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Notify changes in the company, self-employed or freelance activity to the statutory accident insurance.

Has something changed in your company or in your self-employed or freelance work? You must report this to your employers' liability insurance association or accident insurance fund.

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Procedure details

You must report any changes that affect at least one of the following:

  • The nature and object of the business
  • your activity
  • the shareholding structure, or
  • the legal form of your company.

There are or have been changes in your company or in your self-employed or freelance activity which

  • may be of significance for the examination of the responsibility of the employers' liability insurance association or accident insurance fund,
  • affect the requirements for assignment to the hazard classes,
  • concern other bases for the calculation of contributions.

Examples:

  • Activities have been added or dropped.
  • There is a change in one or more entrepreneurs.
  • There is a change in one or more authorized representatives.
  • There is a change in the legal form.

  • Required Documents

    if necessary:

    • Commercial register excerpt
    • List of shareholders
    • Articles of association
    • Trade registration

You can complete the notification online or by mail.

Online service:

  • Access the online service.
  • You will be guided through the procedure on the service portal of the accident insurance.
  • You can register.
    • If you would like to receive the response from your employers' liability insurance association or accident insurance fund in the mailbox of your BundID account or My Company Account, you must have an account and authenticate yourself.
    • If you would like to receive the answer by mail, you can also proceed without logging in.
  • Select your responsible employers' liability insurance association or accident insurance fund or determine it using the industry search.
  • Upload the required documents.
  • Fill out the online form and submit it.
  • Your report will automatically be forwarded to your employers' liability insurance association or accident insurance fund.
  • You will receive a response by the requested method.

Online service Your employers' liability insurance association or accident insurance fund:

  • If you have access to the portal of your employers' liability insurance association or accident insurance fund, you can also submit the notification electronically there, if necessary.

Message by mail:

  • Contact your employers' liability insurance association or accident insurance fund with an informal letter.
  • Make sure to include required information and enclose the necessary documents.

There are no costs involved.

Changes or termination must be notified within four 4 weeks.

1 bis 2 Wochen

There are no clues or specifics.

  • Appeal
  • Detailed information on how to lodge an appeal can be found in the notification from your employers' liability insurance association or accident insurance fund.

Status: 10.03.2025
Editorially responsible for prodecure description: Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales
Source: Federal Portal