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Chambers: an introduction to the Dutch Insurance Market

Chambers: an introduction to the Dutch Insurance Market 2560 1707 Ekelmans Advocaten
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For Chambers and Partners, Jan Ekelmans and Frank Schaaf, partners at Ekelmans & Meijer, wrote and overview of the Dutch insurance market. The article gives an introduction to the current economic, legal and political trends affecting the Insurance Market in the Netherlands. Chambers and Partners is an independent research company operating across 200 jurisdictions delivering detailed rankings and insight into the world’s leading lawyers.

The Dutch insurance market is the 4th largest EU insurance market. At the basis of the insurance market lie the contractual obligations in insurance contracts. Dutch insurance law limits the freedom to determine the validity and contents of insurance agreements in ways generally similar to those in other European countries. The contractual obligations are influenced by international practice and insurance is offered by insurers who often maintain an international presence.

Specifically healthcare insurance is different. Legislation contains detailed provisions on the allowed content of healthcare insurance agreements. Dutch residents are legally obliged to maintain healthcare insurance.

Many of the largest Dutch law firms specialize in limited areas of insurance only. Most Dutch law firms with a broader in-depth activity on the insurance market are smaller or mid-sized firms. Generally, firms active in the insurance market concentrate on the Dutch insurance market.

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De Zorgverzekering (‘Health Insurance’) — the first clear overview of the law in Dutch healthcare

De Zorgverzekering (‘Health Insurance’) — the first clear overview of the law in Dutch healthcare 2560 1707 Ekelmans Advocaten
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Leestijd: 2 minuten
Lesedauer: 2 Minuten
Reading time: 2 minutes
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Dutch health insurance and long-term healthcare are riddled with rules and customary practices, in which it is easy to lose your way.

But now the first edition of the book De Zorgverzekering (i.e.: healthcare insurance) has appeared.

Dutch health insurance and long-term healthcare are riddled with rules and customary practices, in which it is easy to lose your way. But now the first edition of the book De Zorgverzekering (i.e.: healthcare insurance) has appeared. In this book, Jan Ekelmans provides a picture of the health insurance scene and unpicks it layer by layer. Health insurers, healthcare providers, regulatory bodies, consumers and their advisors can use this book to help them make better, faster choices on what action to take.

Market worth 80 billion euros

Insured healthcare is a market with a turnover of 80 billion euros. Producing an overview of what happens in that market is quite a challenge, one that has been taken up by this book. It focuses on four topics: the various kinds of insurance (health insurance, insurance under the Long-Term Care Act and supplementary insurance); the legal relationship between the healthcare provider and the health insurer; privacy protection and possible breaches of privacy; and the audits and fraud investigations by health insurers, plus the consequences attached to the findings from these investigations.

Practical approach

The book has a practical approach; it devotes attention to different perspectives on decisions and includes examples from actual practice, future developments and sources for further information and application. It contains a wealth of facts and legal information that has never before been brought together in one place, ordered and made accessible in this way.

About the author

Jan Ekelmans is a lawyer and partner at Ekelmans & Meijer Advocaten. He is an authority in the field of insurance law in the Netherlands. Insurers ask him for advice on complex and politically sensitive matters. For a number of years Jan was a deputy justice at the Arnhem–Leeuwarden court of appeal and a member of the advisory committee that advises the Dutch Parliament and Government on civil procedural law. His extensive experience with insurance law enables him to provide a clear overview of health care insurance in the Netherlands.

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