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Accident - ✔✔A sudden event, unforeseen and unintended
Claim - ✔✔A demand for payment under the insurance policy
Absolute assignment - ✔✔A transfer by the policy holder of all control and rights to
a third party
Accident and Sickness - ✔✔Insurance against bodily injury, disability or death by
accident, or against disability or expense resulting from sickness, and the insurance
relating thereto
Accidental Means - ✔✔The unexpected cause of an accidental bodily injury. Under
this definition, which is very restrictive, if you meant to do whatever caused your
injury, there is no coverage. Most health insurance policies cover accidental bodily
injury, which is much broader, in that it covers accidents regardless of the cause
Accumulation at interest option - ✔✔A dividend or settlement option under which
the policyholder allows his dividends or policy proceeds to accumulate interest with
the company. Although the dividends or proceeds are not generally
Actuary - ✔✔One concern with the application of probability and statistical theory
to insurance, utilizing the law of large numbers.
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, ADB Accidental death benefit - ✔✔Also known as double indemnity. A rider added
to a life policy that will pay double the face amount if the insured dies as a result of
the accident, generally within 90 days of the accident.
AD&D accidental death and dismemberment insurance - ✔✔A limited form of
health insurance that covers accident only. It is the only type of health insurance that
covers death. AD&D policies do not follow the principle of indemnity, in that they
pay in addition to any other coverage the insured has.
Adverse selection - ✔✔Selection not in favor of the company. The tendency of poorer
risks to want insurance more often than standard risks. For example, a person who is
already sick would like to buy health insurance.
Adverse underwriting decisions, consumer rights - ✔✔Under the fair credit
reporting act, when an adverse underwriting decision is made, the insurer must
provide the applicant or policyholder with specific written reasons for the decision,
or advise the individual that specific reasons are available upon written request.
Upon receipt of the written request, the insurer must furnish specific regions for the
adverse decision and the names and addresses of the sources the provided the
information.
Agent/producer - ✔✔The individual appointed by insurance company to solicit and
negotiate insurance contracts on its behalf. Agents or producers represent the
company, not the client.
Alien company - ✔✔And insurer organized and domiciled in a country other than
the United States.
Annuitant - ✔✔The party receiving the benefits of an annuity, similar to the insured
on an insurance policy. They usually own the annuity, although you can buy an
annuity to benefit another party, who would then be the annuitant.
Annuity - ✔✔An agreement by an insurer to make periodic payments to continue
during the lifetime of the annuitant(s) or for a specified period. These are considered
to be the opposite of life insurance, since they pay while you're alive and life
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