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Widow's and widower's pensions for surviving dependants under statutory accident insurance

If persons insured by law have died in connection with the insured activity, the surviving widows or widowers will receive a widow's or widower's pension as long as they have not remarried.

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  • Forms

    No

  • Detailed description

    If your spouse/ registered partner or your registered partner has died as a result of an insured event (accident at work, occupational disease, road accident), they will receive a widow's pension or widower's pension.
    The pension is reduced by the amount of own income.
    You are entitled to the pension until you have remarried.
    If you have remarried and the new marriage has been dissolved or annulled, you will again be entitled to a widow's pension or widower's pension for the penultimate spouse. However, you must submit an application for this.
    The rules on survivors' benefits to widows and widowers also apply to survivors' benefits to registered partners.

  • Requirements
    • Your spouse/registered partner or Your spouse/registered partner must have died as a result of an insured event
    • Marriage/registered civil partnership must in principle have been concluded before the insured event or death must have occurred later than one year after the insured event
  • Documents

    Please contact your responsible accident insurance institution.

  • Fees

    No

  • Process

    An insured event resulting in the death of insured persons must be reported by the company to the competent professional association or accident fund.

  • Duration

    Please contact your responsible accident insurance institution.

  • Deadline

    Please contact your responsible accident insurance institution.

  • Responsible authority

    Please contact your accident insurance institution.

    Accident insurance institutions are:

    • Professional trade associations, broken down by sector
    • Public accident insurance institutions (municipal accident insurance associations, national accident insurance funds, fire brigade accident insurance funds)

    Social Insurance for Agriculture, Forestry and Horticulture (SVLFG)

  • Legal basis

    Section 65 Seventh Book of the Social Code (SGB VII)

  • More information

    Statutory accident insurance is a branch of German social insurance. The employer is obliged by law to provide employees with protection against accidents at the workplace, accidents on the way to and from work or occupational disease.

  • Approved

    Lower Saxony Ministry of Social Affairs, Health and Gender Equality

  • Approved date
    06.01.2023
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