– How the self-employed can take out statutory insurance even if they do not have a job – The Federal Social Court (BSG, ruling of 29.07.2015, Ref. B 12 KR 4/13 R) ruled that the mere performance of duties as a body of a corporation (AG, GmbH) without further active involvement in the GmbH […]
Artikel zum Thema: Self-employed
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 […]
How the self-employed can take out statutory insurance
In the case of the Federal Social Court, the owner of a clothing chain was to be treated only as a “part-time self-employed person” after he had received a widower’s and standard old-age pension, so that in future he would not have to pay the higher voluntary contributions but only compulsory contributions to the statutory […]
Generation consultants, succession planners and financial planners together with initiators in conflict with the Legal Services Act
For decades there has been the training as Financial-Planner (financial planner), Estate-Planner (succession planner) and for some years now as Generation Consultant with IHK certificate. Surely only the trainers will make money from this for the time being. At second glance, it is a guide to the violation of the Legal Services Act (RDG) and […]
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 […]
Opportunities for a reduction in contributions or a return to statutory health insurance
– What the tariff change broker never reveals and rarely knows – A recent study by a lobby organisation proposes to make statutory health insurance (GKV) more attractive for lower earning self-employed persons, as reported by a newspaper from Southern Germany. For self-employed persons there would be a minimum contribution of 342 euros per month. […]
What the tariff change broker never reveals and rarely knows
The Ministry of Economic Affairs has submitted a draft bill to transpose the EU Insurance Distribution Directive IDD into German law. Accordingly, the ban on commissions remains in force and in future there will be “fee-based insurance consultants The SHI system should become more attractive for the self-employed. In the guest article, attorney Dr. Fiala […]