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 […]

German statutory pension insurance and private foreign pension insurance for self-employed persons

– Why there are hardly any recommendable domestic products left for insurance intermediaries – The group of self-employed consists of about 1.2 million freelancers and about 3.0 million tradesmen. The freelancers are predominantly Compulsory members of one of the more than 90 pension funds or pension chambers. There, however, funded savings are proving to be […]

BGB-Leibrenten as the better alternative to private pension insurance

In some city archives historians find records of an annuity purchase – like these. What is behind it and what does it mean for us?   Since then In the 13th century, the purchase of annuities was the predominant credit business of the Middle Ages. The future pensioner bought the right to receive a life […]

The fairy tale of the unprofitable German pension insurance scheme

– When a funded pension would be comparable –   The Deutsche Rentenversicherung Bund (DRV) lets its insured know that voluntary contributions in particular lead to an annual pension of 5.18%. In many cases, it is nonsensical to compare returns, as this would require consideration of the increasing payouts, including increasing life expectancy. The answer […]

Company pension scheme: Pension insurance obligation with GGF?

The ruling of the Federal Social Court: Before the Federal Social Court (BSG) a GGF with its Unternehmensberatungs-GmbH lost: After the wording of the reasons for the judgement (Az. B 12 RA 1/04 R) also a GmbH managing director active only for its own GmbH is subject to the pension insurance obligation. The Federal Minister […]

“Legal dispute”: Brokers can still be liable for pension insurance!

In an original article for FONDS professionell ONLINE, attorney Johannes Fiala and actuary Peter Schramm explain why they consider the decision of the Bavarian State Social Court on the obligation of a broker to pay pension contributions to be correct. The ruling of the Bavarian State Social Court (LSG) on the pension insurance obligation of […]

What insurance brokers should know about the statutory pension insurance?

The Bavarian State Social Court (LSG Munich, judgement of 03.06.2016, Ref. L 1 R 679/14) confirmed the determination of the insurance obligation of a pool broker in the statutory pension insurance. The pool broker had already been defeated in the lower court: “In its ruling of 9 May 2014, the SG dismissed the action. The […]

Sale and assignment of pension insurance policies before own insolvency

“Live today – save later” – this is often the motto when an annuity insurance policy is to be sold for a one-off payment. Some insurers offer this to their customers due to an emergency situation even if there is no longer a contractual legal claim to it after the start of the pension. On […]

Private pension insurance: How does the sale work?

The policyholder is insolvent and urgently needs money. There would be the possibility to sell the right to his private pension. How the framework for this is set and when a transfer can fail, describe attorney Dr. Johannes Fiala and actuary Peter A. Schramm in their contribution “The ordinary right to a private pension could […]