Applying for compensation for an accident insurance pension in the event of a reduction in earning capacity of less than 40 percent

You can apply online or by post for an accident insurance pension if your earning capacity is reduced by less than 40 percent.

Online service:

• Call up the online service.
• You will be guided through the procedure 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.

You are entitled to a pension settlement if:

• you are drawing a pension for an indefinite period following a reduction in earning capacity of less than 40 percent,
• it is not to be expected that the reduction in your earning capacity will decrease significantly within the settlement period,
• you have enough income to live on without the pension,
• you submit an application for severance pay.

You do not need to submit any documents.

There are no costs.

There are no deadlines.

• § Section 76 of the Seventh Book of the German Social Code (SGB VII)

• 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.

Forms available: No

Written form required: No

Informal application possible: Yes

Personal appearance necessary: No

Online services available: Yes

14.02.2023