Receive death benefits for surviving dependants from statutory accident insurance

You do not have to apply for death benefits for surviving dependants. The employers' liability insurance association or accident insurance fund will inform you so that you can register your claim.

You can also contact your employers' liability insurance association or accident insurance fund online or by post.

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.

• Death is the result of an accident at work or on the way to work or as a result of a recognized occupational disease
• You have paid for the funeral.
• You are a survivor or surviving dependant. This includes
  • Widows or widowers,
  • children,
  • stepchildren,
  • foster children,
  • grandchildren,
  • siblings,
  • former spouses or wives,
  • and parents, grandparents, parents of illegitimate children, adoptive parents and, if applicable, great-grandparents.
• If you have paid for the funeral but are not a surviving dependant: Reimbursement is only possible if there are no surviving dependants who are entitled to the death grant

For eligible persons who are not surviving dependants:

• Proof of payment and amount of the funeral costs

There is no deadline.

• § Section 18 (1) of the Fourth Book of the German Social Code (SGB IV)
• § Section 63 (1) of the Seventh Book of the German Social Code (SGB VII)
• § Section 64 (1) of the Seventh Book of the German Social Code (SGB VII)

• 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.

Forms available: No

Written form required: No

Informal application possible: Yes

Personal appearance necessary: No

06.01.2023