by Johannes Fiala, Lawyer (Munich), M.B.A. (Univ.Wales), M.M. (Univ.), Certified Financial and Investment Advisor (A.F.A.), EC Expert (C.I.F.E.), Banker (www.fiala.de ) The Stuttgart public prosecutor’s office, white-collar crime division, assesses investor deception through misleading yield information according to the internal rate of return method, also known as IRR yield, as an objective offence of capital […]
*by Peter F. Then, insurance broker (Veitshöchheim), lawyer (www.then-finanz.de) and Johannes Fiala, lawyer (Munich), banker (www.fiala.de ) The information problem: An agent writes ‘I personally have no problem with broker liability. I am largely responsible for my own actions. Only that I should take over the liability for the mistakes of my suppliers does not […]
– How clueless facilitators and training managers go straight to jail instead of through LOS -. On 05.11.2014, the Central Criminal Investigation Service Lüneburg arrested two insurance brokers for commercial fraud. The intermediaries induced their customers to terminate existing annuity and life insurance policies in order to subsequently take out new insurance policies that […]
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, […]
Dr. Fiala convinces through his insatiable curiosity, which then also benefits his clients. He devotes himself to the tasks with meticulousness and does not shy away from expressing very clearly when a case is “hopeless”. This is not at all common in the industry…. I have had very good experiences with Dr. Fiala, especially in […]
Laws and professional codes of conduct require many professions to take out liability insurance for financial loss, but also sometimes for personal injury and damage to property. The content and scope of the minimum insurance is regulated differently depending on the profession. If a GmbH provides tax advice, financial losses amounting to € 250,000 must […]
The Federal Labor Court (BAG, ruling dated February 21, 2017, file no. 3 AZR 297/15) dismissed an employee’s action seeking to establish that his current wife is entitled to a widow’s pension from his company pension commitment. The employee had remarried at the end of the employment relationship. The future widow goes away empty-handed – […]
Self-employed persons with a very low income can apply to pay less than the so-called minimum contribution to the statutory health insurance (GKV). But Dr. Johannes Fiala and Dipl.-Math. Peter A. Schramm think that you have to come up with this on your own, because hardly anyone will tell you voluntarily. What the tariff change […]
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). […]
– What the tariff change broker never reveals and rarely knows – A recent study by a lobby organisation proposes to make statutory health insurance (GKV) more attractive for lower earning self-employed persons, as reported by a newspaper from Southern Germany. For self-employed persons there would be a minimum contribution of 342 euros per month. […]
