Safety Of Assets
Quality of investments of insurance companies. State insurance regulators establish rules for company investments. Authorized investments vary, depending on whether a company is a life insurer or property casualty company and, in some instances, on whether it is a mutual or stock company. Investments must meet standards for asset type, credit quality, and diversification. Generally, insurance company assets are limited to government securities, bonds, stocks, mortgages, and certain real estate holdings.
Popular Insurance Terms
Ruling issued in 1988 by the Internal Revenue Service that stipulates that, when computing the pension benefits of an employee still working after 1987, the years of service on the job ...
Same as term Direct Response Marketing: method of selling insurance directly to insureds through a companies own employees, through the mail, or at airport booths. The company uses this ...
Employer, association, labor union, or other group ...
Use of new rate structures by an insurance company without first obtaining approval of a State Insurance Department. ...
Land and attached structures. Interest in real estate can be protected through various insurance policies. ...
Variable-rate bonds whose coupon and value increases as interest rates decrease. ...
Employer sponsored retirement savings program named for the section of the Internal Revenue Code that permits it. These plans allow employees to invest pre-tax dollars that are often ...
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Procedure for calculating the cost of life insurance, taking into account the time value of money (investment return on sums placed in premium dollars had these sums been invested ...

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