– Why do you lose your insurance cover without paying protection money? – The Federal Court of Justice (BGH, ruling of 16.06.2010, file no. IV ZR 229/09) decided on the case of a restaurant owner who was threatened with damage or destruction of his premises that burglary and/or vandalism risks are to be reported […]
The Federal Court of Justice (BGH, ruling of 09.02.2018, ref. V ZR 311/16) decided that a property owner who has a craftsman carry out repair work on the house is responsible – i.e. liable – to the neighbour. In the present case, the house had burned down after roofing work due to an embers nest […]
The Higher Regional Court of Munich (OLG, Az. 1 U 454/17, judgement of 21.12.2017) sentenced a family doctor to pay 40,000 € – inherited – compensation for pain and suffering for immaterial damages to the heir. The deceased had been artificially fed, among other things by a PEG probe, and kept alive for about 21 […]
Members of the German Bundestag asked: “What legal obligations do life insurance companies have to inform their customers about the possibility of reducing claims before the contract is concluded, and what is the practice of life insurance policies as established by the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin)? The answer of the Federal Government of […]
Small or large matrimonial property regime for asset protection *- concerning the ex-manager of a DAX company, a public prosecutor suspects tax evasion as a result of the use of a matrimonial property regime. The legal counsel of the person concerned will consider filing a criminal complaint for alleged violation of official and service secrets. […]
A reply to Stritters Forum tips of 13.10.2007 Some business managers can be blinded by attestations, certificates and certifications when purchasing software: Not only the content with many ifs and buts, but especially the liability situation shows that these are regularly samples without value. Manager liability Even from a medium-sized GmbH, the management […]
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 […]
When do employees face a double insolvency risk with occupational pension schemes and additional tax burdens? The subject of the BMF letter of 6 December 2017 (IV C 5 – S 2333/17/10002; DOK 2017/0989084) is, among other things, also the future treatment of incorrectly structured company pension scheme (bAV): Accordingly, special payments by the employer […]
When it comes to a >g id=”gid_0″>successful retirement provision, insurance agents or brokers are usually the first people to contact. In some cases a complete reversal of the contract is possible. The OLG Saarbrücken (judgement of 26.02.2014, file no. 5 U 64/13) decided that the insurance broker has to point out the differences between […]
