Statutory pension

If you are entitled to German pension payments from a statutory pension or accident insurance provider and have supplementary pension benefits (Zusatzversorgung), you might be asked once a year to present proof of life to confirm that you continue to meet the requirements to receive payments.

For this purpose, you will receive the digital proof of life documents and the life certificate 2025 by letter mail along with your pension adjustment notification in June or July 2025.

Therefore, if you have received a pension adjustment notification but no life certificate 2025, you do not need to take any further action this year.

More information about the annual proof of life as well as some tips and answers to frequently asked questions can be found on our website at www.rentenservice.de/DLN or www.rentenservice.de/LB

Premium discounts for long-term health care insurance are available as of April 2025 for parents with at least two children under 25 years of age.

A pension notification will be sent to you with information regarding the discounts on the pension calculation page.

You do not have to apply for them.

If you have at least two children under 25 and still have not received a notification by the fall of 2025, please notify your German pension insurance provider in writing.

Note:

For pensions that began before April 2025, the excess amounts will be automatically re-paid to you if you paid too much in contributions since July 1, 2023. You do not have to request the repayment.

You will receive a pension receipt notification ("Information on the notification to the tax authorities") from  your insurance provider for every taxable pension benefit - pension amount and contributions to health and long-term care insurance - within a calendar year. 

1. Pension receipt notification for state pensions

Pension receipt notifications for statutory pensions can be requested online at
www.deutsche-rentenversicherung.de/steuerbescheinigung.

If you received the form for your annual tax return in the past, an up-to-date printed version will now be sent to you by mail between mid-January and the end of February. You don't have to do anything else.
Additional information and contact options for the pension receipt notification for statutory pension benefits can be found in our FAQs for Statutory Pensions.

Note: The Pension Service cannot issue you with pension receipt notifications for state pension benefits.

2. Pension receipt notification for company pension benefits

For company pension benefits paid by Deutsche Post Pension Service on behalf of your previous employer, you will automatically receive a pension receipt notification for the previous calendar year by mail sometime between mid-March and the start of April. You don't have to do anything else. Additional information and contact options for the pension receipt notification for company pension benefits are available in our FAQs for company pensioners and allowance beneficiaries.

Many health insurance providers are increasing their surcharges with effect from January 1, 2025.

In the event that your health insurance provider surcharge increases, the pension paid out to you will decrease.

If you require more information on the health insurance surcharge, please contact your health insurance provider or visit the website www.deutsche-rentenversicherung.de