Social insurance law is characterized by compulsory insurance and covers among others the following risks: illness, incapacity for work due to sickness, maternity, occupational accidents and diseases, occupational disability/incapacity, old age, unemployment, death, …
The start and the termination of the insurance are linked to a specific self-employed or employed activity, or to the receipt of a benefit from statutory social insurance, and are not dependent on the will of the insurer or the insured. In principle, the insurance relationship is therefore established independently of the submission of a notification and the payment of contributions, as soon as the legal requirements are met.