Roulette in life and pension insurance entitlements

– When assets go to the wrong beneficiary on death -.   The race between heirs and beneficiaries in the event of death Even in the normal case of a revocable subscription right, a notification from the insurer to the beneficiary is still required after the death of the policyholder, according to which the beneficiary […]

Hopes of bankruptcy-proof provision via a basic pension/ürup pension vanish into thin air

– How creditors can seize complete assets – even without surrender value -.   In 2015, the basic pension, also known as the Rürup pension, will be even more tax-deductible – up to €22,172 instead of the previous €20,000; for married couples, this amount will double. An employee of the German Insurance Association, who is […]

Federal Court of Justice (BGH): No protection against access by the insolvency administrator in the case of pension commitments

– Why up to more than 95% of managing partners lose their pension- A new ruling by the Federal Court of Justice (BGH) dated 1 April 2013 (ref. IX ZR 176/76) shows that managing partners and controlling directors often face the complete or predominant loss of their pension as a retirement benefit despite “pledging the […]

Doubling of the tax burden due to private and occupational pensions

– When Social security and tax administration charge the citizen twice ? – The Regional Social Court of Rhineland-Palatinate (LSG Rheinland-Pfalz, judgement of 03.12.2015, ref. L 5 KR 84/15) ruled that when reinvesting the capital benefit of a company direct insurance by purchasing a private immediate annuity, compulsory contributions to the statutory health (GKV) and […]

Total loss for pension scheme of the managing partner in GmbH insolvency

– New BGH ruling: How the insolvency administrator achieves confiscation and immediate realisation   The most common form of company pension scheme (bAV) for the managing partners is the pension commitment. A new ruling by the Federal Court of Justice (BGH ruling of 18 July 2013, file no. IX ZR 219/11) opens up further possibilities […]

How retirement income and pension increases can be designed at an early stage

In the last up to more than 35 years, people’s parties have more than halved the statutory net pension level. The cost of an equally high funded pension in safe government bonds has approximately tripled as a result of political decisions. subscribers of Basic income support – most of which is not applied for by […]

Private and occupational pension schemes: deletion of valuation reserves remains on the agenda

For more than 10 years, the yields of life insurance policies have been suffering from the low capital market interest rates. As a result, reductions of up to more than 30 % compared to the expectations raised until the turn of the millennium are the rule. However, customers with terminated or expired contracts have been […]

Save taxes on capital payments under the company pension scheme (bAV), severance payments and after active partial retirement

– How to design more retirement income and pension increases early on ?   “He who does not work should not eat” (Franz Müntefering, 09.05.2006)   In the last up to more than 35 years, people’s parties have more than halved the statutory net pension level. The cost of an equally high funded pension in […]

No yield tuning by selling the pension and life insurance in the secondary market?

– What insurance customers should be aware of before or after they terminate –   Countless brokers and advisors live from new business. So there is nothing more obvious than to persuade customers to cancel or sell their existing investments, especially life insurance policies. However, general statements about pension (RV) and life insurance (LV) policies […]

Voluntarily insured pensioners pay too high health insurance contributions

– How self-employed persons and pensioners are also transferred from pension schemes to compulsory insurance – Typically, (compulsory) members of the 89 professional pension schemes are either privately insured in old age (PKV) or voluntarily insured by the statutory health insurance system (GKV) at too high a price. However, this also frequently affects former self-employed […]