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A type of company that serves the needs of all or mostly all members of a group or class of consumers. Alternatively, the company may supply a broad class of ...
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risk
A probability or threat of damage, injury, liability, loss, or any other negative occurrence that is caused by external or internal vulnerabilities, and that ...
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policy
Politics: (1) The basic principles by which a government is guided. (2) The declared objectives that a government or party seeks to achieve and preserve in ...
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ex gratia payment
letter of indemnity
force majeure
man-made disaster
insurance
endorsement
third-party insurance
insurance premium
hazard
certificate of insurance (COI)
assurance
underwriter
contribution
warranty
accident
furniture, fixtures, and equipment (FF&E;)
insurable interest
appraisal
insurance policy
life insurance
acknowledgement
employer's liability insurance
endowment insurance
morbidity
indemnity principle
persistency
bonding of employees
civil liability
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business personal property
Building, equipment, fixtures, furniture, merchandise, etc., identified in an insurance policy as owned by the insured and used in his or her business. Also ...
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loss
General: Unrecoverable and usually unanticipated and non-recurring removal of, or decrease in, an asset or resource. // Accounting: (1) cost that produces no ...
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face amount
disaster
deductible
cash surrender value (CSV)
disclosure
carveout
assignment of insurance
disaster management
carrier
risk classification
first-party insurance
consequential loss
insurer
fidelity bond
general liability insurance
proximate cause
peril
policyholder
contingency insurance
inherent vice
self-insured retention (SIR)
average
institute cargo clauses
first loss policy
physical hazard
primary insurance
annuity
pure risk
reinsurance
paid-up policy
double insurance
social insurance
all risks insurance