Why brokers have to pay attention to investment performance is explained by lawyer Johannes Fiala and private health insurance expert Peter A. Schramm in the series on frequent or typical consulting errors in the brokerage of private health insurance. To the point � Unlike in life insurance, the maximum actuarial interest rate in private health […]
– When the employer alone is liable for the equal value of deferred compensation? – 2022 the value equality of the direct insurance (DV) ends In the future, it will be highly questionable whether the sum of the contributions paid in or converted will be “equal in value” at the end of the savings […]
– When the employer alone is liable for the equal value of deferred compensation? – 2022 the value equality of the direct insurance (DV) ends In future, it will be very questionable whether, at the end of the savings period – the deferral period, in the case of deferred compensation in the company pension […]
Some legal experts believe that the permanent mini interest rates will allow insurance companies to reduce their guarantees or increase premiums. But this is a contentious issue. As is well known, the permanent low level of interest rates is causing considerable problems for German life insurers. However, legal experts disagree on whether companies are therefore […]
The average life insurance saver calls the secure interest on the savings portion of the life insurance premium the guaranteed interest rate, which will last be a maximum of 1.25 percent p.a. in 2015. This limit is the maximum actuarial interest rate used to calculate the actuarial reserves, above which no life insurer is currently […]
“The safest thing about the state pension is the pension gap.” (André Kostolany) If we compare the prospects of past and present pensioners with those of future generations of pensioners, we find that over the decades the legislator has roughly halved the provision via the German Pension Insurance Federation (DRV) in relation to the last […]
– What life insurance companies and pension funds are hiding from premium payers – Life insurance policies for occupational (bAV) and private (pAV) pensions, but also pension schemes, can provide far fewer benefits than promised or promised on paper. However, policyholders often have a claim for damages against the intermediaries and advisors or product […]
Why insurers pay the claim when the financial services provider is broke Instead of effortless wealth, hundreds of thousands of investors often end up with a mountain of debt, and it is not uncommon for them to lose all their savings or even face personal insolvency. This was made possible by well-sounding names such […]
*by Peter Schramm (www.pkv-gutachter.de) and Johannes Fiala www.fiala.de) Until 1994, guaranteed surrender values were paid out in German life insurance in the event of cancellation, which were calculated from the actuarial reserve according to the business plan less cancellation deductions. Fair values instead of guaranteed surrender values With the deregulation of 1994, the guaranteed surrender […]
Insolvency application risk for pension commitments The so-called pension commitment or direct commitment is a common and extremely popular pension provision concept for managing directors, especially in medium-sized companies. Thousands of times thought of as a retirement provision for leading employees, this “tax savings model” was gladly recommended by tax consultants all over Germany and […]
