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Samtrygd

Samtrygd was an insurance company based in Oslo, Norway. It was founded as Samtrygd, Norsk Gjensidige Forsikringsforening in 1922 as a reinsurance company for 260 smaller fire treasuries. From 1958 it developed several types of general insurance. It shared manager with the car insurance Norsk Bilforsikring Gjensidige for many years, merging in 1974. In the same year, it started a cooperation with the life insurance company Livsforsikringsselskapet Gjensidige, and in 1976 the Gjensidige name and logo became the sole in use.

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Samtrygd was an insurance company based in Oslo, Norway. It was founded as Samtrygd, Norsk Gjensidige Forsikringsforening in 1922 as a reinsurance company for 260 smaller fire treasuries. From 1958 it developed several types of general insurance. It shared manager with the car insurance Norsk Bilforsikring Gjensidige for many years, merging in 1974. In the same year, it started a cooperation with the life insurance company Livsforsikringsselskapet Gjensidige, and in 1976 the Gjensidige name and logo became the sole in use.

Key claims

  1. date of foundation: 1922 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of foundation is "1922". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1344626603

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