Tax Bracket Shifting
Arrangement of financial affairs such that a family member who is in a lower income tax bracket receives income that another family member would otherwise have received (thereby reducing the taxes paid by the family unit).
Popular Insurance Terms
Court-appointed or commissioner of insurance-appointed custodian to manage the affairs of an insurance company whose management is deemed unable to manage that company in a proper fashion. ...
Income supplement program under Social Security to provide a minimum monthly income to aged, blind, and disabled persons. The SSI payments, which were introduced in January 1974, make up ...
Workers' premiums in a contributory employee benefit plan. ...
Trust that is established by people still alive. ...
Resident patient of a medical installation. Previously, health insurance benefits were limited to in-patient care. Today health insurance policies provide an extensive list of out-patient ...
Statement of the financial condition of the insurance company, as well as significant events during the year in which the company has been involved and/or that have affected the company. ...
Commission paid to an agent after the first year commission has been paid to that agent. Renewal commissions generally form a substantial portion of an agent's income after four years in ...
Something that cannot be changed. In life insurance, a beneficiary who has been named as irrevocable cannot be changed without his or her formal (written) permission. ...
In workers compensation insurance policies and several business property and liability policies, review of the payroll of a business firm in order to determine the premium for coverage. ...

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