Why insurers are not advocates for their clients?

Bavarian solution for business closures (BSV) of innkeepers is mostly unappealable “Panic Professor: the virus needs a host. So let’s close down all the economies: Basta!” “One person – one problem! No man – no problem!” (Stalin)   Settlement with insurer (VR) on business closure insurance (BSV) invalid? A prestigious insurance law firm and a […]

Attorney Tax Law Munich

Your lawyer for tax law: How we support our clients in the tax jungle German tax law is one of the most complex tax systems in the world, even if the often quoted story of the most comprehensive tax literature in the world is probably a bourgeois Moravia. As Attorney for tax law we offer […]

Finance and risk control

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 […]

Private opinion of an expert can not only prevent punishment in road traffic

– What is the effect of private expert opinions in criminal defence and civil lawsuits? –   The Chemnitz Regional Court (decision of 3 July 2018, file no. 2 Qs 241/18) decided – after an acquittal – that the costs of an anthropological expert opinion must also be reimbursed by the state treasury at the […]

Commissions: VSAV expects disclosure obligation

According to the Association for the Protection of Investment and Insurance Intermediaries e.V. (VSAV), the German government plans to introduce an obligation to disclose commissions for all insurance intermediaries this summer. This is the result of the new paragraph 61 of the Insurance Contract Act (VVG), which was passed by the cabinet at the beginning […]

Liability risks in the accompanying music

All too often, intermediaries in investment sales blindly rely on external expert opinions and apparent evidence. At the same time, it is precisely the music accompanying the sales prospectus that sometimes provides the reasons to be cautious.   Ralf Werner Barth: “Every advisor is well advised, even obliged, to inform himself carefully about the product […]

Judgement LArbG Munich: Employer liable for Zillmerung!!!

Neues Urteil des Landesarbeitsgericht München: Arbeitgeber haftet für Zillmerung. über 100 Milliarden Potential für Arbeitgeberhaftung durch Entgeltumwandlung. Arbeitgeber dürfen bei betrieblicher Altersversorgung oft „doppelt zahlen“!* *von Dr. Johannes Fiala, Rechtsanwalt (München), Mediator (Univ.), MBA Finanzdienstleistungen (Univ.Wales), MM (Univ.), geprüfter Finanz- und Anlageberater (A.F.A.), Lehrbeauftragter für Bürgerliches Recht und Versicherungsrecht (Univ. of Cooperative Education), Bankkaufmann (www.fiala.de), […]

Immense liability potential for intermediaries: Zillmerung in bAV impermissible!

24.04.2007 Ein aktuelles Urteil des Landesarbeitsgerichts (LAG) München bestätigt, dass die Verrechnung der Abschlusskosten in den ersten Jahren – insbesondere durch Zillmerung – in der betrieblichen Altersversorgung mit Entgeltumwandlung unzulässig ist. Entsprechende Vereinbarungen sind nichtig – selbst wenn der Arbeitnehmer vorher über die Abschlusskostenverrechung ausdrücklich aufgeklärt wurde. In seinen Gründen geht das LAG darüber hinaus […]

BGH makes possible again back completion with unsuccessful real estate investment!

The Federal Court of Justice (BGH) ruled on 22.07.2003 that the bank is obliged to reverse the transaction if an investor withdraws from a closed-end investment fund which was sold to him by the bank together with the financing. In credit institutions, there is a model for maximizing revenue called “cross-selling.” The bank profits twice, […]

bAV: Penalty risk – Zillmerung without insurance cover ? ? or ?Zillmerung good ? all good? *

*by Johannes Fiala, Lawyer (Munich), MBA Financial Services (Univ.Wales), M.M. (Univ.), Certified Financial and Investment Advisor (A.F.A.), EC Expert (C.I.F.E.), Banker (www.fiala.de) The insurance intermediary (agent and broker) is not insured by a property damage cover (VSH) if he intentionally or knowingly breaches his duties. What does this mean for the intermediary’s practice? Knowingly breach […]