Independent experts and legal advisors to safeguard the enforcement of the law

– What insurance customers should pay particular attention to in the event of a claim? –   The European Court of Human Rights ruled (judgment of 02.02.2016, ref. 7186/09) that a technically incorrect calculation method discriminatorily understates the disability pension. Due to an incorrect approach, the degree of disability had been reduced from 50% to […]

Experts

If you confront a judge with the popular saying “In court and on the high seas only the good Lord knows what happens to you”, the answer will promptly come: “No, no, … before the experts and on the high seas …”. Court-appointed and publicly appointed experts, but also private experts have an important function […]

Faulty software attestations, certificates and attestations: Theses on the liability of the management or managers, as well as software houses, auditors and other alleged experts

A reply to Stritters Forum tips of 13.10.2007   Some business managers can be blinded by attestations, certificates and certifications when purchasing software: Not only the content with many ifs and buts, but especially the liability situation shows that these are regularly samples without value.   Manager liability Even from a medium-sized GmbH, the management […]

Experts warn brokers against ruinous competition with insurers

Insurance companies and independent brokers are in a competitive relationship. This competitive situation arises simply from the insurer’s statutory obligations to provide advice to a customer. The lawyer Johannes Fiala and the actuary Peter A. Schramm point out this fact, which is actually known, in an exclusive commentary for FONDS professionell ONLINE.   In addition, […]

Erroneous social security contributions : Still no unemployment benefit and no pension? – Experts estimate: over 1.5 million relatives as employees wrongly insured!

  The legal system is becoming more and more complicated every year, also in social security. The area of wage tax and social security is probably as complex today as the taxation of the GmbH. Experts wonder whether the complexity has already taken the legal system to the limit of unconstitutionality?   Contributions paid – […]

“Experts” for statements influencing investments using the example of insurance ratings

A variety of insurance products that is difficult for consumers to understand encourages them to make a choice only after consulting a market observer. However, the involvement of experts in investment decisions raises the question of responsibility for their actions. What possibilities of recourse to liability have those seeking advice or otherwise turned to, what […]

Experts estimate: over 1.5 million dependents wrongly insured at work

Wife works in the company – in case of emergency no unemployment benefit and no pension The legal system is becoming more and more complicated every year, also in social security. The area of wage tax and social security is probably as complex today as the taxation of the GmbH. Experts wonder whether the complexity […]

bAV: Mistakes and cardinal errors in bAV consulting? – A know-how question for the “real” occupational pension experts! *

*by Johannes Fiala, Lawyer (Munich), Mediator (Univ.), MBA Financial Services (Univ.Wales), MM (Univ.), Certified Financial and Investment Advisor (A.F.A.), EC Expert (C.I.F.E.), Lecturer (Univ. of Cooperative Education), Banker (www.fiala.de) If you find that you have made a mistake, take immediate action to make it right. (from: Recommendations of the Dalai Lama for Life in the […]

The real estate GmbH as a supposedly clever tax saving idea

– Why smart private investors should give it a wide berth? – But woe, woe, woe! When I look at the end!!! (Wilhelm Busch, 1865)   Asset-managing LLCs are among the top topics of numerous podcasts penned by experts and professors. This construction is advertised, for example, with the fact that only 15% corporate income […]

Load balancing 2.0

Burden sharing at the expense of all Crisis, crisis, crisis, who will finance our next crisis. The past few years have been unmistakably crisis years for just about everyone. Financially as well as emotionally, the consequences and repercussions of the “refugee crisis”, ” Corona crisis “, “financial crisis”, inflation and economic crisis are still to […]