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receive a widow's or widower's pension for former spouses from statutory accident insurance

Service Description

If your former spouse has died as a result of an insured event, for example an accident at work, you can receive a pension. The same applies to registered civil partnerships. Insured persons are entitled to a pension if they provided maintenance to a former spouse or former registered partner during the last year before their death or if there was a corresponding entitlement to maintenance.

You must submit an application to the relevant employers' liability insurance association or accident insurance fund.
The pension amounts to 30 percent of the deceased person's annual income. The monthly payment begins 3 months after the death. You will receive the pension for a maximum of 21 months.

You will receive a pension amounting to 40 percent of the deceased person's annual income if you:

  • are raising a child,
  • are older than 47 years of age or
  • are disabled, unable to work or incapacitated for work as defined by the statutory pension insurance.

It is possible that other people are entitled to the pension in addition to you, for example if the deceased person was married and divorced several times. In such a case, the pension is divided according to the duration of the marriage or civil partnership with the deceased person.

If you have an income, the pension will be reduced.

Process flow

You can apply for a widow's or widower's pension for former spouses or former life partners from the statutory accident insurance 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.

Requirements

You will receive a widow's or widower's pension for former spouses and former life partners if

  • the death was the result of an insured event (this includes accidents at work, commuting accidents and occupational illnesses)
  • your former marriage or former registered civil partnership was divorced, annulled or declared null and void and
  • the deceased person provided you with maintenance during the last year before death or
  • you were entitled to maintenance.

Which documents are required?

  • Death certificate
  • Your bank details (IBAN and BIC)
  • Marriage certificate (family register) or civil partnership certificate
  • Notarized declaration of divorce, dissolution or annulment of the marriage or civil partnership in accordance with the Civil Partnership Act
  • Your social security number
  • To check your entitlement to benefits, you must submit an application to the relevant accident insurance institution. Here you can find out whether and, if so, which other documents you need.

What are the fees?

There are no costs.

What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?

There is no deadline.

Processing duration

Processing Time: 1 - 3 Months

Legal basis

Applications / forms

  • Contradiction
    • 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.

Appeal

  • Forms available: No
  • Written form required: No
  • Informal application possible: Yes
  • Personal appearance necessary: No
  • Online service available: Yes

Further Information

Author

Forwarding service: Deep link to the original portal

German Social Accident Insurance (DGUV)

The text was automatically translated based on the German content.

Technically approved by

Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (BMAS)

Professionally released on

12.01.2023

Source: Zuständigkeitsfinder Thüringen (Linie6PLus)

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Deutsche Gesetzliche Unfallversicherung e.V. (DGUV)

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