No protection against malicious actions

– How FIFA, Microsoft, WPs, BP and the Mafia are sued under the same law – VW is – hopefully – not a criminal organization, just like Microsoft, BP, the FIFA or auditors (WPs) of Russian companies. Surely VW only admitted the objective circumstances in a legally preventive way, or rather admitted something of which […]

The all-risk insurance of residential buildings and household contents – a marketing gag?

When an insurer describes its product as “all-risk insurance”, this sometimes resembles the advertising promise of “guarantee certificates”. If the terms of the contract are carefully examined, it may be “marketing cheese with huge holes” in the insurance cover. Why everything is never insured against every conceivable risk. Pepperminzia insurance promises the perfect protection for […]

Marketing cheese with huge holes

If an insurer offers “all-risk insurance”, intermediaries should carefully examine the terms and conditions of the contract. Because such policies can be “marketing cheese with huge holes” in the insurance coverage, warn Dr. Johannes Fiala and Peter Schramm in the guest article. Pepperminzia insurance promises the perfect protection for your home, all-inclusive, so that the […]

All-risk insurance of residential buildings and household contents – a marketing gag?

When an insurer describes its product as “all-risk insurance”, this sometimes resembles the advertising promise of “guarantee certificates”. If the terms of the contract are carefully examined, it may be “marketing cheese with huge holes” in the insurance cover. Why everything is never insured against every conceivable risk. Pepperminzia insurance promises the perfect protection for […]

All-risk insurance: Why never everything is insured

If an insurer offers “all-risk insurance”, intermediaries should carefully examine the terms and conditions of the contract. Because such policies can be “marketing cheese with huge holes” in the insurance coverage, warn Dr. Johannes Fiala and Peter Schramm in the guest article. Pepperminzia insurance promises the perfect protection for your home, all-inclusive, so that the […]

D & O and the “dark machinations” of the Big Five

The SPIEGEL wants to have uncovered dark machinations of the great German car managers. If the revelations prove true, Daimler, BMW, Audi, Porsche and Volkswagen may face severe fines amounting to billions. Up to ten percent of annual turnover can be fined in cartel proceedings. And these are not peanuts in the German “Big Five”. […]

Variants of immoral insurance contracts

Insurance products supervised by the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) may also be null and void on the grounds of immorality. This then also applies to the contract with consultants and agents. The investor therefore has no claim to be protected from receiving false advice: A release from liability without any financial loss liability (VSH). […]