Are we doing the right thing? Are we setting the right priorities for the future in occupational safety and health research? How does BG (Institution for Statutory Accident Insurance and Prevention) research compare nationally and internationally? As a mosaic of answers to these questions, this article explores international research on priorities in occupational research and analyses these aga...

Health Care Services in the Republic of Srpska are provided through the primary, secondary, and tertiary care levels. Primary medical services provision happens throughout the network of 53 primary health care facilities and 1 family medicine polyclinic (1). There are approximately 500 pharmacies (2). Secondary and tertiary health care services are provided in two university hospitals, nine reg...

BACKGROUND Medical spending on psychiatric hospitalization has been reported to impose a tremendous socio-economic burden on many developed countries with public health insurance programmes. However, there has been no in-depth study of the factors affecting psychiatric inpatient medical expenditures and differentiated these factors across different types of public health insurance programmes. I...

The insurance agreement is a significant issue of Islamic jurisprudence which has concerned numerous arguments and deliberations. Shari‘ah researchers, economists, experts have categorically discussed their views from stands point. A number scholars are opposed to the idea modern insurance. They highlight objectionable elements like interest, gambling, uncertainty in On other hand, some say not...

Financial systems reform and corporate reform are deeply intertwined and thus are best addressed simultaneously and comprehensively. Indonesia is seeking to do this by developing rules, institutions, and mechanisms to achieve good corporate governance, while working to build an effectively functioning financial system that facilitates good corporate governance. This paper explores this quest in...

FIE FEDERAL DEPOSIT Insurance Improvemnent Act of 1991 (FDICJA) requires many changes in bank super-vision and regulation, including a requirement that the federal supervisory agencies conduct on-site examinations of all insured depository institutions at least once every 12 months.1 Examinations of small (assets less than $100 million), well-capitalized banks are required only every 18 months....

In recent years there has been a trend towards market consistent valuation in those institutions for which actuaries have responsibilities. The larger United Kingdom with-profits insurance companies are now preparing realistic balance sheets, both for internal purposes and also at the request of the Financial Services Authority. International accounting standards have been moving to a fair valu...

This morning, we have just heard Malcolm Knight speak about the remarkable and equally dynamic evolution taking place in accounting, fuelled by convergence trends within banking, between banking and insurance and across global markets. I’m pleased that my remarks today will echo many of these same thoughts, and that the topics chosen for our workshops will focus on some of the key issues we sup...

Spin off is separation of the sharia unit into a new company independent from its conventional parent. strategic issue for sustainability and development Islamic financial institutions including Sharia Insurance. Independence focus on spin process are positive. However, economies scale stability sustainable growth become challenges. The problem observed in this study ability general insurance b...

Voluntary health insurance enables a higher level of healthcare services for users and provision not included in the compulsory system. One main advantages further development growth voluntary Republic Serbia is significant reduction expenses citizens entire A key argument favour that, context limited public resources healthcare, it can advance policy goals by easing fiscal pressure on sector. ...