In its ruling of 3 August 2017 (Ref. V R 19/16), the Federal Court of Finance (BFH) decided that the establishment of a structured sales organisation is not exempt from VAT. In principle, this not only applies to structured sales organisations and other distribution companies and pools, but also to insurance intermediaries (agents), insurance brokers […]
In its ruling of 3 August 2017 (Ref. V R 19/16), the Federal Court of Finance (BFH) decided that the establishment of a structured sales organisation is not exempt from VAT. In principle, this not only applies to structured sales organisations and other distribution companies and pools, but also to insurance intermediaries (agents), insurance brokers […]
Most policyholders believe that their private and business secrets entrusted to the insurance agent and broker are protected. But in fact the situation is quite different, and the protection is often no better than if you had entrusted them to your hairdresser. No reliance on the legal private secret The Higher Regional Court of […]
What insurance agents and brokers should look out for in terms of self-protection Service commissions and follow-up commissions may be forfeited upon separation of the agent from the pool or distributor if the distributor is sold or liquidates its holdings, including the insolvency of a broker pool. Insurance agents and brokers are therefore readily […]
Insurance brokers risk “head and neck” due to faulty brokerage contracts *by Dr. Johannes Fiala, lawyer (Munich), mediator (Univ.), MBA Financial Services (Univ.Wales), MM (Univ.), certified financial and investment advisor (A.F.A.), lecturer for civil and insurance law (BA Heidenheim, Univ. of Cooperative Education), banker (www.fiala.de) and Hermann Siebenhaar, insurance broker (Neutraubling), court-appointed expert, lecturer (Univ. […]
