Consortium Underwriting

Amount paid by the attorney of the plaintiff in a liability suit. Usually the attorney receives as a fee from 30 to 50% of the case settlement or reward. ...

Premium charged (and applied on a uniform basis) for property insurance covering properties at multiple locations. This rate is used under a blanket insurance policy instead of using a ...

Phrase formerly used to describe coverage for perils of accident and sickness. ...

Strategy of regularly investing a fixed amount of dollars into a variable dollar annuity over a substantial period of time regardless of the accumulation unit value. The investment will be ...

Provision in corporate life insurance policies that allows coverage to be transferred to a new individual with proof of insurability, for a premium appropriate to the age of the new ...

1945 federal legislation in which the Congress declared that the states may continue to regulate the insurance industry. Nevertheless, in recent years Congress has expanded the federal ...

Method of accessing capital by the insurance industry in order to hedge against a future catastrophic occurrence. The mechanism works as follows: Primary insurance company AJAX pays a ...

Coverage for an individual with a residual disability. Benefits are usually payable for the unused portion of the total disability benefit period up to age 65. If an individual is at least ...

Long-term care refers to a broad range of medical and personal care services designed to assist individuals who have lost their ability to perform activities of daily living without ...

Universal life insurance provides death benefits and income taxe-deferred savings to help you meet your financial goals while you are living. It has many flexible features and benefits that ...

Commercial insurance is designed to help protect many of the risks your business can face, including: damage or destruction to your business vehicles, office equipment, and inventory. Loss ...

You need an insurance policy that is tailored in your needs in mind. Take liability for example. Guest passenger liability helps protect you bodily injury to a passenger on your motorcycle ...

An HMO provides comprehensive health services to its members for a prepaid fixed fee, equivalent to an insurance premium. A PPO differs from an HMO in that the PPO has no separate physical ...

Insurance will cover any homemade or custom-built system, but you will need to have proof of ownership of each of the individual parts within the computer to file a claim. ...

First, stay calm. Freaking out won’t help anyone. Whenever there’s an accident everyone gets hyper and tense; being calm will be a blessing to everyone. Plus; it’s your ...

There comes a time when every zealous homeowner asks himself – usually at a very inconvenient hour, like 3 am: Do I need Flood Insurance? The answer is: probably. Here’s why: ...