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They sell what the market has to offer and look after around 8 million customers - DVAG representatives earn their money primarily through commissions. The company presents itself as reputable, and celebrities help with this - among them Jürgen Klopp. We take a look behind the scenes of Germany's largest financial sales company. Meet a dropout who reports on the inner workings of Deutsche Vermögensberatung. This article was produced in collaboration with the editors of ZDF Magazin Royale. _______________ Chapters: 0:00 Intro 0:53 Deutsche Vermögensberatung and its clean-cut image 1:51 DVAG's best-known advertising face: Jürgen Klopp 2:10 The scam of network marketing 3:46 Undercover at DVAG 4:40 “Cult-like practices”: This is what a dropout says about financial sales 6:21 “Isolated cases”: This is what DVAG says about the allegations 6:55 “Regular complaints”: This is what a consumer advice center says about DVAG 8:58 This is why Jürgen Klopp advertises for DVAG 10:59 Party donations and support from top politicians 13:24 Outro _______________ ZDF Magazin Royale also made an interesting article about DVAG. Check it out: • DVAG: Career, success & financial... ZDFinfo reveals the tricks insurance companies use to fend off claims: https://www.zdf.de/dokumentation/zdfi... _______________ Welcome to #frontal! You're probably already familiar with the exciting documentaries and reports from our colleagues at Der Fall, ZDF Magazin Royale, zdfheute Nachrichten and ZDF Info. frontal is the YouTube format for the program of the same name, the ZDF's political magazine. There's a new video here every Wednesday. frontal stands for uncovering, for research, for background. We reveal what others would rather hide. _______________ Authors: Jörg Göbel, Michael Haselrieder, Jonas Helm Camera: Frank Vieltorf Editor: Martin Loose, Stefan Eggers, Marcus Dippner Speaker: Philipp Lind Art Director: Nicolas de Leval Jezierski Editorial staff: Kyo Mali Jung, Christian Rohde Thumbnail photo: Imago / PA Images CvD Cine Impuls Leipzig: Anke Kossira Head of Social Media Cine Impuls Leipzig: Veronika Prütz Team Cine Impuls Leipzig: Tanja Schangin, Malte Möller, Christine Matz, Dirk Nebel _______________ Songs in the video: Gettin Money - Balance & Bruce Waynne Herd Immunity - Pandemic Masked Crusaders - Pandemic Clocksukka - Time 2 Bout to Blow - Electro Grime Then We Bounce - Electro Grime Joe Code - Cyber Crime Yosemite - Aurora Lost In The Fire - Primary Colours Voice of the Ends - Epic Grime Pocket Shuffle - FidgetI _______________ Sources: Lobbycontrol; Party donations from DVAG: https://lobbypedia.de/wiki/Deutsche_V... Financial blog by expert Prof. Hartmut Walz: https://hartmutwalz.de/finanzblog/ DVAG's 2020 business figures: https://www.dvag.de/dvag/das-unterneh... BGH ruling on incorrect advice from DVAG consultants: http://juris.bundesgerichtshof.de/cgi... _______________ Have you yourself fallen victim to overpriced insurance products? You can find out more at the consumer advice center: https://www.verbraucherzentrale.de _______________ More from frontal? There is a new video on this channel every Wednesday. Don't want to miss anything? Subscribe to frontal! Do you have a topic suggestion? Write to us: [email protected] ________________ More information at: Media library: https://www.zdf.de/politik/frontal Twitter: / zdffrontal Facebook: / zdffrontal Netiquette: https://www.zdf.de/service-und-hilfe/... Imprint: https://www.zdf.de/service-und-hilfe/... #frontal #zdf #dvag