– As the broker also has duties of protection against third parties – A recent ruling of the Higher Regional Court of Cologne of 26.02.2016 (Case No. 20 U 102/15) underlines the “obligation of the broker to inform the policyholder that the intended change to private health insurance (PKV) may affect the insurance cover […]
– How advisors, brokers and pension funds are taken into recourse in time – A daily newspaper from southern Germany misleads its readers with the title “Erste Pensionskasse reduces company pensions”. For neither are company pensions reduced if the pension fund cuts its benefits. This is still the first pension fund where pensions and […]
Survivors rub their eyes when the survivors’ pension of the German Pension Insurance (DRV) is reduced to zero after three months. Marriages entered into after 2002 or those where both spouses were born after 1962 are affected by this provision. In these cases, 40 percent of the additional net income is offset, i.e. deducted […]
– Why the complete departure from private health insurance is questionable – A 55-year-old man reports to an actuarial expert after his private health insurance (PKV) has more than doubled its premiums within nine years, even though he has been insured for almost thirty years. The actuary replies, yes, I just calculated that for […]
If managing directors and senior executives have been promised their company pension scheme(bAV) as a pension commitment or direct commitment, in the vast majority of cases the existing reinsurance assets are not sufficient to fully finance the retirement benefits. Insofar as reinsurance – e.g. as life insurance or investment funds – are available, employers think […]
If managing directors and executives have been promised their company pension scheme (bAV) as a pension commitment or direct commitment, in most cases the existing reinsurance assets are not sufficient to finance the retirement benefits. To the extent that reinsurance is available – for example, in the form of life insurance or investment funds – […]
Survivors rub their eyes when the survivors’ pension of the German Pension Insurance (DRV) is reduced to zero after three months. This regulation – which was last tightened in 2002 – affects marriages entered into after 2002 or those where both spouses were born after 1962. Then 40% of the additional net income is offset, […]
A 55-year-old man reports to an actuarial expert after his private health insurance (PKV) has more than doubled its premiums within nine years, even though he has been insured for almost thirty years. The actuary replies, yes, I just calculated that for a client – around 8% annual increases are quite realistic, especially if you […]
There is economic leeway in the redemption of company pension entitlements In occupational pension schemes (bAV), most dependent employees are in the position of a lender, because the employer has regularly set aside at best a fraction of the necessary funds for a specific purpose. Usually, the employer does not get away from the promise […]
– How employees can lose their company pension completely from one day to the next – In occupational pension schemes (bAV), most employees are in the position of a lender, because the employer regularly has at best a fraction of the necessary funds set aside for a specific purpose. Usually, the employer does not […]
