Funeral insurance contract

The insurance covering repatriation of the deceased to their home country through the Amshimi funeral service.

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What does this insurance cover?

Preparation of all the relevant documentation for the deceased.
The ritual washing and shrouding according to Islamic prescriptions, arranged by the staff of the Amshimi funeral service.
The funeral prayer led by an imam.
Transport of the deceased from Switzerland to the home country.

Rules

The insurance covers the arrangement, preparation and transport of deceased members of your mosque and of members of their families.
Mosques wishing to benefit from this insurance offered by the Amshimi funeral service must meet the criteria for application, so that an agreement can be concluded providing for a list of their members — surname, first name and address — to be submitted, and so that the insurance contract is as complete as possible.
Those wishing to join the Amshimi funeral service whose mosque was previously covered by another funeral insurance must have the earlier contract deposited in order to obtain full membership.

How do you join the insurance offered by the Amshimi funeral service?

For every member registered with the Amshimi funeral service, everything necessary is taken care of in the event of death, from the ritual washing through to repatriation, in accordance with Islamic principles and rules.
You must first be a member of a mosque and up to date with your contributions there, since the Amshimi funeral service was designed above all to support the mosque and to ease the procedures and ceremonies of burial.
A mosque affiliated to the Amshimi funeral service pays an annual contribution of CHF 50 per member, individually or as part of the collective arrangement.
From the day of payment, the husband, the wife and children up to the age of 21 are covered and receive all the benefits of the funeral service.
Children over the age of 21 who are in employment must pay their own membership at the mosque, including the funeral insurance of CHF 50, in their own name.

What does the Amshimi funeral service provide in the event of death?

Arrangement and preparation of the ritual washing according to Islamic prescriptions.
The administrative steps at the consulate and with the official Swiss authorities.
Payment and transport of the deceased by air from Switzerland to the nearest airport, and from the airport to the cemetery in the home country, arranged by the Amshimi funeral service.
In addition to transporting the deceased by air, the Amshimi funeral service provides one economy-class ticket to accompany the deceased.
If a member entitled to the funeral insurance dies while on holiday in their home country, a family member is reimbursed for the return ticket to Switzerland, on production of the death certificate.

Cover for visitors from the home country

If you are a member of the mosque and other members of your family come to visit you in Switzerland from the home country, a further CHF 200 is payable in order to make use of the funeral services.

Contact person for the Amshimi funeral service: Emin Mersimi.
Entitlement to the benefits of the Amshimi funeral insurance begins immediately from the date of registration, that is, of payment into our account.
The contract is concluded collectively or individually with every mosque wishing to join the Amshimi funeral service, for a term of three (3) years, renewable.

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