Apply for company pension: How it works

In this article, we explain how to apply for your company pension. With this additional pension you improve your financial security in old age. We'll also show you what to look for when applying.

Apply for a company pension from the employer

You can apply for the company pension as soon as you have received the final notification from the Deutsche Rentenversicherung regarding your pension.

• You must present this notice to your employer's HR office as soon as possible. The application for a company pension is then recorded there.
• Your employer will then forward the application together with the relevant documents. You don't have to do that yourself.
• This also applies if you have not worked for your employer for a long time.
• You can find further information on the subject of company pension in another article.

Which documents are necessary

As described in the first section, you can only apply for your company pension once you have received your pension notification from Deutsche Rentenversicherung.

• In addition to the application for a company pension, you need the attachment to the pension application. This is a form for the health insurance company.
• In any case, you must submit the pension notification to the statutory pension insurance company with all attachments. You should keep the original to yourself and only pass on a copy.
• In addition, you must unsubscribe from the compulsory insurance. If it is compulsory non-contributory insurance, this is not necessary.
• You should note that you can only deregister at the end of the month in which you leave the employment relationship.

In our next post, you will find out whether you can cancel your company pension, for example if you can no longer pay the contributions.