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The reinsurer accepts the transfer according to an agreement called
A Treaty
Stock insurer
-Owned by stockholders
-Dividend is not guaranteed
-Dividend is paid to stockholder
-Dividend is taxable to stockholders
-Issues non-participating policies
Mutual insurer
-owned by policyholders (customers)
-dividend is not guaranteed
,-dividend is paid to policyholder
-dividend is not taxable; considered refund of premium
-issues participating policies
Fraternal insurer
provides insurance and other benefits
must be a member of the society to get the benefits
Reciprocal insurer
-unincorporated
-members are required to pay an assessed amount if a loss to any member of
the group occurs
-run by an attorney-in-fact
Lloyd's association
insurance provided by individual underwriters, not companies
Insures unusual risks
Hole-in-one contest
, Athlete's arm
Celebrity's hair
Risk Retention Group
Liability insurance company created for policyholders from the same industry
Risk purchasing group
a group of businesses from the same industry joining together to buy liability
insurance from an insurance company.
The risk purchasing group is not the insurance company.
Self-insurance
-A business that pays its own claims
-Reserves funds to cover losses
-Retains risk rather than transfers
Federal Government provides residual market insurance
insurance from the state or federal government
Admitted or authorized