1. annuity
contract
a contract under which an insurer promises to
make a series of periodic payments to a
named individual in exchange for a premium
or series of premiums
2. antiselection AKA adverse selection AKA selection against
the insurer, the tendency of individuals who
believe they have a greater-than-average
likelihood of loss to seek insurance protection
to a greater extent than do other individuals
3. applicant the person or business that applies for an
insurance policy
4. beneficiary the person or party the policyowner names to
receive the life insurance policy benefit
5. claim a request for payment under the terms of an
insurance policy
6. contract of
indemnity
an insurance policy under which the amount
of the policy benefit payable for a covered loss
is based on the actual amount of financial loss
that results from the covered event, as
determined at the time of the event
7. declined risk to great of a risk to insure them. can be due to
health problems or risky behavior
8. direct writer AKA ceding company, this is the insurance
company that BUYS from another in the case
of reinsurance
9. face amount the amount of the policy benefit that is
payable if the insured dies while the policy is
in force
10. group
insurance
policy
policy issued to insure the lives or health of a
specific group of people, such as a group of
employees
11. health
insurance
insurance that provides protection against the
risk of financial loss resulting from illness,
injury, or disability
12. individual
insurance
policy
issued to insure the life or health of a named
person
13. insurable
interest
the policyowner must be likely to suffer a
genuine loss or detrimient should the event
insured against occur. kind of to prevent
fraud
14. insurance
policy
a written document that contains the terms of
the agreement between the insurer and the
owner of the policy
15. insured the person whose life, health, or property is
insured by the policy
16. insurer a company that accepts risk and makes a
promise to pay a policy benefit if a loss occurs
17. law oflarge
numbers
the more times we observe a particular event,
the more likely that our observed results will
approximate the true probability that the
event will occur
18. laws
regarding
insurable
interest
see page 33 in chapter 1
19. life and
health
insurance
company
issue and sell products that insure against
financial losses that result from personal risks
such as death, disability, illness, accident, and
outliving one's savings
20. life
insurance
insurance that pays a benefit upon the death
of a named person
21. moral
hazard
when the reputation, financial position, or
criminal record of an applicant or a proposed
insured indicates that the person may act
dishonestly in the insurance transaction
22. morbidity
rate
the rates at which sickness and accidents occur
among a specified group of people during a
specified period (usually a year)
23. morbidity
table
charts that indicate the number of people in a
large group who are likely to get sick or have
an accident at each age
24. mortality
rate
the rates at which death occurs among a
specified group of people during a specified
period (usually one year)
25. mortality
table
charts that indicate the number of people in a
large group who are likely to die at each age
26. personal
risk
risk of economic loss associated with death,
poor health, injury, and outliving one's
economic resources
27. physical
hazard
a physical characteristic that may increase the
likelihood of loss, i.e. heart disease history, or
even smoking
28. policy
benefit
a specific amount of money the insurer agrees
to pay under an insurance policy when a loss
occurs
29. policyowner the person or business that owns the
insurance policy, usually also the applicant
30. preferred
premium
rate
lower rate charged to those deemed a
preferred risk
31. preferred
risk
proposed insureds who present a significantly
lower than average likelihood of loss
32. premium the specified amount of money an insurer
charges in exchange for agreeing to pay a
policy benefit when a specified loss occurs
33. probability likelihood
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34. property/casualty
(P&C) insurance
company
insurers that issue and sell insurance
policies that cover property damage and
liability risks
35. pure risk no possibility of a gain. either loss or no
loss occurs
36. reinsurance insurance that an insurance company
purchases from another insurance
company to transfer all of part of the risk
on insurance policies
37. reinsurer AKA assuming company, this is the
insurance company that INSURES the
other in the case of reinsurance
38. risk the possibility of an unexpected result,
either a gain or a loss
39. risk class a grouping of insureds who represent a
similar level of risk to the insurer
40. risk management individuals and businesses identify and
assess the risks they face and take
measures to eliminate or reduce their
exposure to those risks
41. speculative risk result can be loss, ga