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Witwen- und Witwerrente aus der gesetzlichen Unfallversicherung; Beantragung
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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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
Required documents
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Required Documents
Please contact your responsible accident insurance institution.
Proceedings
An insured event resulting in the death of insured persons must be reported by the company to the competent professional association or accident fund.
Fees
No
Deadlines
Please contact your responsible accident insurance institution.
Processing time
1 bis 3 Monate
Legal bases
Appeal
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Widerspruch
- Detaillierte Informationen, wie Sie Widerspruch einlegen, entnehmen Sie dem Bescheid Ihrer Berufsgenossenschaft oder Unfallkasse.
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Status: 09.03.2025
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