When the insolvency administrator gets some Riester assets – The Federal Court of Justice (BGH, ruling of 16 November 2017, file no. IX ZR 21/17) decided that § 851 I of the Code of Civil Procedure (ZPO) in conjunction with § 97 I of the Income Tax Act (EStG) order the non-transferability of the Riester […]
Artikel zum Thema: Pension provision
The fairy tale of the unprofitable German pension insurance scheme
– When a funded pension would be comparable – The Deutsche Rentenversicherung Bund (DRV) lets its insured know that voluntary contributions in particular lead to an annual pension of 5.18%. In many cases, it is nonsensical to compare returns, as this would require consideration of the increasing payouts, including increasing life expectancy. The answer […]
Pension: once “the yellow of the egg” – today expropriated
Pre-programmed old-age poverty despite additional private provision by those with compulsory insurance: Which is why even average earners have the best prospects of a basic pension. Anyone who is employed as an employee until the age of 67 with a continuous income can expect to receive a net pension amounting to 50 percent of […]
No State guarantee
The amount of the levies due when a “Riester pension” is paid seems unclear. Why the capital is not secure with this form of pension. In October 2008 the Chancellor said “We tell savers that their deposits are safe. The federal government also vouches for that.” – Which, for lack of a legal basis, is […]
Private pension schemes and creditor protection
Book by Christian Wollmann § 4 The protection against seizure according to § 815 c ZPO Link: https://books.google.de/books?id=3G57RwL8DxkC&pg=PA71&lpg=PA71&dq=%22Fiala/Schramm%22&source=bl&ots=aEnFGp0UHR&sig=w7sGPvIYpSuOA2JUo72o4rU2Pnw&hl=de&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiq4crWz6PSAhUqIpoKHb4_DTMQ6AEIQDAJ#v=onepage&q=%22Fiala%2FSchramm%22&f=false or in https://www.beck-shop.de/wollmann-private-altersvorsorge-glaeubigerschutz/product/5726513
Federal Minister of Finance: saved Rürup capital can be seized
– only precaution on social assistance level may be protected from creditors – The sales market of the securitization of the Rürup capital For many years, insurance associations, insurers and the insurance sales force have been praising the Rüruprente in advertising brochures as a seizure-protected old age provision. Now, according to a new letter […]
PKV: Impossible escape from rising premiums
There are many factors contributing to inflation in private health insurance. For example, charges for cross-subsidisation for the basic, standard and emergency tariffs. Those who have concluded their private health insurance before 01.01.2009 can also change to the standard tariff – the others only to the basic tariff. The lack of the insurer’s (VR) right […]
Occupational pension provision: The imperative of equal value – void occupational pension provision?
bAV-Handelsblatt Forum: Invalidity of deferred compensation Dr.Reinecke, chairman of the pension senate at the Federal Labour Court (BAG), has dropped the bomb. Its core statement is that contracts for the implementation of occupational pension schemes can be (partially) null and void. Insurance intermediaries are surprised – have they been brokering ineffective contracts for years? The […]
What insurance brokers should know about the statutory pension insurance?
The Bavarian State Social Court (LSG Munich, judgement of 03.06.2016, Ref. L 1 R 679/14) confirmed the determination of the insurance obligation of a pool broker in the statutory pension insurance. The pool broker had already been defeated in the lower court: “In its ruling of 9 May 2014, the SG dismissed the action. The […]
No secure supply
Why Rürup pensions are not protected against insolvency / Neither protected against seizure nor suitable for old-age provision The Rürup pension is a typical tax-saving model. The seller’s trick is often to highlight the tax advantages at the beginning of the contract or in the savings phase, but to completely ignore the later risks […]