The subscription right regulates who is entitled to the agreed benefit in the event of an insured event. Insured persons can determine their individual subscription rights in order to avoid disputes later on. Why can someone else become a beneficiary in case of doubt despite the subscription right? Can subscription rights be revoked? The […]
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Company pension scheme: Company loses all its pension assets to insolvency administrator
– 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 […]
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 […]