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Topdanmark Income Protection
Requires
Member of any Danish unemployment insurance fund
Type
Insurance company – individual scheme
Insurance company
Topdanmark (part of If Skadeforsikring)
Maximum overall coverage
90 % of salary
Maximum supplementary payment
40,000 DKK/month
Qualifying period
9 months
Payment period
Maximum 12 months in a row - max. 36 months in total
Age
18-55 years for purchases - ends at 63 years
Minimum salary
29,036 DKK/month
Price
Calculated online
Tax deduction
Tax-deductible – Topdanmark reports automatically
Caveats
Topdanmark's terms (7876-3) cannot be read automatically, and the waiting period is not on the product side. In Topdanmark-based group agreements it is 45 days (Djøf) and 1 month (IDA).
3F Income Protection
Requires
Member of 3F and 3F A-kasse
Type
Trade union – individual scheme
Insurance company
Alka
Maximum overall coverage
90 % of salary
Maximum supplementary payment
No DKK limit disclosed
Waiting period
0 or 1 month (General conditions of Alka)
Qualifying period
9 months
Payment period
6 or 12 months - max. 36 payments in total (Alka's general terms)
Age
To be purchased before 61 years of age (Alkas 3F brochure 2026) - ends at retirement age
Minimum salary
27,830 DKK/month
Price
Calculated at Alka (70 30 05 07)
Tax deduction
Tax-deductible
Caveats
Minimum salary: 3F’s website states 27,830 kr.; Alka’s 3F brochure 2026 states 27,460 kr.

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