Cinderella shows the way

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 […]

Lawsuits in financial cases – private expert opinions make sense because errors often go undetected

Optimal revocation for credit, capital investment and insurance   When legal representation without an expert opinion is giving away pure money No one would accuse financial institutions, i.e. banks and insurers, of unlawful or dishonest behaviour if affected customers do not receive what they are actually entitled to after a revocation of credit and investment […]

Foreign life, pension and health insurance: Opportunities and risks for insurance companies and insurance brokers

Foreign insurance companies, especially those from the European Economic Area (EEA) and the European Union (EU) are increasingly competing with domestic providers. For insurance intermediaries and insurance customers, this creates risks, but also opportunities. In private health insurance we see only the beginning of a development here. EEA and EU insurers must obtain a certificate […]

Basic information on life insurance

– Why life insurance works collectively and nobody gets anything taken away -.   The new law to ensure stable and fair benefits for life insurance policyholders (Life Insurance Reform Act – LVRG) leads to noticeable benefit cuts for insurance customers and is intended to strengthen the risk-bearing capacity of insurers. Life insurers already had […]

The Rürup fallacy

Why additional private provision is no guarantee of good care in old age   In Germany there are currently 2.5 million people in need of long-term care. About 70% are cared for at home. The benefits of the statutory long-term care insurance in Germany are mostly at the level of a partial cover insurance. Better […]

poverty in old age

“The pension is safe!” announced Norbert Blüm. Today, people ask, “How much pension is safe?” How political decisions lead to impoverishment.   Old-age poverty is an increasingly frequent topic in the media. What is special about this phenomenon is that it is homemade. According to the impression even put up with. After all, it has […]

Severance pay and other alternatives to occupational pension schemes (bAV)

– Opportunities for employers and employees to optimize pension provision –   Due to the low interest rates on the capital markets, it will in many cases no longer be possible to achieve positive real returns in the traditional external implementation channels of occupational pension schemes in accordance with the German Company Pensions Act (BetrAVG). […]