The implementation of the Directive EU 2016/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 January 2016 on insurance distribution, i.e. the Insurance Distribution Directive (IDD) by Section 43c of the German Insurance Supervision Act (VAG), leads to financial risks for insurers (VR) and insurance brokers (VM). The insurer may be allowed to […]
The Administrative Court of Frankfurt/Main (VG Ffm, Az. 7 L 3307/18.F) decided in its decision of 28.09.2018 – completely in line with the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) – that even regular payments by an intermediary (VM) to the policyholder (VN) declared as a reduction in premiums are prohibited as a commission fee, § 48b […]
The IDD change in the law enables the granting of discounts for insurance and sales control according to the type of landlord. Dr. Johannes Fiala and Dipl.-Math. Peter A. Schramm explain why brokers must obviously be controlled by insurers. According to the “Draft Law on the Implementation of Directive (EU) 2016/97 of the European […]
Do good – and talk about it. Lawyer Johannes Fiala and actuary Peter A. Schramm explain in an exclusive commentary how brokers can sell policies with immaterial advertising. As is well known, insurance does not sell itself – it must be sold. Intermediaries must therefore draw attention to themselves and their products. In doing […]
The draft for the IDD Implementation Act is causing a great stir in the insurance industry due to the still existing ban on commissions. Lawyer Johannes Fiala and actuary Peter Schramm have examined the draft and show that the ban is not dead. The legislator would like to strengthen fee-based advice as part of the […]
– How employees from credit institutions and insurance companies help to secure their jobs ? – “Cu è surdu, orbu e taci, campa cent’ anni ‘mpaci” “He who is deaf, blind and dumb lives in peace for a hundred years.” – Sicilian proverb In the United States of America there is the US […]
On 15 July 2015, the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) issued a statement on foreign private health insurance (PKV), including considerable legal errors. “And just don’t say one thing, “I will do this tomorrow,” unless (you add) “If God wills it.” And remember thy Lord, when thou forgets, and say, “Perhaps my Lord will guide […]
Even if the ban on commissions continues to apply for the time being – there is something in the air: The Regional Court of Cologne had decided that the agent or insurance broker acts legally if he passes on his commission or brokerage fee to insured persons in whole or in part. In 2011, the […]
“Until the day they rationalize me away, Or simply sort me out as non-programmable, When the big computer comes and monitors everything, Makes my preferences and quirks fully understandable, Even if I am already completely machine-readable” (Reinhard Mey) The decision by politicians not to replace the current ban on commission payments with a new […]
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 […]
