premium insurance

  • 21Insurance policy — Insurance In*sur ance, n. [From {Insure}.] [1913 Webster] 1. The act of insuring, or assuring, against loss or damage by a contingent event; a contract whereby, for a stipulated consideration, called premium, one party undertakes to indemnify or… …

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  • 22Insurance 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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  • 23Premium — Pre mi*um, n.; pl. {Premiums}. [L. praemium, originally, what one has got before or better than others; prae before + emere to take, buy. See {Redeem}.] 1. A reward or recompense; a prize to be won by being before another, or others, in a… …

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  • 24premium — ► NOUN (pl. premiums) 1) an amount paid for a contract of insurance. 2) a sum added to an ordinary price or other payment. 3) (before another noun ) (of a commodity) superior and more expensive. ● at a premium Cf. ↑at a premium …

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  • 25Insurance Services Office — Insurance Services Office, Inc. (ISO) is a provider of data, underwriting, risk management and legal/regulatory services to property casualty insurers and other clients. Headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey, the organization serves clients… …

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  • 26premium loan — Insurance. a loan made by a life insurance company in order that a policyholder may pay the due premium, the cash value on the policy serving as security. * * * …

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  • 27premium — [prē′mē əm] n. pl. premiums [L praemium, reward, recompense < prae , before + emere, to take: see PRE & REDEEM] 1. a reward or prize, esp. one offered free or at a special low price as an added inducement to buy or do something; bonus 2. an… …

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  • 28insurance — [in shoor′əns] n. [earlier ensurance < OFr enseurance: see ENSURE] 1. an insuring or being insured against loss; a system of protection against loss in which a number of individuals agree to pay certain sums (premiums) periodically for a… …

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  • 29premium, unearned — n. Insurance, portion collected that must be returned to insured if policy is cancelled. Webster s New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000 …

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  • 30premium — (n.) c.1600, reward given for a specific act, from L. praemium reward, profit derived from booty, from prae before (see PRE (Cf. pre )) + emere to buy, originally to take (see EXEMPT (Cf. exempt)). Insurance sense is 1660s, from It. premio.… …

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