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BY die Bayerische Vorsorge Lebensversicherung a.G.: cancelling, benefits and complaints

BY die Bayerische Vorsorge Lebensversicherung a.G. has its head office in München, Germany. The German regulator BaFin lists the company as a life insurer under register number 1013. 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 BY die Bayerische Vorsorge Lebensversicherung a.G.

Send the cancellation to the address printed on your policy schedule (Versicherungsschein). If none is given there, the head office is the right address:

BY die Bayerische Vorsorge Lebensversicherung a.G.
Thomas-Dehler-Straße 25
81737 München
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.

Making a claim with BY die Bayerische Vorsorge Lebensversicherung a.G.

  1. Notify the insurer with your policy number, in the event of a death without delay.
  2. After a death the insurer usually needs the death certificate and the policy document; the contract states who is the beneficiary.
  3. For a disability claim, medical records and a description of your last occupation are part of it.
  4. Ask which documents are still missing and keep a note of what you sent and when.

Contact details taken from the insurer's own website, checked on 15 October 2026. Your contract takes precedence.

Complaints about BY die Bayerische Vorsorge Lebensversicherung a.G. to BaFin

Every year BaFin publishes how many complaints it closed about each company, split into eight classes of business. To make the figure meaningful we set it against the number of policies: complaints per 100,000 policies, next to the average of all insurers that report their portfolio.

ClassYearComplaintsPoliciesper 100,000Market per 100,000
Life insurance 2025 2 110,208 1.81 1.37
Life insurance 2024 2 112,585 1.78 1.52
Life insurance 2023 4 123,091 3.25 1.74

Rank 40 of 61 in Life insurance (2025), by complaints per 100,000 policies, lower is better.

What the figure does and does not say: BaFin does not assess whether a complaint was justified. A single large case can distort a year; BaFin attributes most of the 2025 increase to one single matter. Policy numbers are only shown where the company took more than 10 million euros in premiums in that class the year before, otherwise the table says n/a.

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What BY die Bayerische Vorsorge Lebensversicherung a.G. is licensed to insure

BaFin lists 4 classes of business under Annex 1 of the German Insurance Supervision Act for which the company holds a licence:

  • 19 Life
  • 21 Unit linked life
  • 23 Capital redemption
  • 24 Management of group pension funds

A dispute with BY die Bayerische Vorsorge Lebensversicherung a.G.: ombudsman and complaints

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.

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Questions

Where do I send a cancellation to BY die Bayerische Vorsorge Lebensversicherung a.G.?

To the address on your policy schedule. If none is given there, to the head office: BY die Bayerische Vorsorge Lebensversicherung a.G., Thomas-Dehler-Straße 25, 81737 München. For contracts from October 2016 a letter or email quoting your policy number is enough.

How many complaints were there about BY die Bayerische Vorsorge Lebensversicherung a.G.?

In 2025 BaFin closed 2 complaints about BY die Bayerische Vorsorge Lebensversicherung a.G. (Life insurance 2).

Who supervises BY die Bayerische Vorsorge Lebensversicherung a.G.?

The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin). It lists the company as a life insurer under register number 1013.

Who mediates in a dispute with BY die Bayerische Vorsorge Lebensversicherung a.G.?

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.

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Updated: 15 October 2026 · All insurers · Complaints compared