Beratungspflichten des Versicherers nach § 6 VVG n.?F.: Grundlagen,Reichweite, Rechtsfolgen

The article deals with the requirements and the legal effects of the insurer's duty to provide advice, which has been laid down in the German Insurance Contract Code as part of its recent reform. Thus the various causes that lead to a duty to provide advice are inspected, as well as the role of the cost of such advice for its extent. Further topics include the insured's possibility to waive the right of advice, the insurer's duties after conclusion of the contract and the matter of liability, including the imputation of an insurance agent's behaviour with respect to the duties to provide advice. In the course of the article eight different theses are developed, which are presented summarily at its end.