Statutory pension

Pension recipients whose reduced earning capacity pension began between January 2001 and December 2018 automatically receive a flat-rate supplement to their pension. The German statutory pension insurance fund (Deutsche Rentenversicherung) handles the review – you do not have to apply.

What’s new starting with the December 2025 pension:

The supplement will no longer be paid separately but will be combined with the direct deposit of the monthly pension payment.

As a result, your monthly payment will be increased by the amount of your individual supplement.

The change will enter into effect either

• on November 28, 2025, when you receive your pension paid in advance

or

• on December 30, 2025, when you receive your pension as an arrears payment.

Additional information on the pension supplement for your reduced earning capacity pension can be found online at www.Deutsche-Rentenversicherung.de/Rentenzuschlag

The period for providing the Proof of Life 2025 ended on Friday, October 31, 2025. 

If we must suspend your pension payment in November, the payment will only be resumed once we receive your certificate of life for 2025. The procedure for the Digital Proof of Life was closed on Friday, October 31, 2025, and can no longer be used to reinstate the payment.

Therefore, please send your completed, personally signed, and certified Life Certificate form promptly by letter mail to the Pension Service in Leipzig.

Please note: submissions by e-mail and fax will not be accepted.

If you receive more than one pension, you may need to provide several proofs of life.

Detailed information on the topic can be found online at www.rentenservice.de/LB

State pensions will be adjusted as of July 1, 2025.

Pensions will increase by 3.74% this year in all federal German states.

The corresponding adjustment notification will be sent out from mid-June 2025 onward.

Everything you need to know about your pension adjustment notification can be found in our FAQs.

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

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