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Organization that develops and publishes educational material and administers national examinations in supervisory management, general insurance, claims, management, risk management, ...

Type of policy with premiums that are fully paid up within a stated period. For example, a 20-payment life insurance policy has 20 annual premium payments, with no further premiums to be ...

Range of administrative and risk management services that can be purchased by an insured. Increasingly, insurance can be purchased unbundled so that policy-holders may pay for straight ...

Individual permitted to enter property with the permission of the owner or the person who controls the property. There is no mutual profit motive; the licensee comes onto the property for ...

Element usually found in industrial life insurance policies under which the insurance company upon the death of the insured under certain conditions is allowed to choose the beneficiary if ...

(also known as merit rating) method of setting property insurance rates by modifying or adjusting the manual rate for various classifications of risks. Modifications may be based on past or ...

Kindling intentionally set in a fireplace, stove, furnace, or other containment that has not spread beyond it. Property insurance does not protect against damage from a friendly fire. For ...

Fee paid to an insurance salesperson as a percentage of the premium generated by a sold insurance policy. ...

Average earned monthly income of the insured wage earner after regular earned income has been interrupted or terminated because of illness, sickness, or accident. This income amount is ...