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Reapplying for a widow's or widower's pension from statutory accident insurance after a settlement
Service Description
Employer's liability insurance associations and accident insurance funds pay you a survivor's pension. The prerequisite for this is that you were married until the death of the insured person. The same applies to registered partnerships. In addition, the insured person must have died as a result of an insured event, for example an accident at work.
If you remarry or enter into a new civil partnership, your entitlement to a survivor's pension ends. However, you will receive a settlement amounting to 24 times the monthly amount of the survivor's pension.
You can again receive a previously settled survivor's pension from the statutory accident insurance if the first remarriage or the first new civil partnership
- dissolved (divorced),
- annulled or declared null and void.
An application is required for this.
It is possible that you are also entitled to a survivor's pension, pension, maintenance or other pension in connection with another marriage or partnership. Please state this when applying. Several benefits may be offset against each other.
Process flow
You can submit your application online or by post.
Online service:
- Call up the online service.
- You will be guided through the process on the accident insurance service portal.
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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
- The new marriage or the first new civil partnership under the Civil Partnership Act was dissolved, annulled or declared null and void.
- The remarriage or new civil partnership immediately followed the marriage or partnership from which a pension entitlement existed.
Which documents are required?
- certified annulment, dissolution or declaration of nullity of the first remarriage or civil partnership in accordance with the Civil Partnership Act
- You can find out which other documents are required in your case from your employer's liability insurance association or accident insurance fund or from the (online) application form.
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
Applications / forms
- 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.
Appeal
Forms available: No
Written form required: No
Informal application possible: Yes
Personal appearance necessary: No
Online services available: Yes
What else should I know?
There are no indications or special features.
Further Information
Author
German Social Accident Insurance (DGUV)
Forwarding service: Deep link to the original portal
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.
Technically approved by
Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (BMAS)
Professionally released on
06.01.2023
Source: Zuständigkeitsfinder Thüringen (Linie6PLus)
