Insurance company that actually underwrites and issues the insurance policy. The term is used because the insurance company assumes or carries the risk for policyowners. The agent usually has a primary carrier (the insurance company to which most of the business is submitted) and secondary carriers (to which lesser amounts are submitted). The primary carrier provides the agent with commission schedules, expense allowance, and the availability of markets for the agent's business.
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Coverage underwritten on members of a natural group, such as employees of a particular business, union, association, or employer group. Each employee is entitled to benefits for hospital ...
new dividend option under which the policyowner allows the dividends from the participating policy to be applied for the purposes of accumulating cash values. ...
Unexpected, unforeseen event not under the control of the insured and resulting in a loss. The insured cannot purposefully cause the loss to happen; the loss must be due to pure chance ...
Describing automobile accidents that are considered to be the results of the negligent acts of the insured driver and are included in the driving record of that insured. ...
Buildup of policy cash value, as distinguished from the death benefit. A policyholder has a choice between surrendering the policy for its cash surrender value or keeping it in force for ...
Projected percentage of the earned premiums that will be required by the insurance company to pay for the incurred losses plus the loss adjustment expense. ...
Re-registration of existing shares when there is any change in the name of the owner (s). Such a circumstance may occur when the owner (s) of the shares gives these shares to another ...
Enacted on April 1, 1997; provides protection against creditors for irrevocable trusts provided that the trust has a grantor who is a discretionary beneficiary. In order for the statute of ...
State law that stipulates that goodwill as an admitted asset cannot be greater than 10% of adjusted surplus. ...
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