There are increased liability risks for employers in around 87% of pension funds One way of implementing the company pension scheme is the Pensionskasse (PF). Because they are monitored by the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin), employers in this case are spared having to contribute to the Pension Protection Association (PSVaG). If the employer becomes […]
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Loss of purchasing power, demographics and low interest rates destroy supply dreams
“The safest thing about the state pension is the pension gap.” (André Kostolany) If we compare the prospects of past and present pensioners with those of future generations of pensioners, we find that over the decades the legislator has roughly halved the provision via the German Pension Insurance Federation (DRV) in relation to the last […]
Up to more than 50 % less pension for chamber professionals
Around 90 pension funds, also known as pension chambers, are public corporations that collect funds from their “compulsory members” to build up a funded pension scheme. Past and foreseeable pension cuts challenge the system. The Higher Administrative Court of Lüneburg ruled that no compulsory member may stop paying contributions “because of an allegedly erroneous investment […]
So-called guaranteed benefits in the pension scheme are absolutely not guaranteed
– What life insurance companies and pension funds are hiding from premium payers – Life insurance policies for occupational (bAV) and private (pAV) pensions, but also pension schemes, can provide far fewer benefits than promised or promised on paper. However, policyholders often have a claim for damages against the intermediaries and advisors or product […]
Risk for doctors: Significantly lower pensions from pension funds
Around 90 pension funds, also known as pension chambers, are public corporations that collect funds from their “compulsory members” to build up a funded pension scheme. But the pension cuts that have already been decided, as well as those that are foreseeable in the future, call the system into question. However, “withdrawal” is not an […]
Statements in Insurance Industry No. 15
Re: VW 13/2013, Company & Markets, Health Miscounseling: In about 90 pension schemes, also called Versorgungskammer, chambered professionals regularly become compulsory members. Their entitlements to funded pensions have already fallen sharply compared with earlier commitments and will have to fall further if interest rates remain low. It would be a mistake to rely solely on […]
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 […]
Rürup pension: What financial advisors often forget to tell their clients
A Rürup pension cannot be inherited, given away, sold or lent. If you have debts, you risk creditors seizing the Rürup assets you have saved up before your pension starts. And if the state would have to pay Hartz IV or court cost assistance, it allows him to deny the Rürup assets and to refer […]
Private pensions: European Parliament increases the risk of insolvency
It was not only the financial market crisis since 2008 that led to the realisation that insurance companies need higher equity capital in accordance with the so-called Solvency II rules so that they can better bear a fall in the value of, for example, government bonds? 30% insolvency risk with Solvency II: If […]
No, Mr. Customer: Your money isn’t gone – it’s just gone to someone else!
A Rürup pension cannot be inherited, given away, sold or lent. Those who have debts, on the other hand, risk beingss creditor seize and exploit the accumulated Rürup assets before retirement. And if the state would have to pay, for example, Hartz IV or court cost assistance, it can refuse this because of the […]