Ratification By Agency

Investment-oriented whole life insurance policy that provides a return linked to an underlying portfolio of securities. The portfolio typically is a group of mutual funds established by the ...

To which the original investment sums build at a stipulated interest rate. ...

Retirement plan for an individual based on a single contract with a benefit based on current earnings, as if they will remain static until normal retirement age. As the earnings of the plan ...

Life insurance policy given by a donor to a charity; donor only relinquishes the cash value and the cost of the premiums previously paid. The receiving charity's future value of the life ...

Legislation by a state that taxes out-of-state insurance companies operating in its jurisdiction in the same way that the state's own insurance companies are taxed in the second state. For ...

Value of a share of common stock, derived by dividing the total common stockholders' equity at the end of a period of time by the total number of shares outstanding at the end of the same ...

Vesting, deferred or vesting, immediate under which the accrued benefits of the employee increase on a percentage basis (according to years of service and/or attained age) until 100% ...

New rule entitled "Employers Accounting for Postemployment Benefits," which requires advanced recognition of nonretirement benefits, health insurance continuation, and severance pay. ...

Transportation firm that carries only select customers' goods and is not obligated to carry any particular customer's goods even if that customer is willing to pay. Contrast with common ...