Survivors - Pension rates

Monthly survivors’ pension amounts
For a widow/er age 40-50 without children - NIS 1,113 (as of 01.01.2012)
For a widow/er age 50 or older without children - NIS 1,481 (as of 01.01.2012)
For a widow/er age 80 or older - NIS 1,565 (as of 01.01.2012)
For a widow/er with one child   - NIS 2,176 (as of 01.01.2012)
For a widow/er with two children - NIS 2,871 (as of 01.01.2012)
For each additional child  - NIS 695 (as of 01.01.2012)
For a child in special circumstances (an orphan who has lost both parents, a single orphan whose surviving parent is not entitled to a survivors’ pension) - NIS 921 (as of 01.01.2012)

Seniority increment
The survivors of a person who was insured for 11 or more years before his death are entitled to a seniority increment.

The rate of the increment: for each year from the 11^th year of the insurance - 2% of the pension, with a maximum increment rate of 50%.

Special survivors’ benefit
A special survivors’ benefit is paid to the widow and orphans of an Israeli resident who was not insured (because he was age 60-62 – in accordance with his date of birth –  or older at the time he immigrated to Israel) The rates of the special survivors’ benefit are equivalent to the survivors’ pension under the National Insurance Law, without a seniority increment.

The son or daughter of an insured person (including foster child, adopted child and grandchild supported entirely by the insured person, except for a married child) who meets one of the following conditions: *up to age 18; *if completing his studies at a post-elementary educational institution or studying in a framework to complete matriculation exams, or having a learning disability and studying in a framework recognized by the NII– up to age 20; *if in a pre-army IDF framework – up to age 20;* if a volunteer in a framework of public service for up to 12 months and his army service is deferred due to this volunteering – up to age 21; *if serving compulsory service in the IDF – up to age 24; *if serving in the voluntary National Service – up to age 24;*if studying in an "atuda" framework and deferring army service due to studies – up to age 24.