Books / Technical articles

Publications – Technical papers Fiala/Schramm, Insolvency risk of British life insurers when relocating to Ireland, ExpertenReport, issue 7/2019, pages 60-62 Fiala/Schramm, When are insurers no longer obliged to pay benefits or can reduce benefits?Expert Report, issue 3/2019, pages 56-58 Fiala/Schramm, No insurance coverage in case of refusal to pay protection money, ExpertenReport, issue 11/2018. Pages […]

Why private basic pensions often lead to losses for policyholders

A marketing expert remarked: “The best marketing agency is in Berlin – that is, the government”. First came the Riester pension with subsidised allowances, then the increasingly tax-deductible basic pension – also known as the Rürup pension. One financial services provider said: “The shift from state to private retirement provision is a growth market for […]

Rüruprente: The chimera of unseizability

In a legal doctoral thesis it is claimed that without a surrender value in a life insurance policy – as allegedly given in basic pension contracts – any amount of money can be protected as assets, protected from creditors and insolvency administrators. However, caution is advised here. In a new textbook, originally a doctoral thesis […]

Doctoral thesis confirms the infinitely high unseizability of Rüruprente or basic pension

– How lawyers and insurance intermediaries are liable for protection in the event of insolvency -.   Rürup annuities or basic annuities are in principle not inheritable by contract, as agreed with the insurer, nor can they be properly terminated, lent or sold, nor pledged. This requirement for tax deduction results from § 10 I […]