Members of a board of directors of a U.S. corporation registered in Germany are compulsory members in the German statutory social insurance, according to the Federal Social Court (Bundessozialgericht) in it’s verdict from January 12, 2011, case no. B 12 KR 17/09 R. The compulsory membership extends to the statutory pension insurance (§ 1 SGB VI) and the statutory unemployment insurance (§...