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Applying for pension compensation for surviving spouses from statutory accident insurance in the event of remarriage

As a surviving dependant, you will receive a settlement from the statutory accident insurance instead of a pension if you remarry or enter into a new civil partnership.

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As a widow or widower and registered partner, you will receive a survivor's pension from the statutory accident insurance in the event of death as a result of an insured event.

If you remarry as a surviving dependant or enter into a new registered civil partnership, the surviving dependant's pension granted will be settled.

You will receive 24 times your monthly pension as a settlement.

The calendar months worked as part of a survivor's pension with a fixed term in advance will be offset against the settlement amount.

If you have already received a pension settlement on remarriage or a new registered civil partnership and your marital status has changed again, please contact your employer's liability insurance association or accident insurance fund. They will advise you on possible benefit entitlements.

  • You must be entitled to survivors' benefits from the statutory accident insurance.
  • You have remarried or formed a new civil partnership in accordance with the Civil Partnership Act.

  • Required Documents
    • Marriage certificate (family register) or
    • Civil partnership certificate in accordance with the Civil Partnership Act

If you receive a survivor's pension from your employer's liability insurance association or accident insurance fund, you must state that you have remarried or are in a new civil partnership.

You can apply for a survivor's pension online or by post.

Online service:

  • Call up the online service.
  • You will be guided through the process on the accident insurance service portal.
  • You can log in.
    • If you would like to receive a reply from your Berufsgenossenschaft 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 reply by post, you can continue without registering.
  • Select your responsible employers' liability insurance association or accident insurance fund or find them using the industry search.
  • Upload the required documents.
  • Complete the online form and send it off.
  • Your notification will be automatically forwarded to your employers' liability insurance association or accident insurance fund.
  • You will receive feedback via the desired channel.

Online service of 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 post:

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

There are no costs.

There is no deadline.

3 bis 4 Wochen

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

Status: 09.03.2025
Editorially responsible for prodecure description: Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales
Source: Federal Portal