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Life – a user's manual Part II - Boksidan

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It appears to have been hard competition<br />

between different life insurance companies, since<br />

there were a lot of ads about life insurances in<br />

the paper.<br />

The life insurance market had a glance period at that<br />

time<br />

In the end of the 1800s a whole bunch of life insurance<br />

companies emerged. And the number of insured rised from<br />

about 26 000 in 1885, to about 158 000 the year 1900<br />

(SCB, 2004).<br />

The average life length has increased from appr. 55 years to<br />

about 80 (SCB 2005)<br />

Expected average life lenght at birth<br />

100<br />

80<br />

years<br />

60<br />

40<br />

20<br />

Men<br />

Women<br />

0<br />

1901<br />

1911<br />

1921<br />

1931<br />

1941<br />

1951<br />

1961<br />

1971<br />

1981<br />

1991<br />

Birth year<br />

114

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