSS informs the applicant and the authorised representative of its decision by letter.

The account statements (invoices) showing the contributions to be paid are sent directly to the authorised representative.

 

Useful information 

The authorised representative may set up a direct debit mandate.

Cancelling an authorised representative's voluntary insurance payments

An authorised representative who wishes to stop paying contributions on behalf of another person must inform the CCSS. To do so, the authorised representative simply needs to send a letter informing the CCSS. This letter must contain the following information:

  • the authorised representative's identification number, surname, first name and address;
  • the insured's identification number, surname, first name and address;
  • the authorised representative's signature;
  • the date when the authorised representative wishes to stop the payments.

Once the authorised representative's payments have been cancelled, the CCSS will send the account statements (invoices) for the voluntary insurance contributions to the insured.

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