VIDEO: Where is the pension insurance number?

Where to find the pension insurance number

If you are looking for your pension insurance number, there are several ways to find it:

• Every employee receives a social security card. A number is printed on this ID. And exactly this number is also the pension insurance number.
• Furthermore, after a few years you will receive a contribution notification from the pension insurance institution that is responsible for you. This notification states the amount of your pension you can expect when you reach retirement age. Of course, the pension insurance number is included on this pension certificate.
• After you have only received this certificate after a few years, you can receive the There is another way to find your pension insurance number: It is also on the registration certificate to social security. You will receive this from your employer at least once a year. Because on this certificate all important information is noted, where you have health insurance, who the employer is and what contributions you have to pay.

Where can you still get the pension insurance number from

If you do not have the documents specified above, you still have one option to obtain the pension insurance number:

1. Find out from your employer - probably from the human resources department - which pension institution you are insured with, if you don't know yourself.
2. Inquire about the phone number on the Internet in case you cannot get one from Human Resources.
3. Call them, enter all your important personal data (date of birth, place of residence, possibly Health insurance) and ask for your pension insurance number.

The pension insurance number always has twelve digits and contains your date of birth as numbers. The fourth digit from the right is always a letter that indicates your gender. So you will always see immediately where the pension insurance number is.