Deposit insurance and guarantees at banks, government bonds and insurance companies worthless?

All guarantees, in whose security one lulls oneself, have no absolute value. After all, the decisive factors are the conditions and the legal framework for this, political legal certainty and the economic default risk of the guarantor.   Guarantee certificates Looking for “total return investments” where you end up getting 100% of your investment back […]

Cinderella shows the way

There is economic leeway in the redemption of company pension entitlements In occupational pension schemes (bAV), most dependent employees are in the position of a lender, because the employer has regularly set aside at best a fraction of the necessary funds for a specific purpose. Usually, the employer does not get away from the promise […]

Unchecked and often wrong

Contribution notices of the statutory health insurance for supplementary benefits: What you have to pay attention to in order to keep the overview   The current ruling of the Social Court of Dortmund of 22.01.2014 (Ref. S 39 KR 1585/13) led to the reimbursement of all additional contributions to the GKV levied by way of […]

Guarantees and safeguards: Worthless in the end?

Why do guarantees and security systems have to prove worthless in the end?   All guarantees, in whose security one lulls oneself, have no absolute value. After all, the decisive factors are the conditions and the legal framework for this, political legal certainty and the economic default risk of the guarantor.   Guarantee certificates Looking […]

In focus: Liability traps for lawyers and tax advisors in connection with advice on occupational pension schemes

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 […]