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More Swedes buying private insurance: report (The Local, 7/06/09)

More and more Swedes are purchasing private insurance for income protection as a result of the economic crisis.

The number who have chosen to supplement unemployment insurance with private insurance has increased from 18 to 32 percent in the last year, according to a study from Synovate for the Folksam insurance company.

The number of people signing up for private health insurance has also increased from last year, from [25] to [32] percent, according to Folksam's annual report “Welfare trends” (Välfärdstendenser), presented on Monday in the Dagens Nyheter newspaper.