The German Law of Insurance (1889) Against Invalidity and Old Age (Die Alters- Und Invalidatsversicherung): A History, Analysis, and Criticism. a Paper Read Before the Institute of Actuaries, on the 27th of April 1891
The German Law of Insurance (1889) Against Invalidity and Old Age (Die Alters- Und Invalidatsversicherung): A History, Analysis, and Criticism. a Paper Read Before the Institute of Actuaries, on the 27th of April 1891
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1891 Excerpt: ...benefit societies) to show too low a scale of probability of invalidity. iv. It was not until the year 1868 that improved results were possible, when, under the advice of Dr. Wiegand, director of the life insurance company, the "Iduna," at Halle, the Union of German Railway Administrations completed an extensive ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1891 Excerpt: ...benefit societies) to show too low a scale of probability of invalidity. iv. It was not until the year 1868 that improved results were possible, when, under the advice of Dr. Wiegand, director of the life insurance company, the "Iduna," at Halle, the Union of German Railway Administrations completed an extensive enquiry into the rate of invalidity among railway employees: this investigation was extended in 1886 to railway workmen. The investigation was conducted for the first time on scientific principles. Dr. Behm, of Berlin, after Dr. Wiegand's death, continued the investigation until 1883, when it was undertaken by Dr. Zimmermann, of Berlin. Subsequent investigations are mentioned relating to coal and other miners by Drs. Kuttner, Caron, A. Morgenbesser, and Miinscher. v. In 1884 Dr. Zillmer of Berlin published tables of invalidity for engineers and metal workers in Germany. vi. An invalidity table in manuscript for workmen of different occupations has also been compiled by Dr. Behm and forwarded to the German Home Secretary. The following table exhibits for interval ages some of the facts deduced by the preceding statisticians: --The facts for railway employees showing generally that the "invalidity" probabilities of Zimmermann are higher than those of Behm are explained by the circumstance that the health of persons of this occupation is said to have deteriorated generally during the last 10 years. The divergence in the results of Kiittner's table and those compared with it is explained by the fact that the invalidity of coal miners (as shown by Kiittner) has fluctuated. And the higher probabilities in these tables as compared with those of Kaan are, perhaps, explicable on the ground that the former relate only to coal miners, while ...
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