Double-protection Policy

Form of excess of loss reinsurance under which each year's reinsurance premium is determined by the amount of the cedent's excess losses for a given period of time, usually three or five ...

Type of mortality table that is based on combined statistics from both the ultimate mortality table and the aggregate mortality table. It shows total statistics for the probability of ...

Ownership of property by two or more persons who do not have rights of survivor ship. The share of a deceased tenant passes to that person's heirs and not to the other tenants. Because ...

Time period, for a life insurance policy, in which losses occur. This period must be determined to project the frequency and severity of future loss experience. ...

Method of underwriting insurance in which the insurance company utilizes regular mortality tables without additions for abnormalities. ...

Insurance applicant's life and health record, financial standing, driving record, general character, vocation, and habits. These factors are evaluated by a home office underwriter in ...

Automatic nonproportional reinsurance treaty or automatic proportional reinsurance treaty that provides coverage for losses upon which claims are made while the treaty is in force, without ...

Balance sheet and profit and loss statement of an insurance company. This statement is used by State Insurance Commissioners to regulate an insurance company according to reserve ...

Maximum age of an applicant or insured beyond which an insurance company will not initially underwrite a risk or continue to insure it. For example, under some forms of renewable term life ...