Statutory Requirements
Standards set by the various state regulatory authorities that determine how financial statements must be prepared for regulators. The states are responsible for making certain that insurers will remain solvent and have enough set aside in reserves to pay future claims. To this end, they have devised statutory accounting principles that govern insurance company reporting. These requirements differ from generally accepted accounting principles (gaap). Among other things, statutory requirements include the setting of statutory reserves, and the immediate expensing of the cost of acquiring new business, rather than allowing insurers to spread the exposure over the life of the policy.
Popular Insurance Terms
Coverage in which premiums do not increase or decrease for as long as the policy remains in force. In the early years of a policy, the premiums are greater than is necessary to pay ...
Basis for calculating life insurance premiums and benefits using current interest and mortality rates, rather than historic rates. Current assumptions are critical to interest-sensitive ...
Type of proportional reinsurance under which the ceding company (primary insurer) cedes a portion of the face amount of the life insurance policy it has underwritten to its reinsurer. The ...
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Picture of future dividends that the insurance company expects to be allocated to a specific block of policies. The accuracy of this picture depends on the actual future mortality, ...
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Same as term Coinsurance: ...
Separate legal entity formed by one or more physicians and one or more hospitals whose objective it is to negotiate contracts with payer organizations. The PHO provides financial, ...
Death without a will having been drawn. Under this circumstance, the court follows state law in deciding how the estate of the deceased is to be distributed. ...
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