Bochumer VVaG: cancelling, benefits and complaints
Bochumer Versicherungsverein auf Gegenseitigkeit has its head office in Bochum, Germany. The German regulator BaFin lists the company as a funeral benefit fund under register number 3140. This page explains where your cancellation must go, how to make a claim and how often customers complained to the regulator.
How to cancel with Bochumer VVaG
Send the cancellation to the address printed on your policy schedule (Versicherungsschein). If none is given there, the head office is the right address:
Bochumer Versicherungsverein auf Gegenseitigkeit
Wieschermühlenstraße 19
44791 Bochum
Germany
For contracts signed after 30 September 2016 a letter or an email is enough: German law no longer allows consumer contracts to demand more than text form (section 309 no. 13 of the Civil Code). Give your policy number, your name and the date the contract should end, and ask for written confirmation. A German letter is not required, but it avoids delays.
If the contract can be taken out on the insurer's website, the site must also offer a clearly visible cancellation button (section 312k of the Civil Code).
Notice periods by type of policy
Disability, term life, pension and funeral cover
to the end of the current payment period
These contracts can be cancelled at the end of any payment period, so monthly up to yearly depending on how you pay. That is exactly the risk: disability cover given up now is often unobtainable a few years later with a diagnosis on file, and a pension contract surrendered early pays back less than you put in.
Special right to cancel: Instead of cancelling: defer the premium, make the contract paid up or reduce the sum insured.
Notify the insurer with your policy number, in the event of a death without delay.
After a death the insurer usually needs the death certificate and the policy document; the contract states who is the beneficiary.
Ask which documents are still missing and keep a note of what you sent and when.
The phone number and address for claims are on your policy schedule. If they are missing, use the head office address above.
Complaints about Bochumer VVaG to BaFin
Bochumer VVaG does not appear in BaFin's complaint statistics for 2023 to 2025. The statistics only list companies with at least one closed complaint in one of the eight classes covered.
To the address on your policy schedule. If none is given there, to the head office: Bochumer Versicherungsverein auf Gegenseitigkeit, Wieschermühlenstraße 19, 44791 Bochum. For contracts from October 2016 a letter or email quoting your policy number is enough.
How many complaints were there about Bochumer VVaG?
Bochumer VVaG does not appear in BaFin's complaint statistics for 2023 to 2025.
Who supervises Bochumer VVaG?
The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin). It lists the company as a funeral benefit fund under register number 3140.
Who mediates in a dispute with Bochumer VVaG?
The BaFin register does not name an ombudsman scheme for this company. You can also complain to BaFin directly. Its consumer line is +49 800 2 100 500, weekdays 8 am to 6 pm.