The continued insurance is a bridging technique whereby a former self-employed person can protect certain social security rights for the future by the voluntary payment of contributions. There is, however, one condition: the self-employed person is to have been insured for at least one year and suspended his self-employed activity.
In principle, this technique can only be used to bridge 2 years max.
If the independent activity was suspended less than 7 years before normal retirement age, the continued insurance can, however, continue until retirement age or up to the starting date of his early retirement