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Applying for a widow's or widower's pension from the statutory accident insurance program again after receiving a severance payment

Workers’ compensation associations and accident insurance funds pay you a survivor’s pension. To be eligible, you must have been married to the insured person until their death. The same applies to registered civil partnerships. In addition, the insured person must have died as a result of an insured event, such as a work-related accident.

If you remarry or enter into a new civil partnership, your entitlement to the survivor’s pension ends. However, you will receive a lump-sum payment equal to 24 times the monthly amount of the survivor’s pension.

You may once again receive a survivor’s pension from statutory accident insurance for which you previously received a lump-sum payment if the first remarriage or the first new civil partnership

  • is dissolved (divorced),
  • annulled, or declared null and void.

An application is required for this.

You may also be entitled to a survivor’s pension, support, alimony, or another type of pension in connection with another marriage or partnership. Please indicate this when submitting your application. Under certain circumstances, multiple benefits may be offset against one another.

  • Reinstatement of Lump-Sum Pensions from Statutory Accident Insurance for Widows and Widowers: Granting
  • Reinstatement of a pension for widows and widowers or registered domestic partners from a previous marriage under statutory accident insurance
  • Requirements:
    • Termination (e.g., due to death), dissolution, annulment, or declaration of nullity of the new marriage or the new civil partnership under the Civil Partnership Act
    • the remarriage or new civil partnership immediately followed the marriage or partnership from which the pension entitlement arose
  • Costs: None
  • Processing time: 1 to 3 months
  • Submit the notification online or by mail
  • Responsible authority:
    • For insurance claims in commercial enterprises: Occupational accident insurance associations (organized by industry)
    • For insurance claims in public-sector enterprises and educational institutions: Accident insurance funds (organized by region)

  • Certified annulment, dissolution, or declaration of nullity of the first remarriage or civil partnership under the Civil Partnership Act
  • You can find out which additional documents are required in your case from your employers’ liability insurance association or accident insurance fund, or you can refer to the (online) application form.

  • 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 followed immediately after the marriage or civil partnership from which a pension entitlement arose.

There are no costs involved.

You can submit your application online or by mail.

Online service:

  • Go to 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 response from your employers’ liability insurance association or accident insurance fund in the inbox of your BundID account or My Company Account, you must have an account and authenticate yourself.
    • If you would like to receive the response by mail, you can proceed without logging in.
  • Select your applicable workers’ compensation association or accident insurance fund, or find it using the industry search.
  • Upload the required documents.
  • Fill out the online form and submit it.
  • Your report will be automatically forwarded to your workers’ compensation association or accident insurance fund.
  • You will receive a response via your preferred method.

Online Service: Your occupational accident insurance association or accident insurance fund:

  • If you have access to your workers’ compensation association’s or accident insurance fund’s portal, you may also be able to submit the report electronically there.

Report by mail:

  • Send an informal letter to your workers’ compensation association or accident insurance fund.
  • Be sure to include all required information and attach the necessary documents.

Processing time: 1 - 3 Months

There is no deadline.

  • Appeal
  • For detailed information on how to file an appeal, please refer to the notice from your employers’ liability insurance association or accident insurance fund.

Forms available: No

Written form required: No

Informal application possible: Yes

In-person appearance required: No

Online services available: Yes

There are no notes or special considerations.

Redirect Service: Deep Link to the Original Portal

German Social Accident Insurance (DGUV)

The text was automatically translated based on the German content.

Source: Serviceportal Saarland