New Initiatives, 1965–2015

Marco H. D. Leeuwen
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Marco H. D. Leeuwen: Utrecht University

Chapter 5 in Mutual Insurance 1550-2015, 2016, pp 219-246 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract While still a beacon of security, the light shed by the Dutch welfare state dimmed a little after having reached its zenith. It was beset by both financial problems and classic insurance problems. Commercial life and health insurers regained lost ground, but so has the mutual insurance tradition, steadily but modestly. The bread funds cater to the needs of the self-employed, who are not well covered by either the state or the market. In developing countries throughout the world, forms of micro-insurance have emerged, to some extent building on the Dutch tradition.

Keywords: Trade Union; Moral Hazard; Unemployment Benefit; Oral Rehydration Salt; Faith Healer (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1057/978-1-137-53110-0_5

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