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 […]
Artikel zum Thema: Revocation
Legal protection is mandatory in the event of revocation of old contracts
published on Versicherungswirtschaft today on 02.05.2018 Link: http://versicherungswirtschaft-heute.de/politik-regulierung/rechtsschutz-ist-bei-widerruf-alter-vertrage-in-der-pflicht/
Federal Court of Justice: New legal expenses insurance must also pay if old contracts are cancelled
– When to revoke credit and loan contracts, as well as life, annuity and other insurance policies -. The Federal Court of Justice (BGH, judgment of 24 April 2013, Case No. IV ZR 23/12) decided when customers of, for example, credit institutions (in particular private banks, savings banks) as well as insurance companies have a […]
Subscription right in direct insurance
On the liability of insurance companies, agents and insurance brokers for incorrect design on the part of the legislator Insurance brokers have always had a particularly heavy responsibility towards their customers. In the German Insurance Contract Act (VVG), the legislator has expressly defined the liability of the insurance intermediary in §§ 59 ff. VVG. […]
Underwriting of life insurance policies
The BGH has decided that – completely independent of the revocation – a claim for damages can also be sufficient for the reversal of a life insurance policy – oh for contracts concluded from 2008 onwards. In its current ruling of 28 June 2017 (Case No. IV ZR 440/14), the Federal Court of Justice […]
The additional remuneration agreement may be revoked
What compensation does the customer owe in the event of premature cancellation of his insurance premiums? The German Federal Supreme Court (BGH, ruling of 12 December 2013, file no. III ZR 124/13) decided that not only a broker but also an insurance agent can be promised a remuneration by his customer for brokering a life […]
Benefits to spouses and in the case of non-marital cohabitation are often recoverable
If donations are for the purpose of community protection, but are not gifts…. The Federal Court of Justice (BGH, ruling of 6 May 2014, file no. X ZR 135/11) decided that donations to non-marital partners with the purpose of securing the death of the donor are not gifts. If the cohabitation fails, such donations must […]
Personal insurance cancelled by guardian may be invalid
The OLG Nuremberg (partial judgment of 24.03.2016, ref. 8 U 1092/15) ruled, using the example of a life insurance policy, that termination by the guardian is invalid for lack of approval by a counter-guardian or the guardianship court. The widow, who had been appointed (revocably) as beneficiary in the event of death, successfully sued the […]
Invalid transactions with insurance buyers
– How the Federal Court of Justice legally and legitimately saves the insurers the additional payment(s) – Financial service providers, consultants and intermediaries, are looking for customers so that they receive more money from their contractual partner – a life insurance company (VR). However, these insurance buyers have great difficulties in developing legally secure business […]
Insurance intermediaries: Between the fulfilment of obligations and liability
The Federal Court of Justice (BGH, ruling of 10 March 2016, file no. I ZR 147/14) decided: “The obligations of the insurance broker to provide information and advice primarily include the questions of which risks the policyholder should insure, how the most effective cover can be achieved, with which risk carrier the cover can be […]