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A Rates
A&E
A.M. Best Rating
A201 Construction Contract
Abandonment and Salvage
Abandonment Clause
Abatement
Absolute Assignment
Absolute Beneficiary
Absolute Liability
Absolute Pollution Exclusion
Absorbed Dose
Abusive Tax Shelter
Accelerated Death Benefits
Accelerated Depreciation
Accelerated Option
Acceleration Clause
Acceleration Life Insurance
Accelerative Endowment
Acceptance
Accident and Health Combined Ratio
Accident and Health Expense Ratio
Accident and Health Insurance
Accident and Health Loss Ratio
Accident and Sickness Insurance
Accident Forgiveness
Accident Frequency
Accident Insurance
Accident Prevention
Accident Rate
Accident Report Form
Accident Severity
Accident Year Data
Accident Year Experience
Accidental Bodily Injury
Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D)
Accidental Death Clause
Accidental Means
Accommodation Line
Account Current
Account Receivables
Account Selling
Accountants Professional Liability Insurance
Accountants Report
Accounting
Accounts Receivable Insurance
Accreditation
Accredited Advisor in Insurance (AAI)
Accrued Benefit Cost Method
Accrued Interest
Accumulated Amount
Accumulated Value
Accumulation at Interest Dividend Option
Accumulation Period
ACM (Asbestos Containing Material)
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
Acquisition Costs
Act of God
Action Levels
Active Participant
Active Retention
Activities of Daily Living
Activity Standards
Acts
Actual Authority (Express Authority)
Actual Cash Value
Actual Total Loss
Actuarial
Actuarial Adjustment
Actuarial Consultant
Actuarial Cost Methods
Actuarial Equity
Actuarial Equivalent
Actuarial Gains and Losses
Actuarial Rate
Actuarial Report
Actuarial Science
Actuary, Enrolled
Acute Care
Acute Exposure
Acute Toxicity
Ad Infinitum
Ad Valorem
ADA (Americans With Disabilities Act)
Add to Cash Value Option
Addendum
Additional Car
Additional Death Benefit
Additional Deposit Privilege
Additional Expense Coverage
Additional Insured Endorsement
Additional Living Expense (ALE) Coverage
Additional Medical
Additional Named Insured
Additional Term Insurance Option
Add-On Control Device
Add-On No-Fault Laws
Adequacy
Adequacy - Life Insurance
Adhesion Insurance Contract
Adjacent
Adjoining
Adjustable Feature
Adjustable Life Insurance
Adjustable Premium
Adjustable Rate
Adjustable Rate Mortgage (ARM)
Adjusted Cash Flow/Benefits Paid
Adjusted Earnings
Adjusted Liabilities
Adjusted Net Worth
Adjusted Premium Method
Adjusted Surplus
Adjusted Underwriting Profit
Adjuster
Adjuster - Independent
Adjuster - Staff
Adjuster - Public
Adjuster, Average
Adjustment Bureau
Adjustment Income
Adjustment Provision
Administering Agency
Administration Bond
Administrative Charge
Administrative Expenses
Administrative Law
Administrative Order
Administrative Order On Consent
Administrative Services Only (ASO)
Administrator
Admiralty Law
Admiralty Proceeding
Admitted Assets
Admitted Company
Admitted Insurance
Admitted Reinsurer
Admitting Privilege
ADR (Alternative Dispute Resolution)
Advance Care Planning Consultations
Advance Directive
Advance Funding
Advance Loss of Profit (ALOP) Insurance
Advance Payments
Advance Premium Mutual
Advanced Funded Pension Plan
Advanced Life Underwriting
Advanced Wastewater Treatment
Advancement of Defense Costs Provision
Adverse Carrier
Adverse Financial Selection
Adverse Selection
Advertisers Liability Insurance
Advisory Committee
Advisory Endorsement
Advocacy
Affiliated Companies
Affiliated Risk
Affinity Sales
Affirmative Defense
Affirmative Warranty
Affordable Care Act (ACA)
Afterburner
Aftermarket Parts
Age Change
Age Discrimination In Employment Act (ADEA)
Age Limits
Age Setback
Agency Agreement
Agency By Estoppel
Agency by Ratification
Agency Captive
Agency Companies
Agency Construction Management
Agency Contract (Agency Agreement)
Agency Manager
Agency System
Agent
Agent - General
Agent - Recording
Agent - Independent
Agent - Policywriting
Agent - Resident
Agent - Special
Agent - State
Agent of Record
Agent's Errors And Omissions
Agent's License
Age-Weighted Profit-Sharing Plan
Aggravation
Aggregate
Aggregate Annual Deductible
Aggregate Excess Insurance
Aggregate Excess of Loss Reinsurance
Aggregate Excess of Loss Retention
Aggregate Exposure - Net
Aggregate Exposure, Gross
Aggregate Indemnity
Aggregate Level Cost Method
Aggregate Limit of Liability
Aggregate Limits Reinstatement
Aggregate Mortality Table
Aggregate Products Liability Limit
Aggregate Stop Loss Insurance
Aggregate Stop-loss Reinsurance
Agreed Amount Clause
Agreed Price
Agreed Value Coverage Option or Provision
Agreement
Agreement Not to Rely on Governmental Immunity
Agricultural Equipment Insurance
AIA
Air Cargo Insurance
Air Quality Control Region
Air Quality Standards
Air Stripping
Air Toxics
Airborne Particulates
Aircraft Hull Insurance
Airport Liability Coverage
ALAE (Allocated Loss Adjustment Expenses)
Alaska Trust Act
Alcoholic Beverage Control Laws
ALE (Additional Living Expense)
Aleatory Contract
Alien Insurance Company
Alienated Premises
Alimony Substitution Trust
All Lines Insurance
All Risk Insurance
All Risks, Difference In Conditions (Builders Risk)
All Risks, Ground and Flight
All Risks, Not In Motion
Allegations
Alliance of American Insurers (AAI)
Allied Healthcare Professional Liability Insurance
Allied Lines
Allocated Benefits
Allocated Funding Instrument
Allocated Loss Adjustment Expenses (ALAE)
Allocation
Allocation of Plan Assets
Allocation of Plan Assets on Termination
Allowed Assets
Alternate Delivery System
Alternate Employer Endorsement
Alternate Settlement Option
Alternative Dispute Resolution/ADR
Alternative Markets
Alternative Minimum Cost Method
Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT)
Alternative Remedial Contract Strategy Contractors
Alternative Risk Financing Facilities
Alternative Risk Transfer (ART) Market
Ambiguity
Ambulatory Care
Amendment of "insured Contract" Definition Endorsement
Amerco vs. Commissioner
American Academy of Actuaries
American Annuity Table, 1955
American Association of Insurance Services (AAIS)
American Council of Life Insurance
American Institute for Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters Inc. (AICPU)
American Institute for Property and Liability Underwriters
American Insurance Association (AIA)
American International Underwriters (AIU)
American Life Convention
American Mutual Insurance Alliance
American Risk and Insurance Association
Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA)
Amortization
Amortization Schedule
Amortized Value
Amount At Risk
Amount for Which Loss Settled
Amount of Insurance to Value
Analysis of Property and Casualty Policy
Analytic Risk Modeling Method
Analytic System
Ancillary Benefits
Animal Health Insurance
Animal Life Insurance
Animal Mortality Insurance
Anniversary Date
Anniversary Rating Date (ARD)
Annual Administrative Fee
Annual Aggregate Liimit
Annual Annuity Contract Fee
Annual Crediting Cap
Annual Expected Dollar Loss
Annual Policy
Annual Premium Annuity
Annual Renewal Agreement
Annual Statement
Annualized
Annuitant
Annuitization Options
Annuity - Reversionary
Annuity - Survivorship
Annuity - Cash Refund
Annuity - CD
Annuity - Group
Annuity - Installment Refund
Annuity - Joint Life And Survivorship
Annuity - Tax Deferred
Annuity Accumulation Phase or Period
Annuity Administrative Charges
Annuity Analysis
Annuity Beneficiary
Annuity Certain
Annuity Consideration
Annuity Contract
Annuity Contract Owner
Annuity Cost
Annuity Date
Annuity Death Benefits
Annuity Insurance Charges
Annuity Investment Management Fee
Annuity Issuer
Annuity Payment Option
Annuity Prospectus
Annuity Purchase Rate
Annuity Tables
Annuity Unit
Anticoercion Law
Anti-Concurrent Cause (ACC) Clause
Anti-Indemnity Statute
Anti-Lock Braking System (ABS)
Antirebate Law
Anti-Stacking Provisions
Anti-Theft Device
Antitrust Laws
Antitrust Liability
Apparent Agency
Apparent Agency (Authority)
Apparent Authority (Perceived Authority)
Appeal
Appeal Bond
Appleton Rule
Applicant
Application
Application of Retention
Appointed Actuary
Appointment
Appointment of Trustees for Terminated Plan
Appointment Papers
Apportionment
Appraisal Clause
Appraisers Errors And Omissions
Approval
Approval Conditional Premium Receipt
Approved for Reinsurance
Approved or Not Disapproved for Surplus Lines
Approved Roof
Appurtenant Structures
Arbitration Clause
Architects and Engineers (A&E) Liability Coverage
ARM
Armored Car and Messenger Insurance
Armstrong Investigation
Arrears
Arson
Asbestos
Asbestos Abatement
Asbestos Containing Material (ACM)
Asbestos Program Manager
A-Share Variable Annuity
ASO (Administrative Services Only)
Assailing Thieves
Assault
Assessable Insurance
Assessable Mutual
Assessed Value
Assessment Company
Assessment Insurance
Assessment Period
Asset
Asset Adequacy Tested Reserve
Asset Allocation
Asset Class
Asset Depreciation Risk
Asset Quality Risk
Asset Risk
Asset Share Value
Asset Sufficiency or Insufficiency
Asset Transfer
Asset Valuation
Asset Valuation Reserve (AVR)
Asset-Backed Securities
Assets
Assigned Benefits
Assigned Claims
Assigned Risk
Assigned Risk (AIP)
Assigned Risk Plans
Assignee
Assignment
Assignment Clause, Life Insurance
Assignor
Assistive Technology
Associate
Associate in Automation Management (AAM)
Associate In Claims (AIC)
Associate in Fidelity And Surety Bonding (AFSB)
Associate in Information Technology (AIT)
Associate in Insurance Accounting and Finance (AIAF)
Associate in Insurance Services (AIS)
Associate in Loss Control Management (ALCM)
Associate In Management (AIM)
Associate in Marine Insurance Management (AMIM)
Associate in Personal Insurance (API)
Associate In Premium Auditing (APA)
Associate in Reinsurance (ARe)
Associate In Research and Planning (ARP)
Associate in Risk Management (ARM)
Associate in Surplus Lines Insurance (ASLI)
Associate In Underwriting (AU)
Associate of the Chartered Insurance Institute (ACII)
Associated General Contractors of America (AGC)
Association Captive
Association Group
Association Group Insurance
Association of Governmental Risk Pools (AGRIP)
Association of Insurance and Risk Managers in Industry and Commerce (AIRMIC)
Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA)
Association Professional Liability Insurance
Associational Discrimination
Assume
Assumed Interest Rate/Assumed Investment Return (AIR)
Assumed Liability
Assumed Loss Ratio
Assumed Premiums
Assumption
Assumption Certificate
Assumption Endorsement
Assumption of Liability Endorsement (ALE)
Assumption Reinsurance
Assurance
Assured
Assurer
At-Fault
Atomic Energy Commission
Atomic Energy Reinsurance
At-Risk Construction Management
Attachment
Attachment Basis
Attachment Point
Attained Age Conversion
Attending Physician Statement
Attestation Clause
Attorney Work Product
Attorney/Client Communication
Attorney-in-Fact
Attorneys Professional Liability Insurance
Attractive Nuisance
Audit
Auditors Report
Authority to Terminate Plan
Authorization
Authorized Control Level Risk-Based Capital
Authorized Non-Admitted Reinsurer
Authorized Under Federal Products Liability Risk Retention Act (Risk Retention Groups)
Auto Coverage Symbols
Auto Damage Adjuster
Auto Insurance
Auto Insurance Policy
Auto Insurance Premium
Auto Liability
Auto Loan/Lease Gap Coverage
Auto Medical Payments
Auto Physical Damage Coverage
Auto Replacement Coverage
Automatic Additional Insured Endorsement
Automatic Builders Risk Form
Automatic Cost of Living Adjustment
Automatic Coverage
Automatic Increase In Benefit Provision
Automatic Increase in Insurance Endorsement
Automatic Increase In Insurance Provision
Automatic Insureds
Automatic Nonproportional Reinsurance
Automatic Premium Loan Provision
Automatic Reinstatement Clause
Automatic Reinsurance
Automatic Sprinkler System
Automatic Treaty
Automobile Assigned Risk Insurance Plan
Automobile Claim Law Associate (ACLA)
Automobile Claim Law Specialist (ACLS)
Automobile Collision
Automobile Comprehensive
Automobile Fleet
Automobile Liability Excess Indemnity
Automobile Shared Market
Automobile Theft
Automobile, Boat, and Aircraft Insurance
Avalanche
Average
Average - General
Average - Particular
Average Basis
Average Clause
Average Indexed Monthly Earnings (AIME)
Average Loss Clause
Average Monthly Earnings (AME)
Average Monthly Wage (AMW)
Average Net Cost
Average Rate
Average Semiprivate Rate
Average Severity
Average Weekly Wage
Aviation Exclusion
Aviation Hazard
Aviation Insurance
Aviation Trip Life Insurance
Avoidance
AVR
Awareness Provisions