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Internal constraints that may prevent an insurer from meeting its goals.
Efficiency, Expertise, Size, Financial Resources, and other internal constraints
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Fair Access to Insurance
1 Insurer 2
Requirements (FAIR) plans
3 Lloyds of London 4 Internal Constraints
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Terms in this set (45)
, Insurer The insurance organization that facilitates the
pooling of funds and the payment of benefits
Principal function of every insurer The acceptance of risk that others transfer to it
through the insurance mechanism
Four ways to classify property Legal form of ownership
casualty insurers Place of incorporation
Licensing state
Insurance distribution systems and channels
Proprietary insurer Insurer formed for the purpose of earning a profit
for its owners
Lloyds of London Technically not an insurer, instead it is a
marketplace where members hope to earn a profit
from insurance operations where the risks covered
are unusual or difficult loss exposures
INEX Formed in 1979, serves as an excess and surplus
lines market
Cooperative insurers A classification that includes mutual insurers,
reciprocal insurance exchanges, fraternal
organizations and other cooperatives. Also
includes captives, risk retention groups and
purchasing groups
Mutual insurers An insurer that is owned by its policyholders and
formed as a corporation for the purpose of
providing insurance to them
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Practice questions for this set
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Internal constraints that may prevent an insurer from meeting its goals.
Efficiency, Expertise, Size, Financial Resources, and other internal constraints
Choose an answer
Fair Access to Insurance
1 Insurer 2
Requirements (FAIR) plans
3 Lloyds of London 4 Internal Constraints
Don't know?
Terms in this set (45)
, Insurer The insurance organization that facilitates the
pooling of funds and the payment of benefits
Principal function of every insurer The acceptance of risk that others transfer to it
through the insurance mechanism
Four ways to classify property Legal form of ownership
casualty insurers Place of incorporation
Licensing state
Insurance distribution systems and channels
Proprietary insurer Insurer formed for the purpose of earning a profit
for its owners
Lloyds of London Technically not an insurer, instead it is a
marketplace where members hope to earn a profit
from insurance operations where the risks covered
are unusual or difficult loss exposures
INEX Formed in 1979, serves as an excess and surplus
lines market
Cooperative insurers A classification that includes mutual insurers,
reciprocal insurance exchanges, fraternal
organizations and other cooperatives. Also
includes captives, risk retention groups and
purchasing groups
Mutual insurers An insurer that is owned by its policyholders and
formed as a corporation for the purpose of
providing insurance to them
