Eastern Insurance District
The Eastern Insurance District is responsible for handling claims for benefit in an area consisting of the following municipalities.
Phone service
Individual customers are served by Kela's service numbers, employers by the service number for employers and Kela's partners by the service number for governmental organisations.
Director of the Eastern Insurance District
Kimmo Ruuskanen
firstname.surname@kela.fi
Koulukatu 24, 80100 Joensuu
PL 70, 70056 KELA
Fax 020 63 41599
Claims determination centres:
Centre for Income Security Benefits:
Tiina Ahponen, Head of Centre
Centre for Pensions, Family Benefits and Student Financial Aid:
Eija Aarnio, Head of Centre
Centre for Benefits Supporting Work Capacity and Functioning:
Janne Nissinen, Head of Centre
Centre for Medical Care Benefits:
Sam Korhonen, Head of Centre
Medical Advisory Centre:
Jyrki Elo, Chief Medical Advisor
Document Scanning Centre:
Head of Centre: Sam Korhonen