Guides

An internship in Japan may need a permit, depending on its type. Short stays, designated activities, the working holiday route, insurance and costs for Tokyo at a glance.

How insurers classify graphic, product and UX designers, which health questions about eyes and wrists apply and how to work out the costs of disability insurance.

Occupational disability insurance for physics students: which career paths exist, how fixed-term contracts affect cover, and what matters for lab work and health questions.

Thinking about disability insurance during your teacher probation period? Here is what waiting periods, the health check and the rules on inability to serve mean for you.

Bicycle theft hits students hard. Here is when contents insurance is enough, when a separate policy makes sense and which locks and proof count.

Starter policies promise a cheap entry into disability insurance. Whether the advantage holds over the whole term depends on increases, end dates and switching rules, which this guide explains.

A private pension insurance policy sounds like security. This guide shows what it costs as a student, when it makes sense and which alternatives exist.

Water damage in a shared flat: which insurance covers your belongings, other people’s property and the building, and what you must do immediately so the damage gets settled.

A BAföG advance payment (Vorausleistung) is granted if your parents do not pay the parental maintenance counted against your funding. We explain the requirements under § 36 BAföG and the process.

A disability pension of 1,000 euros per month has a premium that is not the same for everyone. This guide shows the calculation, the influencing factors and the pitfalls for students.