Social Insurance

Definition: Social Insurance

Social Insurance

Noun

1. Government provision for unemployed or injured or aged; financed by contributions from employers and employees as well as by government revenue.

Synonyms: Social Insurance

Synonyms: Social security, Unemployment insurance. (additional references)

Crosswords: Social Insurance

English words defined with "social insurance": Beveridge ♦ disability insurance ♦ First Baron Beveridge ♦ health care ♦ national insurance ♦ William Henry Beveridge. (references)

Specialty definitions using "social insurance": CLAIMS ADJUDICATOR ♦ Federal Insurance Court ♦ public assistance. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	Disability: Challenges for Social Insurance, Health Care Financing, and Labor Market Policy (Conference of the National Academy of Social Insurance,) (reference) Framing the Social Security Debate: Values, Politics, and Economics (Conference of the National Academy of Social Insurance) (reference) (more book examples)
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Author	Date	Quotation
Treaty of Versailles	1919	The same shall apply in respect of the capital and reserves accumulated in Germany falling legitimately to other social insurance funds, to miners, superannuation funds, to the fund of the railways of Alsace-Lorraine, to other superannuation organisations established for the benefit of the personnel of public administrations and institutions operating in Alsace-Lorraine and also in respect of the capital and reserves due by the insurance fund of private employees at Berlin, by reason of engagements entered into for the benefit of insured persons of that category resident in Alsace-Lorraine. (reference)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Business		Those not subject to compulsory social insurance must insure themselves on an individual basis. (references)
		The GOE's Social Insurance program, enforced by law, normally satisfies medium and small private companies and individuals. (references)
		Furthermore, the GOE gives exclusive contracts to state-owned insurance companies wishing to bid on social insurance contracts and government underwriting, which helps to explain the dominant status of these companies. (references)
Economic History	Austria	Social insurance contributions are a percentage of total monthly earnings and are shared by employers and employees. (references)
	Slovak Rep	Slovak social insurance is compulsory and includes a health allowance, unemployment insurance, and pension insurance. (references)
	Greece	The rising expenditures of social insurance funds and the debts of state hospitals have forced authorities to tighten controls and seek reforms. (references)
Political Economy	CZECH REPUBLIC	Employer and employee social insurance contributions are respectively 35 and 12.5 percent. (references)
	GUATEMALA	They generally receive no social benefits, social insurance, vacations, or severance pay, and earn below-minimum salaries. (references)
	AUSTRIA	The Austrian social insurance association, "Hauptverband der Sozialversicherungstraeger," decides which products are approved for reimbursement by health insurance plans. (references)
Trade	Austria	A U.S firm seeking to market a drug in Austria must first obtain approval from the Austrian Social Insurance Holding Organization (Hauptverband der Oesterreichischen Sozialversicherungstraeger). (references)
	Ukraine	The most important taxes include value added tax (VAT) and import VAT (20 percent -- calculated on the difference between the VAT collected by a seller from its customers and the VAT paid to suppliers), corporate profit tax ( 30 percent), a progress personal income tax based on an employee's income (up to 40 percent), payroll taxes paid by employers to the Social Insurance Fund and Pension Fund, (37.5 percent of the payroll), excise taxes (up to 300 percent); and import-export duties. (references)
	Ukraine	Our activities address the urgent humanitarian and health needs of the people of Ukraine by: 1) supporting the government in moving from universal housing and communal services subsidies to targeted social services; 2) providing humanitarian assistance and strengthening the ability of non-governmental organizations to deliver social services; 3) laying the foundation for a sustainable system of pensions and social insurance; 4) providing training and supplies to improve the quality of and access to reproductive health care and the screening for and treatment of breast cancer; 5) supporting health partnerships for the promotion of primary health care and exchange of information, training and personnel; 6) providing thyroid cancer screening and psycho-social interventions to child victims of the Chernobyl accident, while strengthening the Ukrainian government's ability to respond to health and environmental crises; and 7) providing technical assistance in addressing both the TB and the STI/HIV/AIDS epidemics. (references)
Travel	Cote D'ivoire	In addition to the basic salary, employers pay social insurance premiums of 9.9 percent of the base salary and employees contribute 1.6 percent of salary towards retirement. (references)
Worker Rights	Poland	Workers who strike in accordance with the law retain their right to social insurance but not to pay. (references)
	Cameroon	For unions in the private sector, the Government requires registration with the Ministry of Labor, Employment, and Social Insurance. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Ronald Reagan	1981-1989	Under the new budget, funding for social insurance programs will be more than double the amount spent only six years ago.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expression using "social insurance": social insurance schemes. Additional references.
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Language		Translations for "social insurance"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Arabic		‏تأمين إجتماعي. (various references)

Danish		socialsikring (social security), socialforsikring (social security). (various references)

Dutch		sociale verzekering (social security). (various references)

Finnish		sosiaalivakuutusjärjestelmät (contributory schemes, social insurance schemes), vakuutusmaksuihin perustuvat järjestelmät (contributory schemes, social insurance schemes). (various references)

French		sécurité sociale (social welfare), assurance sociale (social security). (various references)

German		Sozialversicherung (national insurance, social security). (various references)

Greek		κοινωνική ασφάλιση (social security). (various references)

Hungarian		társadalombiztosítás (socialized medicine). (various references)

Italian		assicurazione sociale (social security). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		社会保険 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		しゃかいほけ�". (various references)

Pig Latin		ocialsay insuranceay

Portuguese		segurança social (social security). (various references)

Romanian		asigurãri sociale. (various references)

Russian		социальное страхование. (various references)

Spanish		seguridad social (social security). (various references)

Turkish		sosyal sigorta (social securitry), sosyal güvenlik (social securitry). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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