– Why the capital market with compound interest effect does not allow us to expect higher pensions – For years, insiders have been reporting difficulties in the pension funds in generating the promised returns to finance pensions. While the management of a Versorgungskammer used to pat themselves on the back year after year because […]
Private pension provision and its pitfalls Anyone who wants to take out insurance for old age cannot afford to ignore a private pension plan today. The standard of living with the statutory pension in the future is doubtful. A well thought-out concept for a private pension scheme is therefore equally important for self-employed and employees. […]
More wealth in a planned and controlled manner The own assets in a planned and future-oriented management as well as value-enhancing and risk-optimized investment requires the highest degree of Knowledge and time. Not everyone who has achieved a certain level of wealth is also a financial or controlling expert , so it is advisable to […]
The refusal of insurers to provide benefits due to corona-related plant closures continues to make big waves. Voluntary settlement offers for business closure insurance are being critically reviewed, and complaints from businesses are being investigated. The first litigation financiers appear on the scene. The restaurants may (soon) open again. However, not a day goes […]
Probably most members of a private health insurance company will be annoyed about the annual premium increases, which are particularly serious with increasing age. As a solution, private health insurance companies usually offer a succinct explanation: in order to maintain the previous contribution, one could even do without some of the benefits previously covered. In […]
British with-profits policies provide for lower guarantees than the endowment policies offered by German life insurers. These guarantees also cover the scheduled expiry date and therefore usually do not apply in the event of premature termination or partial termination, wrongly so. British life insurers invest mainly in equities; in the past, with a share […]
– Why the complete departure from private health insurance is questionable – A 55-year-old man reports to an actuarial expert after his private health insurance (PKV) has more than doubled its premiums within nine years, even though he has been insured for almost thirty years. The actuary replies, yes, I just calculated that for […]
A 55-year-old man reports to an actuarial expert after his private health insurance (PKV) has more than doubled its premiums within nine years, even though he has been insured for almost thirty years. The actuary replies, yes, I just calculated that for a client – around 8% annual increases are quite realistic, especially if you […]
When reinsurance and direct insurance can be gone The Federal Labour Court (Bundesarbeitsgericht, BAG, judgment of 17.01.2012, Case No. 3 AZR 10/10) recently ruled that an insolvency administrator may access life insurance policies for the company pension scheme even if the employment contract states, for example: “The life insurance policy … is and remains the […]
From the series of newsletters of the DHBW (Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University) Heidenheim on the topic “Mediation Law in Practice”: At this point, lawyer Dr. Johannes Fiala, https://www.fiala.de, lecturer for insurance law at the DHBW Heidenheim, will answer your questions. You can ask questions by sending an email to ott@dhbw-heidenheim.de. In the case […]