Questione giuridica chiave
Whether the pension fund may recover the full cash payment of the vested benefits from the insured.
Decisione estratta
A pension fund cannot claim back the entire cash payment in its own name merely because a cash payout was made without the conditions of Art. 5(1) FZG being met; payment to the insured was still a discharge, not a payment to the wrong person.
Motivazione estratta
The insured remained the creditor of the vested benefit. An unlawful cash payout under Art. 5(1) FZG does not by itself create a recourse claim for the former pension fund; otherwise the fund would obtain an unjustified windfall, and the purpose of preserving retirement protection would be reversed.