Finland: ICMIF Meeting of Reinsurance Officials 10-12 June 2020

All sessions of the MORO 2020 will take place in the offices of our host company,
ICMIF member LocalTapiola. Their modern and spacious headquarters are situated
in the province of Espoo which is located around 20 minutes’ drive outside of Helsinki
city centre where the conference hotel is located. ICMIF has arranged
transportation by bus for each of the conference days and also for the evening
events, from the hotel to the conference or dinner venues and return.

The full address of the conference venue is:

LocalTapiola General Mutual Insurance Company
Revontulenkuja 1
02010 LähiTapiola
Finland

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Finland launches basic income experiment with Jan. 1 cheques for those in pilot project

Finland has become the first country in Europe to pay its unemployed citizens a basic monthly income, amounting to 560 euros ($782 Canadian), in a unique social experiment which is hoped to cut government red tape, reduce poverty and boost employment.

Olli Kangas from the Finnish government agency KELA, which is responsible for the country's social benefits, said Monday that the two-year trial with the 2,000 randomly picked citizens who receive unemployment benefits kicked off Jan. 1.

Note EU-Digest: Just imagine, most industrialized nations in the world including the US could o the same, just by cutting downj on their military budgets.

Read more: Finland launches basic income experiment with Jan. 1 cheques for those in pilot project - Business - CBC News