The broker’s commission claim for net policy brokerage

By the judgement of 06.03.2015 the regional court (LG Mannheim, Az. 1 S 74/14) dismissed the claim of a net policy broker for his remuneration: “However, a reference in bold type on the pre-formulated remuneration agreement, according to which the insurance broker’s claim for remuneration arises with the conclusion of the insurance contract and the […]

Tax evasion through net policy brokerage

Destruction of existence through liability for insurance and sales tax?   Since a ruling by the VG Frankfurt am Main, BaFin has no longer prosecuted violations by intermediaries of the commission fee ban, but insurers are still bound by it under supervisory law. Commissions can be up to more than 38 percent of the initial […]

100 per mille brokerage fee: liability trap or suicide for insurance brokers?

– How pools deliver their insurance brokers as partners directly to the knife –   “We illuminate the market”: 100 per mille brokerage fee – “extremely favorable” ? A broker pool lures with a remarkably high brokerage fee – but unfortunately this does not matter for the broker liability: After all, the advertised product, a […]

Insurance brokers threatened with abolition of brokerage – EU Commission and Federal Government aim for complete transparency

Financial Services (Univ.Wales), MM (Univ.), Certified Financial and Investment Advisor (A.F.A.), Lecturer in Civil Law and Insurance Law (Berufsakademie Heidenheim, Univ. of Cooperative Education), Banker (www.fiala.de) and Dipl.-Math. Peter A. Schramm (Diethardt), Actuary DAV, Expert for Actuarial Science, publicly appointed and sworn by the IHK Frankfurt am Main for Actuarial Science in Private Health Insurance […]

Lawyer for distribution law in Munich

The distribution right as a framework for determining sales In a world oriented towards sales and distribution, with internationally organized markets and global exchange of goods, the distribution law forms the legal framework for regulating the distribution of goods at the national and international level. The distribution law does not describe a “set of legal […]

Expert advice: Do brokers risk their commission through fringe benefits?

In the third part of their exclusive article for FONDS professionell ONLINE on additional services provided by brokers, attorney Johannes Fiala and actuary Peter Schramm deal with the question of what consequences additional services can have for the brokerage fee. There is more than just a legal question mark behind various additional services that brokers […]

Insurance fraud in connection with partial retirement, working time accounts and pension commitments via double trust (CTA)

Total loss in the case of partial retirement, working time accounts and pension commitments How directors, other officers, or self-employed agents completely lose their retirement benefits due to ineffective trust models.   The business model of renowned corporate consultants for occupational pension schemes (bAV) includes the provision of the reinsurance assets by means of a […]

Design and alternatives to group insurance even without broker licensing

If providers of group insurance contracts, such as associations and companies, pursue their own monetary interest with their offer, they may require registration as insurance intermediaries. How group insurance policies can be designed and, if necessary, alternatives can be created, even if the intermediary license according to § 34 GeWo is missing.   Insurance company […]

All-risk insurance of residential buildings and contents – a marketing gimmick?

– Why everything is never insured against every conceivable risk –   When an insurer describes its product as “all-risk insurance”, this sometimes resembles the advertising promise of “guarantee certificates”: A close examination of the policy terms and conditions may reveal it to be “marketing cheese with massive holes” in the insurance coverage   Coverage […]

Chamber professionals expect the abandonment of the expectancy procedure in the pension funds

– 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 […]