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ALIEN INSURANCE COMPANIES ACT.
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(1900), Hansa (1905), and the mutual companies Bore (1888), Dalarna
(1889) and Gothia (1898). In addition to these, a number of foreign
companies carried on accident insurance in Sweden on a comparatively small
scale. The amount of the business done by the Swedish companies since
1881 is shown by Table 142.
In the year 1903 the Workmen’s Compensation Act of the 5th July 1901,
providing for compensation for damage in case of accident, entered into
force, and concurrently the Riksförsäkringsanstalten, the State Insurance
Office, whose function is to take over the liability of employers under the
act, began its operations.
After the beginning of the twentieth century the accident insurance
companies have gradually expanded the scope of their activities, so as to
embrace a number of other branches of insurance, such as, for instance,
illness, liability, fidelity guarantee, burglary, travellers’ luggage, glass,
and damage by water insurance.
A few figures (million kronor) are subjoined showing the business done
by the State Insurance Office and by the private companies in 1913:
Compensations Number at end of
paid year of
pre Premiums persons
Insurance institutions , for re- by .___. insured
miums1 . insured , ,,
insurances „ re- __________under th
gross . persons . . ,
n insurers 1 Act of
1901
The State Insurance Office . .0 78 — 0 58 — 115120 114 822
Swedish companies......2’92 0-38 1’95 0’4G 153 279 60 324
Swedish mutual companies . . . 1’33 0’05 0’83 003 177 335 98 578
Employers’ associations..... . 23 082 23 082
Total 5-03 0-43 3’36 0’49 468 816 296 806
Foreign countries.......0’68_._0^5_._24 148 11102
Total 5-71 3-61 492 964 307 908
1 The figures, as regards the State Insurance Office, give the net premiums; as regards
the private institutions, their tariff premiums. ,
As to the other branches of insurance represented in Sweden, it is proposed
here only to give a few figures. According to the report of the insurance
inspector for 1912 there were engaged in cattle insurance 732 mutual companies
and societies, among which 12 embracing the whole of Sweden, or larger or
smaller parts thereof, and 720 with smaller spheres of operations as for
instance, within the radius of a län, one or more "härad" districts, one or more
parishes.
According to the data that have been forthcoming (not quite complete) there
were insured at the close of the financial year 1911 354 756 horses and 390 725
head of cattle for 135 140 428 kronor and for 92 817 443 kronor respectively,
and in the course of the same year damage had been compensated in the case
of 10 466 horses and 2 920 head of cattle at 2 925 055 and 325 657 kronor
respectively.
Damage by Hail Insurance was granted in 1912 by one damage by hail
insurance society embracing the whole country, namely Allmänna
Hagelskadeför-säkrings aktiebolaget, mutual; and by 7 likewise mutual "County" (län) com-
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