As of January 1, 2026, many health insurance providers will increase their supplementary contributions. Your health insurance provider has informed you of this in writing.
In the event that your health insurance provider surcharge increases, the pension paid out to you will decrease. You will also find this information on your account statement.
If you require more information on the health insurance surcharge, please contact your health insurance provider.
Have you received a request to submit a Proof of Life in 2025 and have not received your pension payment since the end of November?
In that case, the Pension Service did not receive your Proof of Life for 2025 in time.
Please contact your pension provider. There you can clarify the resumption of your pension payments.
You can find the contact details at:
Note:
If you are required to submit a Proof of Life in 2026, you will automatically receive all necessary documents by letter mail.
These documents will be sent together with your pension adjustment notice. Mailing will begin in mid-June 2026.
Please do not send a Life Certificate to the Pension Service before then.
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.
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.
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.
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