Insurer for retirement only at 69

Insurer for retirement only at 69

In view of the growing pressure on the statutory pension, the german insurance industry is advocating a further increase in the retirement age.

An increase to 68 or 69 from 2030 or 2040 should not be taboo in view of rising life expectancy, said peter schwark, member of the executive board of the german insurance association (gdv). A federal government pension commission starts this wednesday. The advisory body is to make proposals by 2020 for the long-term safeguarding of pensions – for the period after 2025.

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Uli hoeneb is looking for a successor who is a “willing egg”

Uli hoeneb is looking for a successor who is a 'willing egg'

When uli hoeneb gets chatting as a celebrity guest at an event, the FC bayern munchen club patron regularly delivers headlines.

Shortly before the top match in the fubball bundesliga on saturday evening at top-ranked borussia dortmund, the time had come again: hoeneb announced at the 1. At the first saxon business dialogue in dresden, he announced his retirement from the presidency of the german record champion. Not immediately, of course, but probably before the next round of birthdays.

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To steinach and co. Is the giant barbary the poisonous ruler over the river banks

To steinach and co. Is the giant barbary the poisonous ruler over the river banks

A walk along the steinach river makes it clear: there simply had to be more sheep, goats or cattle around mitwitz. And in some places, perhaps fewer people. "The animals eat the plants, for them they are completely harmless", says engelbert singhartinger of the lower nature conservation authority at the kronach district office.

These are the consequences of contact with giant hogweed.

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Greuther furth in vestenbergsgreuth – forwards into the past

Greuther furth in vestenbergsgreuth - forwards into the past

Furth and vestenbergsgreuth are not far apart. It takes the spvgg greuther furth bus about 40 minutes to cover the nearly 50 kilometers before it arrives at the traditional stadium on schwalbenberg. It is a journey into the past. In the first game of his preparation for the upcoming season in the 2. In the first league, the team of coach frank kramer met the club whose soccer department joined the spvgg furth in 1996 and since then has not only added the club name "greuther" to its name but also contributed the black-white-red wooden shoe to the crest.

For Kramer, it was even a double return to his roots. From 2001 to 2002, he coached the reserve team of the spielvereinigung am schwalbenberg. "We had a great team. It was very familiar here and something "aubergewohnliches", the coach recalled.

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Patients donate dental gold to help the kirchehrenbach fire department

Patients donate dental gold to help the kirchehrenbach fire department

The fire department kirchehrenbach was able to take delivery of two new pieces of equipment these days thanks to generous donations: a rolling container loaded with so called "rustholz" (wood chips) will be put to use on the logistic truck from now on.

The purchase was made possible in large part by a successful dental gold campaign. And the fire department association has bought a folding tent for the fire department that can be set up quickly. Dentist ludwig miller and association chairman rolf bergmann now officially handed over the council to commander sebastian muller.

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Reader contribution: groundbreaking and demand notices: the building blocks of the infrastructure

Reader contribution: groundbreaking and demand notices: the building blocks of the infrastructure

One of the main topics nowadays is definitely digitalization. The chancellor herself discussed this during her visit to bad kissingen and takes the subject very seriously. And the second theme is infrastructure, especially in the countryside. When you talk about these topics, ms. Secretary of state immediately gets into your head. In the last four years, there is probably no other person who has been present at several spate stabbings and forderbescheid ubergaben than frau bar. Every week there is a new project that mrs. Bar has supported. Thanks to her efforts, almost every community in lower franconia has received a demand for money for broadband expansion. Furthermore, the groundbreakings and demand notices are not photo appointments. At these appointments mrs. Bar has the opportunity to get in contact with local companies and to talk to the local burgomasters. The fact that mrs. Bar goes to so many ground-breaking ceremonies and demand notices is an important sign for the future. Watch out, woman bar comes and brings the future with her.

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Tesla boss Musk: saudis want to finance the exit from the stock exchange

Tesla boss musk: saudis want to finance the exit from the stock exchange

"I continue to have discussions with the saudi fund and also with a number of other investors," musk shared on the company blog. An interest on the part of the saudis to participate in a possible privatization of tesla, in order to create an alternative to the oil business, has existed since the beginning of 2017 and continues to be present.

Last tuesday, musk had caused quite a stir with a tweet that he was considering delisting tesla at a share price of 420 dollars, causing a temporary halt in trading.

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