Occupational Diseases : How are they covered under workers´ compensation systems?

Occupational disease has been called one of the prices we pay for technological progress. It is not a new phenomenon. Four thousand years ago in ancient Egypt slaves working on the construction of pyramids suffered from silicosis. In the public mind this illness was and is the most classic work-related health damage, especially widespread in mining.(...)

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Year of publication:	2002
Institutions:	Münchener Rückversicherungs-Gesellschaft
Subject:	Versicherungsbetriebslehre \| insurance management \| Rückversicherung \| Versicherungswissenschaft \| insurance economics

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1 Compensation of occupational diseases
2 Concepts of coverage of occupational diseases within workers´ compensation systems
3 Eligibility for occupational diseases (OD) coverage
4 Claims settlement
5 Assessing the future financial burden of OD claims in workers´ compensation systems
6 Financing the risk
7 Final remarks
8 Sources of information
9 Glossary
10 Addendum

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