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Pension
Retiring means much more than concluding your professional life; at the time of retirement, the average person still has about a quarter of their life to look forward to. That is why the end of your working life also represents a new start. Here you will find the services that can support you in your transition to a new phase of life.
Services:
Aid for surviving dependants under statutory accident insurance
If your wife, husband, registered partner or parent has died, you can receive financial support from the statutory accident insurance.
Apply for a child-raising pension
If you are raising a child alone because your divorced partner has died, you can receive a child-raising pension.
Apply for a pension for miners
If you are no longer able to work in your previous profession in the mining industry for health reasons, you will receive a pension for miners under certain conditions.
Apply for a reduced earning capacity pension from the agricultural pension fund
A serious illness may mean that you are unable to work until the normal retirement age. If you are affected, you can apply for a reduced earning capacity pension.
Apply for a standard old-age pension
If you wish to draw a standard old-age pension, you must submit an application.
Apply for a standard old-age pension from the agricultural pension fund
You will receive the normal old-age pension (standard old-age pension) on application if you meet certain requirements.
Apply for a state allowance for a private supplementary long-term care insurance policy
Build up private long-term care insurance in the event of needing long-term care.
Apply for a subsidy for private or voluntary health insurance
If you are a pensioner with voluntary statutory health insurance or private health insurance with an insurance company, you can apply for a contribution subsidy from Deutsche Rentenversicherung.
Apply for a widow's or widower's pension from the Agricultural Pension Fund
As a surviving dependant, you can receive a widow's or widower's pension from the agricultural pension fund (LAK).
Apply for an early retirement pension for long-term insured persons from the Agricultural Pension Fund
Under certain conditions, you can apply for an early retirement pension for long-term insured persons before the regular retirement age.
Apply for an early retirement pension for spouses from the Agricultural Pension Fund
You can apply for an early retirement pension for spouses or life partners under certain conditions.
Apply for an old-age pension for particularly long-term insured persons
If you have been insured for a particularly long time, you can retire without deductions before reaching the standard retirement age under certain conditions.
Apply for an orphan's pension from the agricultural pension fund
After the death of one of your parents, you will receive an orphan's pension from the Agricultural Pension Fund under certain conditions. Grandchildren and siblings of the deceased person can also receive an orphan's pension.
Apply for assistance with living expenses (social welfare)
If your income or assets are not sufficient to cover your necessary living expenses, you will receive assistance with living expenses (social assistance) under certain conditions.
Apply for clarification of the pension insurance account of ethnic German repatriates and displaced persons
If you are recognized as a displaced person or ethnic German resettler, you should apply for clarification of your pension insurance account so that your insurance periods from abroad can be taken into account.
Apply for compulsory insurance in the statutory pension insurance scheme as a self-employed person
If you are self-employed and do not pay contributions, you may lose any benefit entitlements you have already acquired in the statutory pension insurance scheme. You can prevent this by applying for compulsory insurance.
Apply for exemption from compulsory insurance with the agricultural pension fund as an entrepreneur
Under certain conditions, you can be exempted from compulsory insurance with the Agricultural Pension Fund.
Apply for exemption from compulsory insurance with the agricultural pension fund for income outside agriculture
Do you earn more than twelve times the annual mini-job limit outside of agriculture? Then, under certain conditions, you can be exempted from compulsory insurance with the Agricultural Pension Fund.
Apply for mandatory status clarification for family members working for the company or managing partners
If, according to the registration, you and your employer are related in a certain way or if you are a managing partner, the procedure for clarifying your employment status is automatically initiated at the clearing office.
Apply for medical rehabilitation at the expense of pension insurance
You can receive medical rehabilitation from the pension insurance fund if your earning capacity is impaired by illness or disability.
Apply for miners' compensation benefit (KAL) for miners
If you have lost your job in the mining industry, you can receive a miners' compensation benefit (KAL) under certain conditions.
Apply for old-age pension for long-term insured persons
If you have been insured for many years, you can retire with deductions before reaching the standard retirement age under certain conditions.
Apply for old-age pension for severely disabled people
If you are severely disabled, you can retire without deductions before reaching the standard retirement age under certain conditions.
Apply for rehabilitation aftercare from the pension insurance fund
You can receive an aftercare benefit from the pension insurance fund if your attending physician at the rehabilitation facility determines the need for aftercare at the end of your medical rehabilitation.
Apply for social assistance
Is your income not sufficient to cover your basic living expenses in old age or in the event of a full reduction in earning capacity? Then you can apply for basic income support.
Apply for support for returning to work
If you would like to work despite health problems, you can receive financial support for this - for example for aids or measures.
Apply for voluntary insurance in the statutory pension insurance scheme
If you are not already compulsorily insured, you can also make voluntary provision in the statutory pension insurance scheme.
Apply for voluntary status clarification
If you want to check whether you are self-employed or employed, you can submit an application to determine your employment status.
Apply to close your housing subsidy account
If you have a home subsidy account, you can save tax through single taxation.
Applying for a half or full orphan's pension
Children for whom one or both parents have died can apply for an orphan's pension.
Applying for a pension due to death in the event of disappearance
If spouses, divorced spouses or parents are missing, the pension insurance company can determine the presumed date of death. You can then receive a corresponding pension.
Applying for a reduced earning capacity pension
If you are no longer able to work due to illness or disability, you can receive a reduced earning capacity pension in many cases.
Applying for a reduced earning capacity pension in the event of occupational disability
If you are no longer able to work in your previous occupation due to illness or disability, you can receive a partial disability pension under certain conditions. You must have been born before 02.01.1961.
Applying for a widow's or widower's pension
If your spouse or registered partner dies, you can receive a widow's or widower's pension in many cases.
Applying for an accident insurance pension in the event of a reduction in earning capacity of at least 40 percent
If your earning capacity is reduced by 40 percent or more, you can apply for a lump sum as compensation for a period of 10 years instead of an accident pension
Applying for an old-age pension for miners who have worked underground for many years
If you have worked underground in the mining industry for a long time, you can apply for an old-age pension for miners who have worked underground for many years under certain conditions.
Applying for child-raising and child allowance periods in statutory pension insurance
Have you raised one or more children? You can apply to have this taken into account for your future pension.
Applying for compulsory insurance and contributions to pension insurance for tradespeople in craft businesses
Are you self-employed as a tradesperson in a craft business? Then, under certain conditions, you are subject to compulsory insurance in the statutory pension insurance scheme.
Applying for exemption from compulsory insurance in the statutory pension insurance scheme for members of professional pension schemes
Are you a compulsory member of a professional pension scheme? Then you can apply for exemption from compulsory insurance in the statutory pension insurance scheme.
Applying for medical rehabilitation for children and young people with pension insurance
If your child has a chronic illness or their health is at risk, they can receive medical rehabilitation benefits from pension insurance.
Applying for pension compensation for surviving dependants in statutory accident insurance in the event of remarriage
As a surviving dependant or surviving spouse, you can apply for a settlement from the agricultural accident insurance instead of a pension in the event of remarriage.
Applying for transitional allowance for pensioners
If you receive rehabilitation benefits from the pension insurance fund and your entitlement to continued payment of wages or remuneration ends, you may be entitled to transitional allowance.
As an employee family member (Mifa) apply for exemption from compulsory insurance with the agricultural pension fund
If you work as a relative in an agricultural business, you can be exempted from compulsory insurance with the Agricultural Pension Fund under certain conditions.
Clarify pension insurance account
To check whether the data for your future pension is complete and correct, you can request clarification of your insurance account from the pension insurance fund.
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Find out about your insurance history with the agricultural pension fund
If you would like to find out about the insurance periods you have already completed with the Landwirtschaftliche Alterskasse (LAK), you can request an informal insurance history at any time.
Participate in the "RV Fit" prevention program of the German Pension Insurance
If you are working and the first impairments or complaints appear, German Pension Insurance offers you a free training program with elements on exercise, nutrition and stress management.
Reapplying for a statutory accident insurance pension due to aggravation after a settlement
You can receive a pension again from the statutory accident insurance after a settlement on application and under certain conditions.
Receive a parental pension from agricultural accident insurance
If your daughter or son dies as a result of an accident at work, a commuting accident or an occupational disease, you can receive a parental pension under certain conditions.
Receive a parental pension from statutory accident insurance
If your daughter or son dies as a result of an accident at work, a commuting accident or an occupational disease, you can receive a parental pension under certain conditions.
Receive a pension from the agricultural accident insurance
Is your earning capacity limited due to an accident at work, an accident on the way to work or an occupational disease? If so, you may be entitled to an agricultural accident insurance pension under certain conditions.
Receive a widow's and widower's pension from the agricultural accident insurance fund
As a widow, widower or surviving partner in a civil partnership, you can receive a pension from the Agricultural Employers' Liability Insurance Association under certain conditions.
receive a widow's or widower's pension for former spouses from statutory accident insurance
After the death of your former partner or spouse as a result of an insured event, you can receive a pension from the statutory accident insurance.
receive a widow's or widower's pension for former spouses from statutory accident insurance
After the death of your former partner or spouse, you can receive a pension from the statutory accident insurance.
Receive a widow's or widower's pension from agricultural accident insurance again after a settlement
Even if you have received a settlement in the course of remarriage, you can again receive a survivor's pension from the statutory accident insurance.
Receive an orphan's pension from the agricultural accident insurance fund
If your father or mother has died, you will receive an orphan's pension from the agricultural accident insurance fund under certain conditions.
Receive death benefit from agricultural accident insurance
Have you paid for the funeral of a person who died in an accident at work, a commuting accident or as a result of an occupational disease? Then agricultural accident insurance will reimburse the costs under certain conditions.
Receive death benefits for surviving dependants from statutory accident insurance
If a member of your family has died as a result of an accident at work or on the way to work or as a result of a recognized occupational disease, you can receive death benefits from the statutory accident insurance.
Receive or request pension information
From your 27th birthday, you will receive annual pension information from your pension insurance provider if you have paid contributions for a total of at least 5 years. You can also request the pension information informally at any time.
Receive orphan's pension from statutory accident insurance
If your parent has died as a result of an insured event, you will receive an orphan's pension from the statutory accident insurance fund under certain conditions.
Recovering repatriation costs for deceased persons in statutory accident insurance
Have you paid for the repatriation of a person with statutory accident insurance? Then you can recover the costs if the person dies as a result of an insured event.
Reimbursement of transfer costs by agricultural accident insurance
Did you pay for the repatriation of a person who died as a result of an accident at work, a commuting accident or an occupational disease? If so, you can get the costs reimbursed under certain conditions.
Request a pension statement
If you would like information about your future pension entitlements and your pension start date, you can request this informally at any time.
Request pension information from the agricultural pension fund
Are you or were you insured with the Landwirtschaftliche Alterskasse and need information about your future old-age pension entitlements and your pension start date? You can request this informally at any time.
Social security
Here you will find information about your rights and obligations in the area of social security, including in connection with pensions.
Submit a request to use archive material
If you would like to view or use archive material from different periods of German history in the Federal Archives, you will need an approved application for use.
Widow's and widower's pensions for surviving dependants under statutory accident insurance
As a widow, widower or part of a civil partnership with the deceased person, you can receive a pension from the statutory accident insurance.
