Extraordinary termination without notice of contractually non-cancellable insurance and other contracts

– How to immediately terminate long-term occupational and personal pension contracts -.   It is not only in private banks that it is common for employees to have to earn up to more than three times their gross salary. For bank customers, this means that up to more than 1% of their assets can go […]

Insurance Law

Insurance law: inform in good time Nowadays, there is almost no aspect of life that cannot be covered by a insurance. The field of insurance law is broadly diversified and applies both in the area of private provision and in corporate risk minimization. Many insurances are almost regarded as basic equipment for a “carefree” life. […]

Risks of vandalism: No insurance cover in the event of refusal to pay protection money

– Why do you lose your insurance cover without paying protection money? –   The Federal Court of Justice (BGH, ruling of 16.06.2010, file no. IV ZR 229/09) decided on the case of a restaurant owner who was threatened with damage or destruction of his premises that burglary and/or vandalism risks are to be reported […]

Variants of immoral insurance contracts

Insurance products supervised by the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) may also be null and void on the grounds of immorality. This then also applies to the contract with consultants and agents. The investor therefore has no claim to be protected from receiving false advice: A release from liability without any financial loss liability (VSH). […]

Invalidity of contracts, confiscation of assets and arrest in case of breach of penalties

Sanctions have been in fashion for centuries, and are being broken. The widow Barbe-Nicole Clicquot-Ponsardin, in reaction to Napoleon’s Russian campaign, was concerned with the embargo imposed by the Russian Tsar on French products in 1812. The widow hired a Dutch ship, had it loaded with over 10,000 bottles of the 1811 vintage, and was […]

Sanctions and their effects, Part 2

In the second part on sanctions and their effects, attorney Dr. Johannes Fiala and Dipl.-Math. Peter A. Schramm present further cases – from the Russian sanctions via Cuba and Turkey to the acquisition of real estate by terrorists.     Anti-terrorism lists or ordinances could also be (or are they) null and void? Regulations 881/2002 […]