– How can insured persons react to the increased risk of insolvency? – Up to more than one million English life insurance policies (with-profit products) are to be transferred to Ireland. However, on closer inspection it is completely unnecessary to leave Great Britain (GB) for the existing policies. Existing contracts need not be […]
Sale of life insurance policy destroys shapeable additional income
In its ruling of 16 October 2018, the Federal Court of Justice (BGH, ref. VI ZR 459/17) decided how contracts for the sale and assignment of used life insurance policies lead to an obligation to pay damages if the investor or policyholder (UN) of the life insurance policy bears the payout risk according to the […]
Compensation from the (professional) guardian after termination of insurance
The OLG Koblenz (judgement of 28.02.2018, file no. 4 W 79/18) decided on the liability for damages of a professional caregiver after he or she had terminated a private health insurance (PKV) together with a supplementary nursing care insurance (PV) and a short time later the benefit claim occurred. Liability in the event of […]
When real estate becomes junk real estate
How do banks and insurance companies finance usuriously overpriced real estate? Scrap real estate is a topic for up to more than two million affected investors. The Investors’ Council says: “Only invest in investments that you understand yourself”. This applies to the timing of investments and the ongoing monitoring of capital investments. More often, experts […]
Compensation for heirs in the event of failure to provide medical euthanasia
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 […]