Reciprocal Exchange
Unincorporated association with each insured insuring the other insureds within the association. (Thus, each participant in this pool is both an insurer and an insured.) An attorney-in-fact administers the exchange to include paying losses experienced by the exchange, investing premium inflow into the exchange, recruiting new members, underwriting the inflow of new business, underwriting renewal business, receiving premiums, and exchanging reinsurance contracts. Members share profits and losses in the same proportion as the amount of insurance purchased from the exchange by that member.
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Arrangement between two or more insurance companies under which the parties to the agreement waive their subrogation rights against the other. Most such agreements are no longer in use. ...
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Agents, managers, and office personnel serving in the branches of an insurance company. ...
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Annual premium expressed on a proportionate basis such as monthly, quarterly, or semiannually. ...
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Duration of a policy. Property and casualty coverages are usually written for one year, although a personal automobile policy can be for six months. Life insurance can be written on a term ...
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