Portfolio Runoff
Process of the continual reinsurance of a ceding company's portfolio of insurance policies. All premiums that have been ceded become earned premiums.
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Insurance company's investment in mortgages that have defaulted (mortgages in default) divided by its adjusted surplus account. The smaller this ratio, the more financially sound the ...
Abuse by an insurer in an effort to avoid paying a claim filed by an insured, or to reduce the size of the payment. The national association of insurance commissioners (naic) has developed ...
One of four types of risks used by the society of actuaries (SA) to determine a life insurance company's overall risk profile when fluctuations in interest rates result in abnormal cash ...
Display of percentage of earned premiums as a function of the time in days for term property insurance policies originally written for one year or longer. These tables are used to compute ...
Detailed descriptive list made available to the survivor (s) of the insured showing: attorney, accountant, insurance agent, and location of important documents such as wills, power of ...
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Provision in an insurance policy that states the monetary value of each piece of property to be insured. ...
One of four types of risks affecting the life insurance company as identified by the society of actuaries. This risk is associated with losses that the life insurance company may incur as ...
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