“You only get rich by doing things you don’t desire.” (Mahatma Gandhi, Indian politician, 1869 – 1948) Increasing dangers due to kick-backs After Switzerland, the topic of kick-backs is now also increasingly leading to legal proceedings in Germany if a customer feels cheated by his financial service provider or financial services institution. The […]
VersicherungsJournal (Issue 1 August 2006)
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Banking law: errors in advice, credit traps and more As a lawyer for banking law, I know that a bank has been part of our daily life since our earliest childhood. Just remember your first savings book, which you probably got at primary school from the nice savings bank advisor next door. We withdraw money, […]
The Higher Regional Court (OLG) of Oldenburg decided in its ruling of 19.12.2013 (Case No. 1 U 67/13) that an insurer (VR) cannot invoke the statute of limitations after years in the case of long-term claims if it had previously given a qualified acknowledgement. Statute of limitations regularly after three years at the end of […]
If the insurance company has acknowledged a claim but has not settled it over a long period of time, it cannot subsequently invoke an alleged limitation period for its claims. This was decided by the Oldenburg Higher Regional Court. In the following article, our experts, lawyer Johannes Fiala and expert Peter A. Schramm, explain what […]
– Avoiding the risks of the final withholding tax savings model – The truth is often brutal, the lie only when it is uncovered. Erhard Blanck. In order to circumvent the final withholding tax on investment income, ultimately to reduce the taxes, and for tax-free retention of the income, life insurance companies from Liechtenstein, […]
“If you have faith, it’s all over.” (Stanislav Lec, Polish poet) Asset protection is the separation of business and private risks or assets, including the integration of insurance protection. Risks to private assets stem primarily from the business sector (e.g. liability for break-through) or from financing, but also from separation/divorce or legal disputes. […]
Life insurance coats from Liechtenstein: A distribution model with thick question marks In order to avoid the final withholding tax on investment income, and in the end to reduce taxes and tax-free retention of income, life insurance undertakings from Liechtenstein offer so-called insurance shells. On the outside it says “life insurance” – on the […]
The commission levy by the cash-back insurance broker as an alternative to the net tariff. How insurance brokers give up to more than 40% of insurance premiums to their clients More and more intermediaries are waiving their commissions, not only in the case of insurance brokerage, but also in the case of open-ended investment […]
