1 The first premium is to be paid to the insurer without delay (that is, without culpable hesitation) after conclusion of the contract, on receipt of the policy schedule. 2 Where payment of the annual premium in instalments has been agreed, only the first instalment of the first annual premium counts as the first premium. 3 You have paid the premium on time if by the due date you have done everything necessary for the first or single premium to reach the insurer. Where payment of the first or single premium by credit card or by direct debit (SEPA) from an account has been agreed, payment counts as timely in the following case: the first or single premium could be collected on the due date, and you did not object to a justified collection. l the first or single premium could be collected on the due date, and l you did not object to a justified collection. German law applies to the contract. The German wording of the conditions alone is binding; this translation is provided for understanding only. 4 In the case of payment by credit card or SEPA, the following applies: if the insurer was unable to collect the first or single premium when due through no fault of yours, payment is still timely if it is made without delay after a request for payment. If you are responsible for the premium repeatedly not being collectable, the insurer is entitled to require future payment outside the chosen collection procedure.
1 If the first or single premium is not paid on time, the insurer may rescind the contract for as long as payment has not been made. Rescission is excluded if you are not responsible for the non payment. After rescission the insurer charges you an appropriate handling fee of 20 €. The insurer determined the amount of the handling fee on the basis of flat rate assumptions. The burden of proving that the handling fee is appropriate lies with the insurer. If, in a dispute, the insurer has proved general appropriateness, it is then for you to prove that the flat rate assumptions applied by the insurer do not apply, or apply only in part, in your specific individual case, and that the handling fee must therefore be lower in that case. If that proof is provided, no handling fee, or only a correspondingly reduced one, is charged. 2 If the first or single premium is not paid on time and an insured event occurs before the first or single premium is paid, the insurer is not obliged to pay. That release from the obligation to pay applies only if you are responsible for the late payment. In that case cover begins only for insured events occurring after payment. The insurer is released from the obligation to pay only if it drew your attention to this legal consequence by a separate notification in text form or by a conspicuous notice in the policy schedule.
1 If you are responsible for the premium not being collectable despite repeated attempts at collection, the insurer is entitled to cancel the SEPA direct debit mandate in text form (for example email, fax or letter). 2 In the cancellation the insurer will point out that you are obliged to transmit the outstanding premium to the insurer yourself. 3 Handling fees charged by banks for a failed direct debit collection are invoiced to you by the insurer.