Friday was held a high level meeting between Chesnel Pierre, the Director General of the National Office of Old Age Insurance (ONA) accompanied by some executives of the Institution and a delegation of the National Police of Haiti (PNH) composed of senior officers and members of the Office of the Director General, Rameau Normil, around the development and implementation of the new ONA-POLIS product.

ONA-POLIS is one of the solutions recommended by the Head of State, with a view to upgrading social and insurance benefits and improving the living conditions of the police offciers.

It is an old-age insurance cover on the basis of voluntary insurance which will allow insured police officers to enjoy the same rights and privileges as ONA insureds, while enjoying the insurance and civil pension.

Participants reviewed the voluntary police registration process, the benefits, prestations and services offered by the ONA to its policyholders. Emphasis has also been placed on the preferential rates that will be granted to police officers considering their role in society and taking into account the recommendations of President Moïse.

Chesnel Pierre also discussed the possibility of Mixed Voluntary Insurance, under which the police or any other PNH employee can choose and decide to voluntarily insure themselves with the ONA by paying personally and monthly 6% of their salary. The counterpart of the 6% would be paid by the Haitian State, through the Ministry of the Economy.

The registration process is scheduled to start on March 3, 2020 and will close on April 24, 2020.

For their part, the representatives of the PNH welcomed this initiative and were optimistic about its viability, based on exchanges and concerns shared with ONA executives to fully understand the functioning of ONA-POLIS and advantages that will benefit the police.

A memorandum of understanding between the ONA, the Ministries of Finance, Social Affairs, Justice and Public Security, and the PNH is already under study with a view to providing a legal framework for this new product.

HL/ HaitiLibre