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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… …
32group insurance — life, accident, or health insurance available to a group of persons, as the employees of a company, under a single contract, usually without regard to physical condition or age of the individuals. [1910 15] * * * insurance provided to… …
33life span — 1. the longest period over which the life of any organism or species may extend, according to the available biological knowledge concerning it. 2. the longevity of an individual. [1915 20] * * * Time between birth and death. It ranges from a… …
34Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority — The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) is a national agency of the Government of India, based in Hyderabad. It was formed by an act of Indian Parliament known as IRDA Act 1999, which was amended in 2002 to incorporate some… …
35insurance — noun 1 (U) an arrangement with a company in which you pay them money each year and they pay the costs if anything bad happens to you, such as an illness or an accident: health insurance | life insurance (=so that your family receive money if you… …
36Disability insurance — Disability Insurance, often called DI or disability income insurance, is a form of insurance that insures the beneficiary s earned income against the risk that a disability will make working (and therefore earning) impossible. It includes paid… …
37National Health Insurance (Japan) — National Health Insurance (国民健康保険, Kokumin Kenkō Hoken?) is one of the two major types of insurance programs available in Japan. The other is Employees Health Insurance (健康保険, Kenkō Hoken …
38Health insurance — is insurance against the risk of incurring medical expenses among individuals. By estimating the overall risk of health care expenses among a targeted group, an insurer can develop a routine finance structure, such as a monthly premium or payroll …
39No-fault insurance — In its broadest sense, no fault insurance is a term used to describe any type of insurance contract under which insureds are indemnified for losses by their own insurance company, regardless of fault in the incident generating losses. In this… …
40National health insurance — (sometimes called statutory health insurance) is health insurance that insures a national population for the costs of health care and usually is instituted as a program of healthcare reform. It is enforced by law. It may be administered by the… …
