Compensation benefits

In 2024, the accident insurance institutions responsible for the industrial and public sectors paid compensation amounting to 11.626 billion euro following insurance claims. These payments encompassed services, cash payments and payments in kind to victims of accidents and occupational disease and to surviving dependants.

5.379 billion euro were paid for curative treatment and for medical, occupational and social rehabilitation measures. This figure was 3.3 % higher than in the previous year. Further 6.247 billion euro (+ 2.1 %) were paid in the form of pensions, lump-sum benefits, allowances and similar expenditure.

Accident insurance in industrial and public sector
2023 2024 Change in %
Compensation benefits, total 11,325,677,925 11,625,890,981 + 2.65
Of which:
Curative treatment, rehabilitation 5,206,130,602 5,378,582,650 + 3.31
Financial compensation 6,119,547,322 6,247,308,331 + 2.09


In the area of pupil accident insurance, compensation payments totaling a further 672 million euro were made in 2024 (+ 7.0 %). Of this, 515 million euro were accounted for by curative treatment and rehabilitation measures and 157 million euro by pensions and similar payments.

Pupil accident insurance
2023 2024 Change in %
Compensation benefits, total 628,364,318 672,474,039 + 7.02
Of which:
Curative treatment, rehabilitation 478,921,051 515,215,025 + 7.58
Financial compensation 149,443,267 157,259,014 + 5.23

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