The Künstlersozialkasse (KSK) can only pay you the correct subsidy if it knows how high your contributions for private or voluntary statutory health and long-term care insurance are. You should therefore inform the KSK of any changes to your contributions.

The Künstlersozialkasse will advise you on all matters relating to artists' social insurance.

If you become subject to compulsory insurance in the statutory health insurance, you can be exempted from this in certain cases. You submit the application to your statutory health insurance fund.

If you as an insured person are in arrears with your contribution payments, you can agree a new payment term with the Künstlersozialkasse.

If you are unable to pay the current claim of the Künstlersozialkasse (KSK) on time, you can apply to the KSK for payment relief.

You may apply for a new social security card if you have lost your card, damaged it, or if it is no longer readable.

If you, as an insured person in the artists' social insurance scheme, have a question or concern in connection with your compulsory insurance, you can contact the Künstlersozialkasse.

Has your professional situation changed in such a way that you expect a different income from your self-employed artistic or journalistic work? Then you need to adjust your income estimate with the Artists' Social Insurance Fund.

If your partner works creatively for you, you must pay artists' social security contributions on his or her salary under certain conditions.

Grants that you receive from the Artists' Social Security Fund are finally settled in the following year.

Co-payments for medicines, remedies and applications may not exceed two percent of the annual gross income.

As an employer, you are required in certain industries to register your employees with the social security system before they begin employment.

If you have statutory health and nursing care insurance through the artists' social insurance fund, you can change your health insurance fund under certain conditions.

If your personal data changes, you must inform the Künstlersozialkasse. You should also inform the Künstlersozialkasse if your contact details change or expand.

Do you receive a pension from the statutory pension insurance? Then this has an effect on your insurance status in the artists' social insurance.

If you change the legal form of your activity or the activity itself, this may affect your obligation to be insured with the Künstlersozialkasse (KSK).

The contribution that each and every legally insured person has to pay for long-term care insurance is regulated by law.

If you are unable to work due to illness or pregnancy and receive compensation from another source, you do not have to pay social security contributions via the Artists' Social Security Fund.

If you are subject to insurance or eligible for subsidies through the Künstlersozialkasse, you will receive proof of your insurance for each year.

If you are insured through the Künstlersozialkasse, you can prove your insurance status with a current confirmation of insurance.

If you are insured through the Künstlersozialkasse (KSK), you can obtain information about your insurance obligation and your contribution account from the KSK at any time. To do this, you must send a request to the KSK.

If, according to the registration, there is a certain relationship between you and your employer, or if you are a managing partner, the procedure for clarifying your employment status with the clearing office is automatically initiated.

If you want to check whether you are self-employed or employed, you can submit an application to determine your employment status.

As an artist or publicist, you can register for social security via the Artists’ Social Security Fund (KSK).

As a beginner in your profession, you did not reach the minimum employment income in the first three years of your work? Then you must prove to the Künstlersozialkasse that you are working for gain.

If you are insured with the Künstlersozialkasse or are entitled to a subsidy, your income can be checked in an annual random sample.

If you do not pay your contributions to the Künstlersozialkasse regularly, you will have to pay for your medical treatment yourself.