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Insurance and Risk Management Terms

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A

A201 Construction Contract
abandonment
abatement
absolute pollution exclusion
absorbed dose
accept
accident
accidental death
accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D)
accidental means
accident year data
accident year experience
accommodation line
accountants professional liability insurance
account current
accounts receivable coverage
accreditation
Accredited Adviser in Insurance (AAI)
accumulation
accumulation period
ACM
acquisition costs
action levels
action versus the insurer provision
active retentio
activity standards
act of God
actual cash value (ACV)
actuarial report
actuary
acute exposure
acute toxicity
ACV
ADA
AD&D
additional expense coverage
additional insured
additional insured endorsement
additional living expense (ALE) coverage
additional medical
additional named insured
add-on control device
"add-on" no-fault laws
adhesive contract
adjustable feature
adjusted earnings
adjusted net worth
adjuster
administrative law
administrative order
administrative order on consent
administrative services only (ASO)
administrator
admiralty law
admitted assets
admitted/authorized reinsurance
admitted company
admitted insurer
admitted reinsurer
ADR
advanced wastewater treatment
advance loss of profit (ALOP) insurance
advancement of defense costs provision
adverse selection
advertisement
advertising injury
advisory endorsement
A&E
aerobic treatment
affiliated companies
affiliated risk
affinity sales
affirmative defense
afterburner
aftermarket parts
AGC
Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) of 1967
agency
agency agreement
agency captive
agency plant
agency system
agent
agent of record
agent's errors and omissions
agent's license
aggravation
aggregate
aggregate deductible
aggregate excess insurance
aggregate excess of loss reinsurance
aggregate limit of liability
aggregate limits reinstatement
aggregate stop-loss reinsurance
agreed amount clause
agreed value coverage option or provision
agreement not to rely on governmental immunity
AIA
airborne particulates
air quality control region
air quality standards
air stripping
air toxins
ALAE
ALE
aleatory contract
alienated premises
alien insurer
allegations
allied healthcare professional liability insurance
allocated expenses
allocated loss adjustment expenses (ALAE)
allocated loss expense
allocation
all risks coverage
all risks, difference-in-conditions (builders risk)
all risks, ground and flight
all risks, not in motion
alternate employer endorsement
alternative dispute resolution (ADR)
alternative dispute resolution provision
alternative market
alternative minimum tax (AMT)
alternative remedial contract strategy contractors
alternative risk financing facilities
alternative risk financing mechanism
alternative risk transfer (ART) market
A.M. Best rating
amendment of "insured contract" definition endorsement
AMERCO v. Commissioner
American Association of Insurance Services (AAIS)
American Institute for Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters, Inc. (AICPCU)
American Institute of Architects (AIA)
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)
Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA)
amount at risk
amount subject
analytic risk modeling method
animal mortality insurance
anniversary date
anniversary rating date
annual aggregate deductible
annual statement
annuitant
annuity
annuity certain
annuity due
answer
anti-concurrent cause (ACC) provision
anti-indemnity statute
anti-stacking provisions
anti-theft device
antitrust liability
apparent agency
appeal
application
application of retention
apportionment
appraisal clause
appraisers errors and omissions
approval
"A" rates
arbitration
arbitration clause
architects and engineers (A&E) liability coverage
ARM
asbestos
asbestos abatement
asbestos containing material (ACM)
asbestos program manager
ASO
assessment company (society or insurer)
asset allocation
asset class
asset risk
asset share value
assigned risk plan
assignee
assignment
associate
Associated General Contractors of America (AGC)
Associate in Automation Management (AAM)
Associate in Claims (AIC)
Associate in Fidelity and Surety Bonding (AFSB)
Associate in Information Technology (AIT)
Associate in Insurance Accounting and Finance (AIAF)
Associate in Insurance Services (AIS)
Associate in Loss Control Management (ALCM)
Associate in Management (AIM)
Associate in Marine Insurance Management (AMIM)
Associate in Personal Insurance (API)
Associate in Premium Auditing (APA)
Associate in Reinsurance (ARe)
Associate in Research and Planning (ARP)
Associate in Risk Management (ARM)
Associate in Surplus Lines Insurance (ASLI)
Associate in Underwriting (AU)
Associateship of the Chartered Insurance Institute (ACII)
association captive
association group
Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA)
association professional liability insurance
assume
assumed liability
assumed premiums
assumed reinsurance
assumption
assumption endorsement
assumption of liability agreement
assumption of liability endorsement (ALE)
assumption of risk
assumption of risk doctrine
assurance
attachment basis
attachment point
attained age
attorney/client communication
attorney work product
attractive nuisance doctrine
audit
authorized non-admitted reinsurer
auto
auto coverage symbols
auto loan/lease gap coverage
automatic additional insured endorsement
automatic increase in insurance provision
automatic insureds
automatic premium loan
automatic treaty
automobile
automobile liability excess indemnity
automobile liability insurance
automobile physical damage insurance
average basis
average rate
average severity
average weekly wage (AWW)
aviation accident insurance
aviation hazard
avoidance
awareness provisions
AWW

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B

back-dated liability insurance
back pay
back-to-back deductible
BACM
bad faith

bailee

bailee coverage

balance

balance billing

bancassurance

bank

bank assurance

bankers professional liability (BPL) insurance

bankruptcy condition

bareboat charter

barratry

Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

base premium

basic causes of loss form (ISO)

basic extended reporting period (BERP)

basic limits

basic premium

basic premium factor

basic rate

basis point(s)

basis risk

basket aggregate

basket deductible

basket retention

batch clause

BDAT

beauty contest

below-target-risk (BTR)

BEN

benchmarking

bench-scale tests

bench trial

beneficiary

benefits

benefits payable exclusion

BERP

best available control measures (BACM)

best demonstrated available technology (BDAT)

Best’s Capital Adequacy Ratio (BCAR)

Best's Rating

betterment clause

BFPD

bid bond

bid deducts

bifurcation

bilateral extended reporting period provision

bill of lading

binder

bingo card program

bingo stamp

biological magnification

biomechanical analysis

bioremediation

Black Lung Benefits Act

blackmail settlement clause

blackout period

blanket additional insured endorsement

blanket contractual liability insurance

blanket fidelity bond

blanket group boiler and machinery coverage

blanket limit

blanket medical expense

blanket policy

blanket position bond

blended finite risk

blended risk

blowout and cratering

blowout prevention warranty

Blue Book

blue plan

boards and bureaus

boatowners policy

bobtail

bobtail liability

bodily injury

bodily injury by accident limit (workers compensation)

bodily injury by disease, each employee (workers compensation)

bodily injury by disease—policy limit (workers compensation)

boiler and machinery insurance

bond

bonding

book value

boom coverage

BOP

bordereau

borderline risk

Bornhuetter-Ferguson technique

borrowed servant rule

boutique law firm

BPL

branch profits tax

brand equity

brand rehabilitation

brands and labels endorsement

breach

breach of contract

breach of warranty clause

break point

British business interruption coverage

broadcasters liability

broad causes of loss form (ISO)

broad evidence rule

broad form comprehensive general liability (BFCGL) endorsement

broad form contractual liability insurance

broad form drive other car coverage

broad form hold harmless clause

broad form named insured endorsement

broad form pollution exclusion

broad form property damage (BFPD)

broker

brokerage department

brokerage market

brother-sister relationship

Brownfield

Brownian motion

buffer layer

builders risk policy

building and personal property coverage form (ISO)

building codes effectiveness grading schedule (BCEGS)

building ordinance coverage

building rate

bulk reserves

bumbershoot

burden of proof

burglary

burning cost

business auto policy

business continuity management (BCM)

business income coverage

business income worksheet

business interruption coverage

business interruption worksheet

business judgment rule

business legal expense insurance

business risk

businessowners policy (BOP)

business use class

buyback deductible

buyers' market

buyout settlement clause

buy/sell agreement

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C

CAA

Cable Communications Policy Act (CPPA)

calendar year experience

cancelable

cancel and rewrite

cancellation

C and F

candidate analysis

CAN-SPAM Act

cap

capacity

capital

capital adequacy

capital allocation

Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)

capital at risk

capital attribution

capital markets

capital stock

capital stock company

capital structure

capital sum

capitated fee

CAPM

captain of the ship doctrine

captive

captive facility

Captive Insurance Companies Association (CICA)

captive management company

captive value added (CVA)

care, custody, or control (CCC)

cargo insurance

Carmack Amendment

Carriage of Goods by Sea Act (COGSA)

carrier

carryover provision

case management

case reserve

case reserves cash flow plans

cash balance pension plans

cash call

cash flow program

cash flow return on investments (CFROI)

cash flow underwriting

cash refund annuity

cash surrender value

casualty insurance

catastrophe

catastrophe bond

catastrophe equity put

catastrophe plan

catastrophe policy

catastrophe reinsurance

catastrophe reserves

catastrophic loss

causes of loss

causes of loss forms (ISO)

CCC

cedant

cede

ceded premiums

ceding commission

ceding company

cell captive

central collection point

central tendency

CERCLA

certificate holder

certificate of compliance

certificate of insurance

certificate of reinsurance

certified act of terrorism

Certified Risk Manager (CRM)

cession

cession number

cession statement

cestui que vie

CFC

CGL

channeling

chaplain or priest malpractice

charter

Chartered Insurance Institute (CII)

Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU)

Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU)

charterers legal liability coverage

chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear (CBRN) weapon

Chemnet

chief risk officer (CRO)

Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)

Choice no-fault

chronic toxicity

chronological stabilization plans

CIF

circumstance

Civil Rights Act of 1991

claim

claimant

claim expense

claims adjuster

claims administrator

claims audit

claims-made

claims-made and reported policy

claims-made and reported provision

claims-made multiplier

claims-made reinsurance

claims-paid policy

claims reserve

clash cover

class

class action

Class Action Fairness Act of 2005

class I area

Class 1 insureds

Class 2 insureds

classification

classified insurance

class of business

class rating

clause

Clean Air Act (CAA)

clean closure

cleanup fund

Clean Water Act (CWA)

client company

clinical patterns

closed-loop recycling

CLU

coded excess

codefendant

coding

coemployer

coemployment

COGSA

coinsurance hammer clause

coinsurance provision

coinsurer

collapse additional coverage

collapse: homeowners policy

collar

collateral

collateral agreement

collateral documents

collateral estoppel

collateralization of cash flow programs

collateral source rule

collateral value insurance

collection commission

collection fee

collision damage waiver

collision insurance

combination plan reinsurance

combination policy

combined ratio

comment period

commercial appropriation

commercial auto insurance coverage forms

commercial crime policy

commercial general liability (CGL) policy

commercial insurer or reinsurer

commercial lines

Commercial Lines Manual (CLM)

commercial multiple peril (CMP) policy

commercial output policy (COP)

commercial package policy

commercial property conditions form (ISO)

commercial property coverage forms (ISO)

commercial property policy

commercial property program

commercial risks

commercial waste management facility

commission

commissioner

commissioners standard ordinary 1958 mortality table

commissions of selling agents coverage

Committee on Sponsoring Organizations (COSO)

common accident

common carrier

common disaster

common law

common law defenses

common law liability

common policy conditions

community property

community rating

commutation

commutation agreement

commutation clause

commutation rights

comparative negligence

compensable

Compensated Intercorporate Hauling (CIH)

compensating balance plan

compensatory damages

competitive bidding

competitive state funds

complaint