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31Insurance in Australia — Australia has a sophisticated and well developed insurance market, which can be divided into roughly three components: life insurance, general insurance and health insurance. These markets are fairly distinct, with most larger insurers focusing… …
32insurance — n. 1) to provide insurance for 2) to sell, write; underwrite insurance 3) to carry; take out insurance (our firm carries fire insurance) 4) to cancel; renew insurance 5) accident; automobile (AE), motor (BE), motor car (BE); collision;… …
33insurance — in|sur|ance [ ın ʃurəns ] noun *** 1. ) uncount an arrangement in which you regularly pay an insurance company an amount of money so that they will give you money if something you own is damaged, lost, or stolen, or if you die or are sick or… …
34insurance */*/*/ — UK [ɪnˈʃʊərəns] / US [ɪnˈʃʊrəns] noun 1) a) [uncountable] an arrangement in which you regularly pay an insurance company an amount of money so that they will give you money if something you own is damaged, lost, or stolen, or if you die or are… …
35Insurance and Pensions Authority (Isle of Man) — The Insurance and Pensions Authority ( gv. Lught reill Urryssaght as Penshynyn) or IPA is the statutory body responsible for the regulation and supervision of pensions and insurance businesses operated in or from the Isle of Man.HistoryIt was… …
36insurance reserve — Reserve Re*serve , n. [F. r[ e]serve.] 1. The act of reserving, or keeping back; reservation. [1913 Webster] However any one may concur in the general scheme, it is still with certain reserves and deviations. Addison. [1913 Webster] 2. That which …
37Insurance industry in China — The Chinese insurance industry has experienced rapid expansion over the past decade, with annual life insurance premiums growing from 10 billion U.S. dollars in 1999 to 46 billion U.S. dollars in 2006. In addition to steadily increasing demand,… …
38Insurance Trust — An irrevocable trust set up with a life insurance policy as the asset, allowing the grantor of the policy to exempt asset away from his or her taxable estate. Once the life insurance policy is placed in the trust, the insured person no longer… …
39Insurance Derivative — A financial instrument that derives its value from an underlying insurance index or the characteristics of an event related to insurance. Insurance derivatives are useful for insurance companies that want to hedge their exposure to catastrophic… …
40insurance company — A company engaged in the business of making contracts by which it agrees to indemnify the other parties thereto from a loss or damage which they may suffer from a specified peril. Strictly construed, an insurance company regularly incorporated… …
