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Medical expenses insurance—an actuarial review

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 April 2012

G. C. Orros  and
J. M. Webber
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1.1 Medical expenses insurance, as we know it today, has been available in the United Kingdom since the late 1940s. In recent years the market has increased significantly to a point where we estimate approximately 6m people are now covered by medical expenses insurance, which represents over 10% of the population. Furthermore, there is evidence that the market is continuing to expand.

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Journal of the Institute of Actuaries , Volume 115 , Issue 2 , June 1988 , pp. 169 - 269
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Copyright © Institute and Faculty of Actuaries 1988

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