Key legal question
Whether the 180-day waiting period counts toward the maximum benefit period for sickness daily allowances.
Extracted holding
Yes. The waiting period is credited to the maximum benefit duration under the applicable insurance terms, so the daily allowance entitlement was exhausted.
Extracted reasoning
KVG rules allow the maximum duration to be shortened by an agreed waiting period, and the 2007 policy incorporated the relevant regulations. Ziff. 21.2 of the reglement validly provided that waiting periods with employer salary continuation count toward the maximum duration, even for pre-existing contractual relationships.