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Viehversicherungsverein auf Gegenseitigkeit Alberschwende: cancelling, claims and complaints
Viehversicherungsverein auf Gegenseitigkeit Alberschwende has its head office in Buch, 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 Viehversicherungsverein auf Gegenseitigkeit Alberschwende
Send the cancellation to the address on your policy. If none is given, the head office is right:
Viehversicherungsverein auf Gegenseitigkeit AlberschwendeSchwarzen 43
6960 Buch
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 Viehversicherungsverein auf Gegenseitigkeit Alberschwende
- Report the loss as early as you can; policy conditions almost always require prompt notice.
- Keep the damage as small as is reasonable and do not throw anything away before the insurer has seen it.
- Collect photos, receipts and names of witnesses; for burglary and theft you also need a police report.
- Keep your policy number at hand.
Complaints about Viehversicherungsverein auf Gegenseitigkeit Alberschwende
The complaints office does not list Viehversicherungsverein auf Gegenseitigkeit Alberschwende 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 Viehversicherungsverein auf Gegenseitigkeit Alberschwende is licensed to insure
According to the register the company is licensed for 2 classes:
- 08 Fire and natural forces (limited to …)
- 09 Other damage to property (limited to …)
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Questions
Where do I send a cancellation to Viehversicherungsverein auf Gegenseitigkeit Alberschwende?
To the address on your policy, otherwise to the head office: Viehversicherungsverein auf Gegenseitigkeit Alberschwende, Schwarzen 43, 6960 Buch.
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 Viehversicherungsverein auf Gegenseitigkeit Alberschwende?
The Austrian Financial Market Authority FMA.
Sources
- FMA-Unternehmensdatenbank: Viehversicherungsverein auf Gegenseitigkeit Alberschwende
- Bericht der Versicherungsbeschwerdestelle 2025 (Sozialministerium), Abschnitt 2.3
- VersVG § 8
- VersVG § 12
- Versicherungsbeschwerdestelle (Sozialministerium)
- FMA: Beschwerde und Ansprechpartner
Updated: 16 October 2026 · Insurers in Austria · Insurers in Germany