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Viechtwanger Versicherung VVaG: cancelling, claims and complaints

Viechtwanger Versicherung VVaG has its head office in Scharnstein, Austria. The Austrian Financial Market Authority FMA lists it as an small mutual association. This page explains where your cancellation goes, the notice periods under Austrian law, how to report a claim and where to complain.

How to cancel with Viechtwanger Versicherung VVaG

Send the cancellation to the address on your policy. If none is given, the head office is right:

Viechtwanger Versicherung VVaG
Viechtwang 28
4644 Scharnstein
Austria

Open-ended contracts can be ended by either side only at the end of the current insurance period; the notice is set in the policy and lies between one and three months (section 8(2) of the Austrian Insurance Contract Act, VersVG). A consumer who signed for more than three years may cancel at the end of the third year and each later year with one month's notice (section 8(3) VersVG).

Give your policy number, your name and the date, and ask for confirmation of receipt.

Reporting a claim to Viechtwanger Versicherung VVaG

  1. Report the loss as early as you can; policy conditions almost always require prompt notice.
  2. Keep the damage as small as is reasonable and do not throw anything away before the insurer has seen it.
  3. Collect photos, receipts and names of witnesses; for burglary and theft you also need a police report.
  4. Keep your policy number at hand.

Phone and website from the register; your policy takes precedence.

Complaints about Viechtwanger Versicherung VVaG

The complaints office does not list Viechtwanger Versicherung VVaG separately in its 2025 report: companies with less than one per cent of complaints are grouped as "other".

Where to complain

Write to the insurer first. If that does not help, the insurance complaints office at the Ministry of Social Affairs accepts complaints about insurers; the FMA checks whether a company keeps to supervisory rules but does not decide individual cases. If the insurer rejects a claim in writing, a one year deadline to go to court can start (section 12(3) VersVG).

What Viechtwanger Versicherung VVaG is licensed to insure

According to the register the company is licensed for 3 classes:

  • 03 Land vehicles (comprehensive) (limited to …)
  • 08 Fire and natural forces (limited to …)
  • 09 Other damage to property

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Questions

Where do I send a cancellation to Viechtwanger Versicherung VVaG?

To the address on your policy, otherwise to the head office: Viechtwanger Versicherung VVaG, Viechtwang 28, 4644 Scharnstein.

How much notice do I need to give?

For open-ended contracts, at the end of the insurance period with the notice in the policy, between one and three months. Consumers can end contracts of more than three years at the end of the third year with one month's notice (section 8 VersVG).

Who supervises Viechtwanger Versicherung VVaG?

The Austrian Financial Market Authority FMA.

Sources

Updated: 16 October 2026 · Insurers in Austria · Insurers in Germany