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A valuable quick-reference fact-finder for agents, brokers, actuaries, underwriters, and ordinary consumers, this handbook defines approximately 4,500 key terms used in the insurance industry. Definitions apply to life, health, property, and casualty insurance, as well as to home owners and tenants insurance, professional liability insurance, pension plans, and individual retirement accounts. Purchase of insurance policies constitutes a major lifetime expenditure for the average consumer, and an important function of this book is to help non-experts understand what they need and exactly what they are buying when they purchase insurance. Author Harvey Rubin, a Chartered Life Underwriter and Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter, opens with an overview of the insurance industry that points out the many financial instruments available from insurance companies to businesses, professionals and average consumers. He devotes the remainder of this book to definitions, descriptions, and examples that translate technical insurance terminology into clear, comprehensible English. Here is an enlightening and accessible business guide that deserves a place on every home bookshelf. The New York Times calls this book . . . helpful, particularly for employee benefit and retirement issues.

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Dictionary of Insurance Terms
Fourth Edition
Harvey W. Rubin, Ph.D., CLU, CPCU
Professor/Chair of Insurance
Department of Economics and Finance
Louisiana State University
Shreveport, Louisiana
Dictionary of Insurance Terms - image 2
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Copyright 2000 by Barron's Educational Series, Inc.
Prior editions Copyright, 1995, 1991, 1987 by Barron's Educational Series, Inc.
All rights reserved.
No part of this book may be reproduced in any form, by photostat, microfilm, xerography, or any other means, or incorporated into any information retrieval system, electronic or mechanical, without the written permission of the copyright owner.
All inquiries should be addressed to:
Barron's Educational Series, Inc.
250 Wireless Boulevard
Hauppauge, NY 11788
www.barronseduc.com
Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 99-46788
International Standard Book No. 0-7641-1262-7
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Rubin, Harvey W.
Dictionary of insurance terms / Harvey W. Rubin. 4th ed.
p. cm.
ISBN 0-7641-1262-7
1. Insurance Dictionaries. I. Title.
HG8025.R83 2000
368'.003dc21 99-46788
CIP
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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Contents
Preface
vii
Acknowledgments
ix
How to Use This Book Effectively
xi
Terms
1
Abbreviations and Acronyms
571

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Preface
Insurance is a financial instrumentnothing more, nothing lessthat plays a critical role in both personal and business financial planning.
On the personal level, the money an individual spends for insurance over a lifetime surpasses all other types of expenditures including the purchase of a home. Any doubt concerning this statement can be dispelled by adding up the premium payments made yearly for life insurance, health insurance, pension plan, social security, individual retirement account or Keogh Plan, automobile insurance, homeowners or tenants insurance, professional liability insurance, and umbrella liability insurance. Yet, the individual makes these expenditures usually without adequate knowledge of the insurance product purchased.
Essentially the same situation exists in the business world. Contributions paid into various insurance coverages in most instances exceed other business operating expenses. Employee benefit plan contributions alone have been estimated to range between 30-45 cents for each dollar of salary paid to an employee. When added to the cost of other business related insurance expenditures such as workers compensation, buy-sell insurance funded agreements, key person insurance, business property coverage, business liability insurance, and other business specialty insurances coverages, the total cost can be overwhelming. And, astonishingly, the business insurance purchase decision is also frequently made without sufficient basic knowledge of the various insurance products available.
Thus, one function of Barron's Dictionary of Insurance Terms is to serve as a reference source for individuals making personal and business insurance planning decisions. The Dictionary provides concise definitions and examples of those terms most likely to confront the insurance consumer on all levels. The insurance field is rapidly changing. More new insurance products have reached the marketplace in the last few years than in all previous years combined. The Dictionary contains definitions and illustrative examples of these "state of the art" offerings as well as of the traditional products. Cross references allow the reader to research variations of the terms to be defined and other relevant definitions.
Another reason for the existence of Barron's Dictionary of Insurance Terms is to provide a reference source for practitioners who require succinct, technically accurate answers to insurance and risk management terminology questions. Professionals in the field will find the Dictionary to be a readily accessible reference source for virtually all terms that are used in the everyday conduct of business. The spectrum of insurance activities that is covered
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ranges from the home office underwriting of the risk to the actual marketing and distribution of the insurance product to protect the risk.
The insurance agent may even find the Dictionary to be useful in marketing and servicing insurance products. Many clients have numerous questions concerning the characteristics of the various insurance products on the market, both new and traditional. The Dictionary can be used as a supplement to the sales literature to answer these questions as well as inquiries about servicing. Fast, accurate responses to these questions can sometimes mean the difference between closing and not closing a sale.
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Acknowledgements
The author would like to acknowledge the contributions made by the reviewer, Diane Orvos of the American Council of Life Insurance. Her many in-depth comments have been of great importance to the technical accuracy of the manuscript. Milton Amsel smoothed and sharpened the author's prose and suggested many meaningful changes that have greatly enhanced the final work. Barron's editors, in particular Max Reed, have been invaluable in bringing the manuscript to its final form. Cheryl Lagersen's highly professional commitments to typing and correcting the author's many errors along the way has made the presentation of the manuscript possible. Finally, the author wishes to thank his wife Ofie and son Jack, for continuing to be an inspiration.
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