Federal Trade Commission (ftc)
Government agency, under the McCarran-Ferguson act (public law 15), that has no authority over insurance matters to the extent the states regulate insurance to the satisfaction of Congress. However, this does not prevent the FTC from conducting investigations into the insurance industry. For example, in 1970 the Congress charged the FTC with the responsibility of enforcing the fair credit reporting act, which requires an insurance company to notify an insurance applicant of an impending inspection report and to release information so collected to the applicant upon request. If the report results in the applicant's rejection for insurance, he must be notified of the adverse report and his right to its contents. Perhaps the best known FTC investigation involved its study "Life Insurance Cost Disclosure," that was extremely critical of industry cost disclosure practices.
Popular Insurance Terms
Insurance company's net gain from operations divided by its adjusted surplus. This is the accounting rate of return on stockholder's equity since the ratio shows the rate of return the ...
Historic insignia representing evidence of coverage placed on property insured by a particular insurance company. If the property on fire did not have the company's fire mark, its private ...
Workers' premiums in a contributory employee benefit plan. ...
Undiscounted loss reserves that must be maintained by property and casualty insurance companies in an adequate amount to provide for the payment of the settlement value of the outstanding ...
Method of setting a dollar value on loss suffered by an insured. In some cases, a loss is straightforward, such as the cost of gallbladder surgery. But with burglary of a home or a traffic ...
Amount of the loss absorbed by an insurance company after deducting any reinsurance applicable to the loss, as well as subrogation and ABANDONMENT AND SALVAGE rights. ...
Modification of the charitable remainder uni-trust through which the beneficiaries receive a specified percentage of the assets' value in the trust usually paid out on a quarterly basis. If ...
Written statements on a form by a prospective insured about himself, including assets and other personal information. These statements and additional information, such as a medical report, ...
Coverage for an insured when negligent acts and/or omissions result in bodily injury and/or property damage on the premises of a business, when someone is injured as the result of using the ...
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