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397 NFT 4/1997 Historical Background Many lives have been saved by the fire retarding effect of asbestos. It is however a known fact that the inhalation of large quan- tities of asbestos fibres may lead to asbesto- sis, lung cancer and mesothelioma. Asbestosis is a disease which resembles silicosis. Mesothelioma is a form of malig- nant lung can...

395 NFT 4/1997 Environmental pollution, pharmaceutical pro- ducts and asbestos related diseases are exam- ples of the so called latent claims of an older date. Newer ones are breast implants, tobacco, electromagnetic fields (EMF) and possibly sexual harassment. A few factors unlikely to change play a significant role in the development of latent...

393 NFT 4/1997 Traditional role of the Insurance Broker The traditional role of the Insurance Broker has been to act as an intermediary in placing and handling of insurance business between the clients and the insurance companies. In this role it is common that the Insurance Broker develops new products and modifies existing products to meet the...

389 NFT 4/1997 The insurance companies write about half of the premium in the London market. Almost as much is written by the Lloyd’s syndicates and the balance (5 %) is written by the Marine P&I Clubs. ILU and LIRMA could be de- The Company Market in the London Market – ILU & LIRMA by Karl Mårtensson, Sirius International Karl Mårtensso...

383 NFT 4/1997 A liability for faults According to traditional rules of tort law a dentist is liable only for injuries caused by negligence, i.e. injuries resulting from exami- nation or treatment (or lack of it) that do not meet the professional standard which could reasonably be required under the circum- stances – in short: A liability for fa...

377 NFT 4/1997 Firstly, I should like to thank the Swedish Insurance Federation for having invited me to present, on the central theme of ”Insurance for consumers” adopted by its Annual Assembly, the data, challenges and stakes at issue in this Europeanwide dossier. I see this as a manifestation of the Swedish market’s concern – as the birthplac...

369 NFT 4/1997 Finansielle virksomheders investeringsproblematik Som for enhver anden kommerciel virksom- hed drejer det sig i hverdagen om at skabe det bedst mulige resultat. For finansielle virk- somheder, som ikke har nogen egentlig vare- produktion, men nærmere et udbud af diverse tjenesteydelser, er produktivitetsbegrebet sta- dig relevant....

359 NFT 4/1997 1 Unit link – a new sort of life assurance 1.1 Introduction to unit link Thanks to new legislation taking effect in 1990, unit link was launched on the Swedish insurance market.1 Legally unit link is an insurance2, but is best described as a long- term saving product. Whether or not it is categorised as a saving or insurance produ...

354 NFT 4/1997 Innledning Det er en økt interesse for forbrukerpolitikk orientert mot finansielle tjenester, forsikring og bank i Norge. I økende grad ser vi at vår næring er i fokus i media, hos myndigheter og i den politiske debatt. Også på nordisk nivå merker vi denne interessen, for eksempel gjennom den nylig fremlagte rapporten “Råd- givnin...

333 NFT 4/1997 Den ovan tidsfästa problematiken är förvisso inte helt obekant för den någorlunda mångår- ige och tillika trägne läsaren av NFT. Ty i tidskriftens årgång 1981 (s. 1–6) publicerade civilekonom Tage Eriksson – under flera år redovisningschef i Skandia – ett lika koncist som laddat bidrag, vilket fick rubriken Det enskilda svenska fö...