Receive orphan's pension from statutory accident insurance

In principle, you do not have to apply for an orphan's pension. The relevant employers' liability insurance association or accident insurance fund will determine the entitlement and the amount of the orphan's pension on its own initiative ("ex officio").

You have the option of initiating the process 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.

You receive the orphan's pension if the person has died as a result of an insured event. This includes accidents at work, accidents on the way to work and occupational illnesses.

You receive the orphan's pension as

• natural child,
• stepchild or foster child if you lived in the deceased person's household and were cared for and looked after there and as a
• grandchild or sibling if you lived in the deceased person's household and were cared for and looked after there.
• You can also receive an orphan's pension if the deceased person was mainly responsible for your livelihood.

Under these conditions, you will also receive the orphan's pension if you are aged 18 to under 27:

• You are in school or vocational training or
• You are unable to support yourself due to a physical, mental or psychological disability or
• You are in a transitional period of no more than 4 calendar months
  • between one stage of training and the next stage of training or
  • you are performing compulsory military or civilian service or
  • performing voluntary service.

Different documents and information are required depending on the case:

• Death certificate of the parent
• Birth certificate or certificate of parentage
• Bank account details
• if applicable:
  • Proof of step- or foster-childhood or proof of adoption
  • Proof of education or training (for orphans over the age of 18)
  • Death certificate of the 2nd parent (for full orphans)
  • Survivor's certificate from the statutory pension insurance (if already available, otherwise the pension insurance number)
  • Details of annual earnings (in the event of an accident at work resulting in direct death)

There are no costs.

There is no deadline.

• § Section 67 of the Seventh Book of the German Social Code (SGB VII)
• § Section 68 of the Seventh Book of the German Social Code (SGB VII)
• § Section 70 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
• Personal appearance required: No
• Written form required: No
• Informal application possible: Yes
• Online service available: Yes

06.01.2023