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). […]

Generation consultants, succession planners and financial planners together with initiators in conflict with the Legal Services Act

For decades there has been the training as Financial-Planner (financial planner), Estate-Planner (succession planner) and for some years now as Generation Consultant with IHK certificate. Surely only the trainers will make money from this for the time being. At second glance, it is a guide to the violation of the Legal Services Act (RDG) and […]

High tax relief for the committed citizen

Foundations offer the entrepreneur far-reaching advantages The state explicitly acknowledges the commitment of donors with generous tax breaks and benefits related to the law of public benefit. Even if it is not always comprehensible to outsiders at first glance that the charitable trust foundation in particular offers attractive advantages for citizens and efficient solutions to […]

No global release from liability by rating / analyst agencies

Three people are affected by ratings or analyses – the person being assessed (e.g. an initiator) with the subject of the rating (e.g. the current account), the assessor (the rating agency) and the readers/users of the rating or analysis. A subset are rankings in which, as a rule, only one criterion is examined at a […]

“Experts” for statements influencing investments using the example of insurance ratings

A variety of insurance products that is difficult for consumers to understand encourages them to make a choice only after consulting a market observer. However, the involvement of experts in investment decisions raises the question of responsibility for their actions. What possibilities of recourse to liability have those seeking advice or otherwise turned to, what […]

Study: Legal advice for brokers

According to a survey by the market research institute You Gov, financial and insurance brokers see a growing importance of competent support in legal matters. According to the survey, almost one third of the brokers surveyed received legal advice from a law firm last year.   Increasing liability risk and stricter regulation of insurance sales […]

Optimal revocation for credit, capital investment and insurance

– When legal representation without an appraisal is giving away pure money -.   No one would accuse financial institutions, i.e. banks and insurers, of unlawful or dishonest behaviour if affected customers do not receive what they are actually entitled to after a revocation of credit and investment or insurance contracts. Without an expert examination […]

Lawsuits in financial cases – private expert opinions make sense because errors often go undetected

Optimal revocation for credit, capital investment and insurance   When legal representation without an expert opinion is giving away pure money No one would accuse financial institutions, i.e. banks and insurers, of unlawful or dishonest behaviour if affected customers do not receive what they are actually entitled to after a revocation of credit and investment […]

In the purchase lies the profit – customer advantages by commission levy

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 […]

Abolish commissions for life insurance in Europe?

– On the design of insurance products in Europe –   Brokers’ brokerage fees and agents’ commissions will fall as a result of the Life Insurance Reform Act (LVRG) – but at the same time there will be a shift in life insurance away from one-off to ongoing remuneration for agents. This is what Stuttgarter […]