Statutory pension

Did you receive a reminder from Renten Service at the start of September about submitting your proof of life? If so, that means we did not receive your 2025 proof of life by the deadline of August 15, 2025.

Already taken care of?

If you have already sent your life certificate by letter mail or submitted Digital Proof of Life, no further action is required.

Deadline: Please submit your proof of life to the Pension Service by October 17, 2025!

You have two options:

Digital Proof of Life – provide it online

Additional information can be found at www.rentenservice.de/DLN

or

Life certificate – send it by letter mail to Renten Service

Additional information can be found at www.rentenservice.de/LB

Please Note: 

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

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.

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