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Now up to 40% * more pension who would like to secure even a good return for his retirement, should decide quickly. So far, life and pension insurance could guarantee an interest rate of 2.25 percent annually according to the statutory provisions. For policies, which will be completed after 31 December 2011, the statutory interest rate guarantee is reduced to only 1.75% per year. So it is worth to enter retirement agreements before the end of the year. Quick action at the private pension makes sense but still for quite another reason. In addition to reducing the guarantee rate from 2.25% to 1.75% per year draws the year 2012 also tax changes for capital payments.

For contracts which entered into up to 31 December 2011 and have a minimum term of twelve years, the current tax benefits of capital payments are grants already age finished 60th. May is the only agreement to 31 December 2011, to reap the tax benefits only after the payment of capital be 62 years of age. The Ministry of Finance has decided to reducing the guarantee rate (the maximum allowed for the assumed interest rate) for traditional life and pensions currently 2.25% to 1.75% per year as of January 1, 2012. The reduction is in response to the continuing low interest rate environment and applies to all insurers in Germany. It applies to all insurance contracts concluded from that date. Therefore, it is worth already this year to already planned measures for private retirement savings. Experts also advise that to conclude a private pension or life insurance now: only during a completion before 2012 insist the possibility to benefit from the legal guarantee rate of 2.25% per annum.

The difference of 0.50 percentage points per year could mean a surplus of some thousand euros for the policyholders in the long term. Also for graduated retirement in 2011 is the future changed tax treatment in capital disbursement. Currently can be used tax benefits still from 60 years of age, unless a contract is fulfilled by at least 12 years from 2012 after 62 years of age. A higher guaranteed income can be achieved with the strategy pension XXL of the new Bavarian officials Lebensversicherung AG (BBV). The BBV-strategy pension XXL is the only pension insurance on the German market with a minimum interest rate of 2.75% per annum to maturity also when after 1 January 2012. The BBV-strategy-rente XXL connects also high reliability thanks to 100% capital protection with high yield potential. Compared the private pension and life insurance, the BBV with regard to guaranteed minimum capital payment and the minimum pension is one of the leading providers. More information and a free callback request to BBV strategy pension XXL can be found on the corresponding information page. The specialists of BBV can explain personally all the essentials on the topic of BBV-strategy-pension XXL on request and to the Ways to secure are now up to 40% more pension.