Tag: Social security
Compensation for inflation must be taken into account when making provision for old age
Frankfurt According to the coalition agreement, the traffic light coalition wants to “fundamentally reform” private pension provision. There is a particular need for action with regard to the state-sponsored Riester…
To whom does the basic child benefit benefit?
Stroller parade The traffic light coalition wants to give low-income families more support. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The new Federal Minister for Family Affairs, Anne Spiegel (Greens), described the introduction of…
How life insurers reinvent themselves in times of need
Munich, Frankfurt The need is increasing from year to year, as the letters from life insurers to their customers have shown impressively in the past few days: R + V…
Up to 414,000 euros a year – that’s how much doctors earn today
Berlin Of all medical groups in Germany, ophthalmologists have increased their income the most in recent years. In 2019, they came to an average of 346,000 euros gross per practice…
There is no real reform
Labor Minister Hubertus Heil (left) and Economics Minister Robert Habeck The traffic light coalition wants to keep pensions stable and contributions low for years. Can the plan work out? (Photo:…
What customers should look out for in their life insurance now
Life insurance The maximum technical interest rate will drop to 0.25 percent in 2022. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt, Munich The market leader is once again showing the way. Allianz, which has…
What’s in store for him?
Berlin Karl Lauterbach is in the SPD party headquarters, he has his hands buried in his trouser pockets. He taps up and down a bit – as if he could…
What is in store for Karl Lauterbach now
Berlin Karl Lauterbach is in the SPD party headquarters, he has his hands buried in his trouser pockets. He taps up and down a bit – as if he could…
Allianz Leben keeps life insurance rates stable
alliance Allianz has a market share of almost 30 percent in life insurance in Germany. (Photo: dpa) Stuttgart Allianz Leben will keep the interest rates on life insurances stable in…
Opel will cut company pensions from 2022
Opel in Rüsselsheim The dispute over company pensions has been settled. (Photo: imago / Jan Huebner) Munich In the summer of 2020, Opel HR director Ralph Wangemann incurred the wrath…
The struggle for retirement
Nobody can blame the SPD for not making it into the coalition agreement. The pension level is to remain permanently at 48 percent and the contribution rate for the coming…
Interview with Doris Pfeiffer – head of the health insurance association warns of rising contributions: “Traffic light measures alone may not be enough”
Pfeiffer regretted that the three parties could not agree, for example, to lower the VAT on pharmaceuticals to seven percent. This measure would have relieved the coffers by five to…
The Federal Employment Agency apparently needs a financial injection of 18.3 billion euros in 2021
Federal agency for work Due to the pandemic, the BA is dependent on liquidity support. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf According to a media report, the federal government expects the Federal Employment…
Pension increase could be significantly lower
Berlin The pension increase for the around 21 million pensioners in Germany is expected to be less pronounced in the coming year than previously expected. With a view to the…
Families should get a bonus of up to 2000 euros
Home help bonus The state wants to make it easier for families to hire domestic help in the future. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The future traffic light government wants to relieve…
Pension increase is 0.8 percentage points lower
Federal Minister of Labor Hubertus Heil After a zero round, the retirement benefits of pensioners should increase again significantly in the next year. At first there was talk of more…
“The pension is the black spot”
Berlin Former economic wise man Lars Feld has sharply criticized the coalition agreement with a view to pension policy. “What the SPD has achieved without the FDP and the Greens…
Home office obligation: Job centers should advise personally
Job centre In the first peak of the pandemic, personal advice in the job centers was severely restricted. This is to change now. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The 3G rule in…
Handelsblatt Today: Why we (not) need an unconditional basic income
The idea of an unconditional basic income has been hotly debated by economists and politicians for many years – two economists on the advantages and disadvantages. .source site
Frugalism: Retire at 40
To be financially free and to retire early – that is the goal of frugalists. In addition, they save a large part of your salary and pursue an investment strategy…