.... The traditional dependence on the commercial insurance market has proved to be a flawed strategy. This paper aims to analyse an alternative risk financing strategy which has been successful in local authorities in other countries, that of risk pooling. Design/methodology/approach The paper analyses...

...Eugenia Suárez; Juan Ventura Analyzes one of the three options of insurance against workplace accidents that Spanish companies can choose from: work accident and occupational disease mutual insurance companies. Although the taking out of insurance cover is obligatory, the choice is totally...

... elevated very rapidly. The de‐linkage of state finance bureau and health service providers has also contributed to the transfer of tension from the state to the enterprises. There is no sign that quasi‐public health‐care insurance is able to resolve these problems. Finally, co‐operative medicine...