About Ilmarinen
We are Finland’s largest private earnings-related pension insurance company. As a mutual pension insurance company, we are wholly owned by our customers. Our task is to ensure that our customers receive the pension they earned from work. We offer statutory employees’ and self-employed persons’ pension insurance for employers and entrepreneurs operating in Finland.
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Press release 26.4.2024
Ilmarinen’s return on investments 3.2 per cent and efficiency improved further
The return on Ilmarinen’s investments in January–March was 3.2 per cent. The company’s cost-effectiveness improved further as premiums written grew and the operating expenses necessary for providing pension security fell. “We have successfully continued implementing Ilmarinen’s strategy and improved our productivity significantly over the past six years,” says Ilmarinen’s CEO Jouko Pölönen.
News 19.12.2023
We are introducing Suomi.fi e-Identification for employers
We will start using Suomi.fi e-Identification in the employer’s online service as of 19 December 2023. This means that, starting on that date, you will be able to log in to the service using your personal online banking codes or a mobile certificate. For that purpose, you will need either a register role or a mandate granted in Suomi.fi e-Authorizations.
Press release 27.10.2023
Ilmarinen’s return on investments 3.3 per cent – employment weakening
The return on Ilmarinen’s investments in January–September was 3.3 per cent. Measures to improve cost-effectiveness continued. “Last year, we became the most cost-effective company in the industry, measured by the ratio of operating expenses to expense loading components. This year our operating expenses, which are necessary for providing pension security, have decreased further, and we are lowering the price of administrative costs for our customers by 20 per cent,” states President and CEO Jouko Pölönen.
Join us in building a better working life
A career at Ilmarinen is an opportunity to boldly vision, to create and to experience a better working life. As Finland’s leading earnings-related pension insurer, we influence the sector’s development and the transformation of working life through our own example every day.
Learn more about Ilmarinen as an employerWe are responsible earnings-related pension company
Sustainability is one of our values and part of everything we do. We take care of your pension cover and your pension assets. That is our way of bearing responsibility for the future. We regularly report on our work to enable you to assess our performance.
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Governance and organisation
Well-functioning governance supports the management of pension cover.
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Financial information
On these pages, you can find our financial information related to the management of pension cover, such as the Board of Directors’ Reports on Operations, interim reports, and annual and sustainability reports.
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The way we work
On these pages you will find a compilation of the policies and practices that guide our operations.
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Investments
We invest our shared pension assets profitably, securely and responsibly.
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Strategy and values
Our strategy and values guide our operations in managing pension cover.
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Our history
Ilmarinen was established at the same time as the Finnish pension system. We are Finland’s oldest earnings-related pension company.
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Ilmarinen’s real estate
As part of investing pension assets, we provide homes and business premises for thousands of Finns.
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