Bavarian solution for business closures (BSV) of innkeepers is mostly unappealable “Panic Professor: the virus needs a host. So let’s close down all the economies: Basta!” “One person – one problem! No man – no problem!” (Stalin) Settlement with insurer (VR) on business closure insurance (BSV) invalid? A prestigious insurance law firm and a […]
Asset manager liability: What you need to know Those who are wealthy or come to assets are not necessarily also experts in the field of money investmentor asset management. For this reason, in order to maintain the preservation of their own property and to increase the long term visibility of future, many investors use the […]
The Federal Labour Court (BAG, ruling of 18.02.2020, Ref. 3 AZR 206/18) decided that an employer did not owe compensation for damages simply because he had not correctly informed about social insurance contribution obligations at an information event, and simply because he did not even address the topic of social insurance. Then he did […]
– OLG Naumburg: Consultants are liable for losses and incorrect advice – Insolvency administrator draws company and private pension provision completely an investment broker and insurance brokers are happy to advertise company and private pension provision for entrepreneurs as “seizure-proof and insolvency-proof”. However, this is not the case, as a recent ruling by the […]
More than ever before, every German citizen is responsible for his or her own retirement provision. The benefits of the statutory pension are by far not sufficient to even come close to maintaining the accustomed standard of living at retirement age. Even the Retirement Assets Act (AVmG) passed on 11 May 2001 is only […]
For more than 10 years, the yields of life insurance policies have been suffering from the low capital market interest rates. As a result, reductions of up to more than 30 % compared to the expectations raised until the turn of the millennium are the rule. However, customers with terminated or expired contracts have been […]
Private pension provision affects us all While 20 years ago bottle collecting pensioners were a rare sight on Germany’s streets, today they are already part of the everyday street scene. The results of a survey of the Deutsche Bank clearly show that already every second German citizenhas anxiety about this, no longer be able to […]
Asset protection: Protect your private or business assets from creditors and insolvency From our daily practice we know that there are a number of different ways to lose your assets and also your old age provision. The classic cases in the private sector go far beyond the extent of inflation and tax liability. For example, […]
The Federal Court of Justice (BGH, ruling of 25.09.2019, ref. IV ZR 99/18) had to deal with the life insurance of a policyholder (VN) who had fallen into a coma in 1993 after an accident. The wife, who was divorced in 1994, was entitled to withdraw her claim. The father of the UN informed the […]
– What information, education and advisory duties are imposed on employers? – The Regional Labour Court (Landesarbeitsgericht – LAG Hamm, judgement of 06.12.2017, file no. 4 Sa 852/17) decided that the employer (AG) is liable for damages if the advice on deferred compensation in company pension schemes (bAV) was incorrect. This was the case even […]
