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Insurance Glossary
Insurance Glossary: Page 1
Accelerated Benefits
Rider: A life insurance rider that allows for the early payment of some
portion of the policy's face amount should the insured suffer from a
terminal illness or injury.
Accidental Death Benefit Rider: A life insurance policy rider
providing for payment of an additional cash benefit related to the face
amount of the base policy when death occurs by accidental means.
Accidental Death Insurance: Insurance providing payment if the
insured's death results from an accident.
Agent: An authorized representative of an insurance company who sells
and services insurance contracts.
Annually Renewable Term: A form of renewable term insurance that
provides coverage for one year and allows the policy owner to renew his or
her coverage each year, without evidence of insurability. Also called yearly
renewable term.
Assignment Assignment: The transfer of the ownership rights of a Life
Insurance policy from one person to another.
Attained Age: Your current age. Your attained age is one of the
factors life insurance companies use to determine your premiums. The older
you are, the greater chance you'll die while you are covered - so the higher
your premium.
Backdating: A procedure for making the effective date of a policy
earlier than the application date. Backdating is often used to make the age
of the consumer at issue lower than it actually was in order to get lower
premium. State laws often limit to six months the time to which policies can
be backdated.
Beneficiary: The person designated to receive the death benefit when
the insured dies.
Binder: A temporary insurance policy that expires at the end of a
specific time period or when the permanent policy is written. A binder is
given to an applicant for insurance during the time the complete policy
paperwork is being completed.
Cash Benefits: Money that is paid to the insured upon settlement of a
covered claim. Often found with Hospital Income Programs, "cash benefits"
are paid directly to the insured rather than the doctor or the hospital
directly.
Cash Value: The equity amount or "savings" accumulation in a whole
life policy. Claim Notification to an insurance company that payment of an
amount is due under the terms of the policy.
Conditional Receipt: Given to policy owners when they pay a premium
at time of application. Such receipts bind the insurance company if the risk
is approved as applied for, subject to any other conditions stated on the
receipt.
Contestable Clause: A provision in an insurance policy setting forth
the conditions under which or the period of time during which the insurer
may contest or void the policy. After that time has lapsed, normally two
years, the policy cannot be contested. Example: Suicide.
Contingent Beneficiary: Person or persons named to receive proceeds
in case the original beneficiary is not alive. Also referred to as secondary
or tertiary beneficiary.
Coverage: Another word for insurance. Insurance companies use the
term coverage to mean
either the dollar amounts of insurance purchased ($200,000 of liability
coverage), or the type of loss covered (coverage for theft).
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