Insurance
Insurance is a form of risk management primarily used to hedge against the risk of a contingent, uncertain loss. Insurance is defined as the equitable transfer of the risk of a loss, from one entity to another, in exchange for payment. An insurer, or insurance carrier, is a company selling the insurance; the insured, or policyholder, is the person or entity buying the insurance policy. The amount to be charged for a certain amount of insurance coverage is called the premium. Risk management, the practice of appraising and controlling risk, has evolved as a discrete field of study and practice.
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... Insurance Australia Group Limited (informally IAG) is a multinational insurance company headquartered in Sydney, Australia ... IAG was formed by the demutualisation of the NRMA Insurance business in July 2000 and a return of shares to the members of NRMA ... According to its website, NRMA Insurance Group Limited changed its name to Insurance Australia Group Limited on 15 January 2002 ...
... Under the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, unemployment insurance benefits are paid to railroad workers who are unemployed but ready, willing, and able to work and sickness benefits ...
... An insurance broker (also insurance agent) sells, solicits, or negotiates insurance for compensation ... The three largest insurance brokers in the world, by revenue, are Aon, Marsh McLennan, and Willis Group Holdings ...
... Safety Insurance, Thailand, held a stake in 1998, now holds 96% voting rights NZI Thailand, acquired in 2003 AmAssurance, Malaysia, (49% ownership of AmG Insurance, which is part of AmAssurance) India - Insurance ... China - Insurance Australia Group owns CAA, the China Automobile Association, the largest roadside assistance provider in the country ...
... Muslim scholars have varying opinions about insurance ... Insurance policies that earn interest are generally considered to be a form of riba (usury) and some consider even policies that do not earn interest to be a form of gharar (speculation) ... Jewish rabbinical scholars also have expressed reservations regarding insurance as an avoidance of God's will but most find it acceptable in moderation ...
More definitions of "insurance":
- (noun): Promise of reimbursement in the case of loss; paid to people or companies so concerned about hazards that they have made prepayments to an insurance company.
- (noun): Protection against future loss.
Synonyms: indemnity
Famous quotes containing the word insurance:
“... business training in early life should not be regarded solely as insurance against destitution in the case of an emergency. For from business experience women can gain, too, knowledge of the world and of human beings, which should be of immeasurable value to their marriage careers. Self-discipline, co-operation, adaptability, efficiency, economic management,—if she learns these in her business life she is liable for many less heartbreaks and disappointments in her married life.”
—Hortense Odlum (1892–?)
“The Republican convention, an event with the intellectual content of a Guns’n’Roses lyric attended by every ofay insurance broker in America who owns a pair of white shoes.”
—P.J. (Patrick Jake)
“For there can be no whiter whiteness than this one:
An insurance man’s shirt on its morning run.”
—Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)