Questione giuridica chiave
Whether the claimant was entitled to a surviving-partner pension from the respondent pension fund.
Decisione estratta
No entitlement existed because the respondent’s regulation excludes benefits when the surviving partner already receives a widow’s or widower’s pension from another pension institution or social insurance.
Motivazione estratta
The court held that occupational pension institutions have autonomy in the supra-mandatory area to create partner benefits under Art. 20a LPP. The regulation lawfully excludes double survivor benefits, and the claimant’s existing widow’s pension barred payment.