Life insurance to secure the finances of your family

  • Your life insurance policy will protect your family’s income. The indemnity will be paid as one-off compensation to the beneficiary you have designated to us. 
  • The insurance indemnity may help them pay daily expenses, meet loan repayments or deal with their new life situation. The indemnity may also come in handy in inheritance taxpayments. 

  • As an extra benefit, you'll get a 25% higher claim amount to your life insurance policy free of charge. 

  • You can choose the amount of the indemnity. When bought online, the amount may be EUR 10 000–500 000.

  • You are eligible to apply for life insurance if you are aged 18–63 and reside permanently in Finland. 

  • Acquiring an insurance policy is easy. You can manage the process from beginning to end online. You don’t need to be a Nordea customer to take out the insurance policy.

Grab our limited-time offer!

Life insurance now -50% for six months

  • Get a discount on life insurance for the first 6 months. The offer is valid until 17 June 2024.
  • Other discounts offered to Nordea’s customers are also valid during the campaign period. If you have a home loan with us, you are automatically entitled to a 15% discount on your insurance policies. If you are our Premium or Private Banking Customer, you are always entitled to a 20% discount.

What does life insurance cost?

The price is always customer-specific and based on your age and the amount of cover. 

As a Nordea customer, you can get a discount on your insurance policy. If you have a home loan with us, you are automatically entitled to a 15% discount on your insurance policies. If you are our Premium or Private Banking Customer, you are always entitled to a 20% discount. We also now have a limited-time offer available until 17 June 2024!

Try our calculator to work out the right amount of cover and the price of the policy. If you are entitled to a discount and other benefits as a Nordea customer, these will be applied once you continue to the insurance application from the calculator. Calculating the price does not commit you to taking out an insurance policy. Calculator is in Finnish.

Life insurance indemnity
How much does a life insurance policy cost?
Life insurance can help your family pay inheritance tax
Insurance for a couple or one person
Life insurance linked to a loan
Free additional benefit for your insurance
Taxation of life insurance
Life insurance for entrepreneurs
Terms and conditions

What does life insurance indemnify and how is it paid?

  • The indemnity from your life insurance will be paid as one-off compensation to the beneficiary designated by you if you pass away due to an illness or accident. You can also choose a person other than a next-of-kin as the beneficiary of the indemnity – in principle, anyone.
  • Up to 90% of claims will be paid out within 5 days of us receiving the completed claim form and the required appendices.
  • If your life insurance is linked to a loan, the insurance compensation will primarily be used to pay off the loan. If the loan amount is lower than the life insurance compensation, the rest of the compensation will be paid to the beneficiary you have designated.

Additional benefits from your life insurance – up to 50% higher compensation amount

  • MyLife life insurance comes with an automatic 25% increase to the compensation paid in the event of death. For example, if your cover is currently EUR 100,000, it will be EUR 125,000 after the increase.
  • When you add our free well-being benefit to your insurance, you can increase your insurance cover by an extra 15–25% by exercising actively.

In other words, you have a chance to get a 50% higher life insurance cover, free of charge.

An example of a life insurance policy of EUR 100,000 in which the well-being benefit is included at the active exerciser level:

Compensation amount chosen for the life insuranceEUR 100,000
Automatic 25% increase to the compensation amount+ EUR 25,000
Well-being benefit, active exerciser level 25% increase to the compensation amount+ EUR 25,000
If the insured event occurs, the total compensation isEUR 150,000

The examples above use the highest level of the well-being benefit, which is the active exerciser level and entitles you to a 25% increase to the insurance cover. Under the well-being benefit, the increase to the compensation amount can be either 0%, 15% or 25% during the validity of the insurance, depending on how actively you exercise.

The maximum amount for the increase to the insurance cover is EUR 100,000 in total when the additional compensation from the death cover and the well-being benefit are added up.

How much does a life insurance policy cost?

The price of a life insurance policy is customer-specific and based on your age and the amount of indemnity you have chosen.

Now available for a limited period: life insurance -50% for the first 6 months

  • Discount on: Nordea MyLife death cover. The discount applies to new insurance policies taken by personal customers through our self-service channels or Nordea distribution network.  
  • Campaign period: 26 March–17 June 2024 
  • Discount: 50% 
  • Discount period: 6 months
  • Note these as well:
    • Discounts offered to Nordea’s customers are also valid during the campaign period. If the policyholder is entitled to a discount because they are a Nordea customer, this discount is deducted from the insurance premium before the campaign discount. 
    • Example: Nordea’s home loan customer takes out an insurance policy with critical illness cover during the campaign period. The insurance premium is first deducted by 15%, which is the benefit for home loan customers. Secondly, the campaign discount, 50%, is deducted for the first 6 months. 
    • You don’t need to be a Nordea customer to take out the insurance policy and get the discount.
    • You won’t get the campaign discount if you terminate a corresponding insurance policy with Nordea and take out another one.
    • Insurance policies will be issued in compliance with Nordea Life Assurance’s normal customer and risk management guidelines. 

Try our calculator to work out the right amount of cover and the price of the policy. If you are entitled to a discount and other benefits as a Nordea customer, these will be applied once you continue to the insurance application from the calculator. Calculating the price does not commit you to taking out an insurance policy.

Try our life insurance calculator and calculate the price. (in Finnish)

Life insurance may be a big help to your family when they pay inheritance tax

Your family members may have to pay inheritance tax even though the estate might remain undistributed. This can cause them problems if the estate assets consist mostly of immovable property, and it is not possible to use savings, for example, to pay inheritance tax. 

One of the benefits of life insurance is that the insurance compensation is paid quickly to the beneficiary stated in the beneficiary clause. The compensation can be used for paying inheritance tax. This means that your family won't be forced to sell the family home, holiday home or car they inherit if they don't want to or if it is not sensible due to unfavourable market situation.

Taking out an insurance policy with your partner

Nordea MyLife insurance is always personal. If you want to take out a life insurance cover together with your partner, you must both fill in an insurance application.

However, the advantage of a personal life insurance policy is that, in the case of death, your partner's insurance will remain in force. Also after divorce or separation it might be more practical that both partners have their own insurance policies.

If your life situation changes, you should remember to update the beneficiary clause of your life insurance policy according to your new circumstances. 

Is it a good idea to link my life insurance to a loan?

You can get a Nordea MyLife insurance linked to a home loan. This means that your life insurance compensation is pledged for a loan, and if an insured event takes place, the compensation will primarily be used to pay off the loan.

Choose Nordea MyLife to get a test-winning insurance policy! In September 2022, Kuluttaja magazine examined the terms and conditions and prices of various loan protection insurance policies offered by Finnish banks. The products were divided into non-comprehensive and comprehensive insurance policies that were scored separately. Nordea MyLife won both categories and was praised for its affordable pricing and flexible terms and conditions.

Why should life insurance be linked to a loan?

  • Your life insurance compensation can help your family repay part of the loan or the full loan amount, depending on the compensation amount. This will protect your family's finances in a difficult situation and help them keep the family home.
  • When your life insurance is pledged for a loan, the share of the insurance compensation used for the loan repayments is tax-exempt.
  • If the life insurance compensation is larger than the outstanding loan balance, the rest of your life insurance compensation will be paid to the beneficiary of your choice. If the beneficiary is a next-of-kin, the compensation is taxed in connection with inheritance taxation.
  • When your life insurance is pledged for a loan, the premiums are paid conveniently in connection with loan repayments, so you won't need to deal with separate invoices.
  • You can link your life insurance to either an existing or a new home loan. 

Interested in linking your life insurance to your home loan?

Fill in your contact information (in Finnish) and we'll call you. If you have purchased your life insurance online, it is not possible to link it to a home loan.

Raise your insurance cover by 15–25% with physical exercise

Nordea personal insurance is the only insurance in Finland that rewards you for being physically active – you take exercise and we reward you with a better insurance cover.

  • Half an hour of brisk physical exercise a day will raise your insurance cover by 15%. 
  • One hour of brisk physical exercise a day will bring you a 25% raise to your insurance cover.

This free-of-charge benefit is included in your MyLife insurance policy. Read more about the well-being benefit.

Taxation of life insurance

  • The insurance compensation paid to the next-of-kin is taxed in connection with inheritance taxation. A life insurance compensation payable to other persons is considered taxable capital income in full.
  • If your life insurance is pledged for a loan, the share of the insurance compensation used for the loan repayments is tax-exempt for the beneficiary.

Tax information is in accordance with the situation as at 1 January 2022. Taxation may change during the contract period.

Life insurance for entrepreneurs

Life insurance is also important for entrepreneurs in order to manage risks and be prepared for any setbacks. A life insurance policy will secure your family’s income and the continuity of your company in case you pass away after a serious illness or an accident. 

  • As a private trader, you can acquire a life insurance policy easily online with Nordea personal customer’s online banking codes. Our insurance calculator will find the correct cover for your needs. 
  • If your company format is some other than a private trader company, please read about our corporate MyLife insurance and send us a contact request.

Terms and conditions

Nordea MyLife insurance as well as all product material and customer service related to Nordea MyLife is offered only in Finnish or Swedish. The contractual language used is either Finnish or Swedish, and the purpose of the information provided on this website is only to give a general overview of Nordea MyLife.  

Terms and conditions and product description (in Finnish)

Nordea MyLife well-being benefit

Life insurance i.e. death cover is issued by Nordea Life Assurance Finland Ltd. (Business ID 0927072-8) either through its agent Nordea Bank Abp or its own sales channel.

The detailed compensation criteria and compensation restrictions related to the different kinds of cover are stated in the insurance terms and conditions and in the product description specifying their meaning. The general limitations on compensation are laid down in the Finnish Insurance Contracts Act.  The operations of Nordea Life Assurance Finland Ltd are supervised by the Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority, www.finansivalvonta.fi. The Nordea MyLife app is provided in cooperation with Benify AB.

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Nordea MyLife wins Kuluttaja magazine’s test

Kuluttaja testivoitto

Nordea MyLife emerged as the winner of Kuluttaja magazine’s test in which different loan protection insurance policies were compared in September 2022. The magazine examined the terms and conditions and prices of various loan protection insurance policies offered by Finnish banks. The products were divided into non-comprehensive and comprehensive insurance policies that were scored separately. Nordea MyLife won both categories and was praised for its affordable pricing and flexible terms and conditions.

Read more about the test in Kuluttaja magazine in FinnishOpens new window(some of the content is available to subscribers only)

Nordea MyLife personal insurance can be tailored to your needs. It’s available as loan protection insurance or without the loan connection.