Insolvency risks – Authority to provide legal services – Insurance cover Occupational pensions are an important component of retirement provision. They obtain their complex position in the German legal system through the interdisciplinary interaction of the most diverse fields of law, which can easily become a liability trap for legal and tax advisors; the numerous […]
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Legally managing the insolvency risks of pension schemes
The basic provisions granted by the legislator as a protective shield for old-age provision are not comprehensive. The approach of professional asset protection starts with the consideration of an early division of assets. By separating the professional risks within the framework of a corporation from the private assets, a liability block is created quite legally. […]
The Rürup fallacy
Why additional private provision is no guarantee of good care in old age In Germany there are currently 2.5 million people in need of long-term care. About 70% are cared for at home. The benefits of the statutory long-term care insurance in Germany are mostly at the level of a partial cover insurance. Better […]
poverty in old age
“The pension is safe!” announced Norbert Blüm. Today, people ask, “How much pension is safe?” How political decisions lead to impoverishment. Old-age poverty is an increasingly frequent topic in the media. What is special about this phenomenon is that it is homemade. According to the impression even put up with. After all, it has […]
Private health insurance (PKV) as a cost trap for pensioners often leads to poverty in old age
If a private health insurance policy is taken out, or later changed around five times in a lifetime, the intermediary receives remuneration of around 8 times the monthly premium each time – in the past it could well be double what an insurance company paid for a new customer. It is commonly said that private […]
Private health insurance (PKV) as a cost trap for pensioners often leads to poverty in old age
If a private health insurance policy is taken out, or later changed around five times in a lifetime, the intermediary receives remuneration of around 8 times the monthly premium each time – in the past it could well be double what an insurance company paid for a new customer. It is commonly said that private […]
BGH ruling calls into question insolvency security of supplementary pension scheme
The state allows up to 20,000 euros per person and assessment year to be partially deducted as special expenses for tax purposes in the case of private old-age provision through basic pension contracts. The prerequisite for this is, for example, that an exclusion of realisation is contractually agreed. This is intended to guarantee the insolvency […]
Compulsory insurance in accordance with the law
If children and spouses are insured in private health insurance, many of these insurances do not meet the requirements for compulsory insurance. The wording of the law requires that every person who is legally able to do so must himself conclude a contract in private health insurance that complies with the law, because § 193 […]
Dr. Johannes Fiala: Rüruprente can be seized and terminated
If the lecturer for civil law and insurance law at the Dual University of Baden-Württemberg, lawyer Dr. Johannes Fiala (53, photo – Dr. Fiala) from Munich, invites people to seminars where they learn how to secure their retirement provisions and assets from seizures, he usually expects specialist lawyer colleagues who advise entrepreneurs. “But almost no […]
How insurers’ lies harm small and medium-sized businesses by the millions
New ruling by the Federal Court of Justice (BGH): Attachment of Rürup pension possible at any time Insolvency security of the basic or Rürup pension? The state allows up to 20,000 euros per person and assessment year to be partially deducted as special expenses for tax purposes in the case of private old-age provision through […]