Look up: reinsurance

1. Reinsurance
   An insurance arrangement whereby the MCO or provider is reimbursed by a third party for costs exceeding a pre-set limit, usually an annual maximum. A method of limiting the risk that a provider or managed care organization assumes by purchasing insurance that becomes effective after set amount of he...
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2. reinsurance
   The process by which an insurance company cedes some of its business to another insurance company. If the latter only writes business with insurance companies, it is a reinsurance company - but primary insurance companies can write reinsurance contracts themselves. The insurance company seeking insu...
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3. reinsurance
   [n] - sharing the risk by insurance companies
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4. Reinsurance
   The mitigation of all or some of an insurance risk by an insurer by transferring to another insurer... <a target=_blank href='http://www.finance-glossary.com/terms/reinsurance.htm?id=1235&ginPtrCode=00000&PopupMode=false' title='Read full definition of reinsurance'>more</a>
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5. Reinsurance
   Insurance for insurers. They pass on to reinsurers risks that they cannot absorb themselves....more on Reinsurance
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6. reinsurance
   A form of insurance bought by insurance companies to protect themselves from the risk of large losses. One insurer pays to place part of an insured risk or an entire book of business with one or more other insurance companies, known as the reinsurers
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7. reinsurance
   the contract under which the insurer assumes partially or totally a risk which is already covered by another insurer Category: Insurance
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8. reinsurance
   Laying off a primary risk to a secondary insurer.
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9. Reinsurance
   Re`in·sur'ance noun 1. Insurance a second time or again; renewed insurance. 2. A contract by which an insurer is insured wholly or in part against the risk he has incurred in insuring somebody else. See Reassurance .
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10. reinsurance
    noun sharing the risk by insurance companies; part or all of the insurer`s risk is assumed by other companies in return for part of the premium paid by the insured; `reinsurance enables a client to get coverage...
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11. reinsurance
    Insurance purchased by an insurer, often to protect against especially large risks or risks correlated to other risks the insurer faces. Contexts: business
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12. Reinsurance
    • (n.) A contract by which an insurer is insured wholly or in part against the risk he has incurred in insuring somebody else. See Reassurance. • (n.) Insurance a second time or again; renewed insurance.
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13. reinsurance
    (from the article `insurance`) A significant insurance practice is that of reinsurance, whereby risk may be divided among several insurers, reducing the exposure to loss faced by ...
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14. Reinsurance
    The spreading of risk and division of client premiums among insurance companies allowing the sharing of the burden of a large risk.
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15. Reinsurance
    Insurance bought by a primary insurance underwriter to reduce exposure to loss. Discover What It`s Like to Live Easy With EquiTrend
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16. REINSURANCE
    Insurance bought by insurers. A reinsurer assumes part of the risk and part of the premium originally taken by the insurer, known as the primary company. Reinsurance effectively increases an insurer's capital and therefore its capacity to sell more coverage. The business is global and some of the largest reinsurers are based abroad.
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17. Reinsurance
    Reinsurance is insurance that is purchased by an insurance company (insurer also sometimes called a "cedant" or "cedent") from another insurance company (reinsurer) as a means of risk management. The reinsurer and the insurer enter into a reinsurance agreement which details the conditions upon which the reinsurer would pay the insurer`s losse...
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18. Reinsurance
    - Process by which an insurance company obtains insurance on its insurance claims with other insurers in order to spread the risk.
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