News from UWP

BERAG, the administrative office of UWP Collective Foundation for Occupational Benefits (Basel), is pleased to announce that the innovative UWP insured members' app has gone live.

UWP Collective Foundation grants partners the same survivors' benefits as spouses. However, various requirements must be met for these benefits to be paid in accordance with the regulations.

UWP is a collective foundation. Independent companies are affiliated to it for the purpose of occupational pension provision. A pension fund (pf) is set up at UWP for each affiliated company.

In Switzerland, around 50% of marriages currently end in divorce. Among other things, divorce entails a re-arrangement of the financial circumstances of both parties.