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 […]
Probably most members of a private health insurance company will be annoyed about the annual premium increases, which are particularly serious with increasing age. As a solution, private health insurance companies usually offer a succinct explanation: in order to maintain the previous contribution, one could even do without some of the benefits previously covered. In […]
Contribution saving in the private health insurance (PKV) with relief fund* – How not only standard and emergency tariff of the PKV must be improved. – Around 5% of those insured with private health insurance (UN) are in social tariffs (standard tariff, emergency tariff, basic tariff), with an upward trend. In the emergency tariff, […]
It was not only the financial market crisis since 2008 that led to the realisation that insurance companies need higher equity capital in accordance with the so-called Solvency II rules so that they can better bear a fall in the value of, for example, government bonds? 30% insolvency risk with Solvency II: If […]
Long-term planning but in line with demand If you earn money, you have to learn how to handle it. On the one hand, it is important to be able to cover the needs of daily life and, on the other, to ensure long-term financial stability. Satisfying the basic needs of a human being is only […]
– Why the days of effortless money-making via life insurance are long gone – Agents’ commissions fall The Life Insurance Reform Act (LVRG) not only lowers the guaranteed interest rate for life insurance policies from 1.75% to only 1.25% from 2015, but also the permitted inclusion of acquisition costs through zillmerisation from 4% to […]
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 […]
The investment adviser must fulfil his main duties. He cannot rely on the assessment of third parties. One will be able to trust an experienced investment advisor that he is able to carry out a plausibility check based on the basic investment criteria and specific extensions to the investment category. Plausibility is the estimation […]
Around 90 pension funds, also known as pension chambers, are public corporations that collect funds from their “compulsory members” to build up a funded pension scheme. Past and foreseeable pension cuts challenge the system. The Higher Administrative Court of Lüneburg ruled that no compulsory member may stop paying contributions “because of an allegedly erroneous investment […]
Risks for doctors, notaries, tax consultants, lawyers, dentists, architects and auditors Around 90 pension funds, also known as pension chambers, are public corporations that collect funds from their “compulsory members” for the au au of a funded pension scheme. Past and foreseeable pension cuts challenge the system. No exit by refusal to pay The Higher […]
