– Case by case EUR 50,000, insolvency or three years for fraud or tax evasion – Social security clearing as a pernicious fraud scheme Already to 05.05.2006 took place in Munich the first symposium for the recovery (also allegedly) wrongly paid social security contributions for mediators of all kinds from the insurance industry. The […]
Benefit regulation of the private health insurance (PKV) after desired treatment success
– Unlawful denial of benefits based on lack of medical necessity – Some employees of benefits departments in private health insurance are engaged in strategic claims settlement for potentially up to more than nine million private health insurance policyholders. This means that one ignores if necessary also the supreme court iurisdiction and by own […]
Drying up of life insurance – too few investment options for too much money
– Why life insurance has outlived its usefulness as a capital accumulation vehicle – Wim Duisenberg, ex-president of the ECB, when asked how he invests his money: “Personally, I’m in the fortunate position of having no reserves.” Statistically, up to more than 80 million German citizens own more than one life insurance policy. […]
Even minor speeding changes the liability rate
– When claims settlements by insurance brokers and car insurers are flawed -. “There is also no rule according to which a certain speeding is insignificant,” formulated the OLG Frankfurt/Main in a recent ruling of 15.04.2014 (Case No. 15 U 213/13). The “too fast plaintiff” received a quarter of contributory negligence in the second […]
All-risk insurance of residential buildings and contents – a marketing gimmick?
– Why everything is never insured against every conceivable risk – When an insurer describes its product as “all-risk insurance”, this sometimes resembles the advertising promise of “guarantee certificates”: A close examination of the policy terms and conditions may reveal it to be “marketing cheese with massive holes” in the insurance coverage Coverage […]