– OLG Naumburg: Consultants are liable for losses and incorrect advice – Insolvency administrator draws company and private pension provision completely an investment broker and insurance brokers are happy to advertise company and private pension provision for entrepreneurs as “seizure-proof and insolvency-proof”. However, this is not the case, as a recent ruling by the […]
Artikel zum Thema: Subscription right
Legal restriction to the surrender value in the event of revocation of life insurance policies is contrary to EU law
– Current ECJ ruling opens up reversal with perpetual cancellation right also for new life insurance policies since 2008 – The bang of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) The European Court of Justice ruled (ruling of 19 December 2019, ref. C355/18, C-357/18, C-479/18) that a provision in insurance contract law according to which […]
When revocation and/or amendment of a subscription right can fail
The Federal Court of Justice (BGH, ruling of 25.09.2019, ref. IV ZR 99/18) had to deal with the life insurance of a policyholder (VN) who had fallen into a coma in 1993 after an accident. The wife, who was divorced in 1994, was entitled to withdraw her claim. The father of the UN informed the […]
How direct insurance policies can be seized by creditors and insolvency administrators
The Federal Court of Justice (BGH, ruling of 24.06.2015, file no. IV ZR 411/13) has already decided that the direct insurance policy of a shareholder-managing director can be seized despite an irrevocable subscription right with reservation of revocation until the so-called vesting with the GmbH, even in the event of his termination due to insolvency. […]
No speculation with death by transfer of the life insurance
The Federal Supreme Court (BGH, ruling of 27 June 2018, file no. IV ZR 222/16) decided that to insure the life of another (the insured person, CP), the consent of this CP is also required at a later date. This applies not only to the original conclusion of the contract, but also if only the […]
Why are insurance agents and insurance brokers liable for underperformance?
The Social Court of Dresden (judgement of 09.03.2017, file no. S 39 VE 25/14) decided that if private provision by (accident) pension insurance coincides with pension entitlement under the Victims’ Compensation Act (due to a criminal offence suffered), partial crediting takes place. The victim’s pension of € 708 was reduced by about € 580 (part […]
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. […]
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 […]
Tariff change brokers provide prohibited legal advice – but not always!
– When is liability for damages and reimbursement of remuneration regularly incurred ? – The Regional Court (LG) Saarbrücken decided in its judgement of 17.05.2016 (Az. 14 O 152/15) that the search for savings possibilities with existing private health insurance (PKV) is not directed at the proof or mediation of an insurance contract, § 204 […]
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 […]