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Trailer Interchange Insurance
Trailer Interchange Insurance

Trailer interchange insurance is a type of trucking auto liability insurance that provides financial coverage…

Subrogation
Subrogation

Subrogation refers to the proceeds of negotiation or legal actions against negligent third parties and…

Short Tail Losses
Short Tail Losses

Losses or Claims that pay out very quickly. These are losses that arise from events…

Risk Retention Groups(RRG)
Risk Retention Groups(RRG)

RRGS are state chartered and are exempt from having to obtain a state license in…

Risk Gap
Risk Gap

The difference between the premium of all the policies and the aggregate loss of all…

Reinsurance
Reinsurance

Reinsurance is the transfer of risk from a ceding insurer to a reinsurer. Reinsurance is…

Re – Insurance Premium Written
Re – Insurance Premium Written

Re-Insurance premium written is the amount of reinsurance premium that a ceding company records on…

Proportional Treaty
Proportional Treaty

• The reinsurer agrees to take on a specific percentage share of policies, for which…

Profit commission
Profit commission

Profit commissions are provisions found in some reinsurance agreements that provides for profit sharing. Parties…

Professional liability
Professional liability

This type of insurance coverage designed to protect traditional professionals(e.g., physicians) and quasi professionalse.g., real…

Physical Damage Insurance
Physical Damage Insurance

Physical damage insurance is a type of insurance policy that provides coverage for damages to…

Property Damage and Business Interruption(PDBI)
Property Damage and Business Interruption(PDBI)

First party insurance that indemnifies the owner or user of property for its loss, or…

Property and Casualty (P&C)
Property and Casualty (P&C)

P & C insurance is a type of insurance that provides coverage for your assets,…

Non-Trucking Liability Insurance
Non-Trucking Liability Insurance

Non-trucking liability is a poilicy that covers you cause damage or injury to a thrid…

Non-Admitted-Insurance
Non-Admitted-Insurance

Insurance written by an insurance company not licensed to do business in a certain state…

Non – Proportional Treaty
Non – Proportional Treaty

Non – Proportional Treaty is loss – based recovery from reinsurers once the loss exceeds…

Motor Truck Cargo Insurance
Motor Truck Cargo Insurance

Motor truck cargo insurance is a type of insurance that covers cargo while it is…

Managing General Agency:
Managing General Agency:

A Managing General Agency(MGA) is a type of insurance agent or broker that has the…

Losses paid/claims paid
Losses paid/claims paid

Losses paid, or claims paid are the amounts that a captive insurance company pays to…

Loss Ratio
Loss Ratio

Loss ratios are calculated by dividing the total losses paid by the captive by the…

Long Tail Losses
Long Tail Losses

Losses or Claims that pay out very slowly, with Loss development. These are losses that…

Liability – Motor Policy
Liability – Motor Policy

Insurance taken on the vehicles used in business. Example., Trucks, Cars etc. The losses are…

Insurance Taxes:
Insurance Taxes:

These are taxes levied on Insurance premiums by various states in USA. They are included…

Homogenous Group Captive
Homogenous Group Captive

A homogenous group captive is a type of group captive insurance that involves multiple companies…

Heterogenous Group Captive
Heterogenous Group Captive

A heterogenous group captive is a type of group captive insurance that involves multiple companies…

Gross Premium Written:
Gross Premium Written:

Gross premium written is the total amount of premiums that a captive insurance company collects…

General liability
General liability

This type of insurance covers the risk of being sued by someone who is injured…

General Liability Insurance
General Liability Insurance

General liability is a type of insurance that covers claims related to bodily injury or…

Fronting commission
Fronting commission

Commission paid to the fronting insurer for fronting the insurance business. The fronting insurer is…

Escrow Account
Escrow Account

Bank Account maintained with the third party to meet the claims pavment requirement. EXAMPLE: •…

Commutation Clause
Commutation Clause

A clause in reinsurance agreement, which provides for estimation, payment and complete discharge of all…

Commercial Auto Insurance
Commercial Auto Insurance

It is designed to protect business from financial losses that may arise from accidents involving…

Contractors All Risks (CAR)
Contractors All Risks (CAR)

Written in connection with construction projects outside the United States, these nonstandard policies typically consist…

Bordereaux(Bord)
Bordereaux(Bord)

List of a incurred claims which includes payment and (OSLR) details. EXAMPLE: A loss Bordereaux…

Admitted Insurance
Admitted Insurance

insurance written by an insurer licensed to do business in the state or country in…

Acquisition costs
Acquisition costs

Costs incurred for acquiring the insurance and reinsurance accounts such as Insurance taxes, Fronting commission,…

Brokerage
Brokerage

Fees paid to an intermediary for facilitating the transaction between the insurer and the captive.…

Captive
Captive

A captive Insurance company is a legal entity formed primarily to ensure the risks of…

Why have a captive
Why have a captive

Control • Design of more effective claims handling, loss control and risk management programs Capture…

Tail
Tail

The Period of time which elapses between the writing of an Insurance policy and the…

Workers Compensation and Employers Liability Policy
Workers Compensation and Employers Liability Policy

An insurance policy that provides coverage for an employer’s two key exposures arising out of…

Incurred Losses
Incurred Losses

Incurred Losses refer to the total amount of losses that an insurer has experienced during…

Treaty
Treaty

A Treaty is a type of reinsurance agreement that is mandatory between a ceding company…

Underwriting year
Underwriting year

The underwriting year refers to the duration of time for which an insurance policy is…

Occurrence Policy
Occurrence Policy

An occurrence policy is a type of liability insurance policy that istriggered when the injury…

Claims – made Policy
Claims – made Policy

A claims – made policy is a type of liability insurance policy that is triggered…

Claims – Paid Policy
Claims – Paid Policy

A claims made policy is a type of liability insurance policy that is triggered when…

Outstanding LossReserves(OSLR)-Assumed:
Outstanding LossReserves(OSLR)-Assumed:

An estimate of the amount of an insurer’s (or self-insurer’s) liability for claim-generating events that…

LAE
LAE

Loss Adjustment Expenses (LAE) are expenses directly related to a claims. Allocated Loss Adjustment Expenses…

Incurred But Not Reported(IBNR)
Incurred But Not Reported(IBNR)

Assumed: An estimate of the amount of an insurer’s (or self-insurer’s) liability for claim-generating events…