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  • 1Companies Act — (with its many variations) is a stock short title used for legislation in the United Kingdom and South Africa relating to company law. The Bill for an Act with this short title will have been known as a Companies Bill during its passage through… …

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  • 2Insurance in India — Insurance is a federal subject in India and has a history dating back to 1818. Life and general insurance in India is still a nascent sector with huge potential for various global players with the life insurance premiums accounting to 2.5% of the …

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  • 3Federal Insurance Contributions Act tax — The Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) tax (pron en|ˈfаɪkə) is a United States payroll (or employment) tax [The FICA tax is imposed under the Federal Insurance Contributions Act, which is codified as usctc|26|21] imposed by the federal… …

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  • 4insurance company — A company that carries on an insurance business, to which the Insurance Companies Act (1982) applies, or an insurance group as defined in the Companies Act (1985) …

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  • 5Insurance bad faith — refers to a claim that an insured person has against an insurance company for bad acts. Under the law of nearly every U.S. jurisdiction, Insurance companies owe a duty of good faith in dealing with the persons they insure. If they violate that… …

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  • 6Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act — Citation RSC 1985, c. C 36[1] Enacted by Parliament of Canada …

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  • 7act of God — ˌact of ˈGod noun acts of God PLURALFORM [countable] LAW INSURANCE a natural event such as a storm or an Earthquake. No one can be held to be legally liable for damage caused by an act of God, and insurance companies will not usually make… …

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  • 8Insurance Premium Tax (UK) — Insurance premium tax (IPT) is a tax paid by some insurance companies and insurance brokers that sell taxable insurance [Insurance premium tax, Business Link, [http://www.businesslink.gov.uk/bdotg/action/detail?type=RESOURCES itemId=1074407748] ] …

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  • 9Insurance — This article is about risk management. For Insurance (blackjack), see Blackjack. For Insurance run (baseball), see Insurance run. In law and economics, insurance is a form of risk management primarily used to hedge against the risk of a… …

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  • 10insurance — /in shoor euhns, sherr /, n. 1. the act, system, or business of insuring property, life, one s person, etc., against loss or harm arising in specified contingencies, as fire, accident, death, disablement, or the like, in consideration of a… …

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