Life And Health Insurance, Personal And Family Exposures
Personal and family loss by death, disability, sickness, old age, accident, and unemployment. All of these exposures are insurable, and coverage's can be purchased under a variety of policies. In life insurance these include adjustable life, current assumption, endowment, family income policies, family maintenance policies family policy, limited payment life, universal life, and variable life. In annuities, both fixed and variable types are available; in health insurance, medical expense and disability income coverage's are available. In pensions, there are defined benefit and defined contribution pension plans. The various Social Security benefits also provide considerable protection against personal and family exposures.
Popular Insurance Terms
Settlement of a dispute that arises when two or more insurers cover a single loss, and there is a question concerning the amount each is responsible to pay. The companies are bound by the ...
Coverage that goes into effect when an individual's claim reaches a specific threshold selected by the employer who has self-insurance. After this threshold is reached, the policy pays ...
Representative of an insurance company who sells ordinary and industrial life insurance policies. In an effort to move their field forces into the ordinary life business, many industrial ...
Primarily a British association whose membership includes risk managers and insurance buyers, with the emphasis on risk management. ...
Complete coverage for hospital and physician charges subject to deductibles and coinsurance. This coverage combines basic medical expense policy and major medical policy. ...
Judicial rule of evidence under which no reduction in damages awarded by a court is allowed for bodily injury, sickness, illness, or accident merely because the plaintiff has other ...
Individual or organization that provides the mechanism in which financial assets are accumulated for the purpose of paying accrued pension benefits. ...
Measure of the sensitivity of the insurance company's liability for the resultant higher expense rates than charged for in the premium. ...
HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION that restricts to a relatively small amount the number of medical providers from which an HMO member may seek services. Usually, HMO members may select the ...

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