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Insurance companies themselves, as well as self-insuring employers, purchase stop-loss coverage for a premium to protect themselves. [1] In the case of a participant reaching more than the specific (or "individual") stop-loss deductible ($300,000, for example), the insurer will reimburse the insured (the company, not the participant) for the remainder of the claim to be paid over that ...
Stop-loss may refer to: Stop-loss insurance, an insurance policy that goes into effect after a set amount is paid in claims; Stop-loss order, stock or commodity market order to close a position if/when losses reach a threshold; Stop-loss policy, US military requirement for soldiers to remain in service beyond their normal discharge date
Stop-loss insurance reimbursements are made if the claims costs exceed the catastrophic claims levels in the policy, but if a stop-loss carrier became defunct or simply breached the contract, there would be nothing alleviating the self-funded plan from responsibility for the full amount of claims.
Stop-loss was created by the United States Congress after the Vietnam War. Its use is founded on Title 10, United States Code, Section 12305(a) which states in part: "... the President may suspend any provision of law relating to promotion, retirement, or separation applicable to any member of the armed forces who the President determines is essential to the national security of the United ...
Stop-loss insurance provides protection against catastrophic or unpredictable losses. It is purchased by organizations who do not want to assume 100% of the liability for losses arising from the plans. Under a stop-loss policy, the insurance company becomes liable for losses that exceed certain limits called deductibles.
The main forms of non-proportional reinsurance are excess of loss and stop loss. Excess of loss reinsurance can have three forms - "Per Risk XL" (Working XL), "Per Occurrence or Per Event XL" (Catastrophe or Cat XL), and "Aggregate XL". In per risk, the cedent's insurance policy limits are greater than the reinsurance retention.
In health insurance, copayment is fixed while co-insurance is the percentage that the insured pays after the insurance policy's deductible is exceeded, up to the policy's stop loss. [1] It can be expressed as a pair of percentages with the insurer's portion stated first, [2] or just a single percentage showing what the insured pays. [3]
In 1999, the company acquired Centris Group Inc. (insurance company). [20] The same year, the company also acquired Midwest Stop Loss Underwriters. In 2002, the company acquired Dickson Manchester Ltd. and MAG Global Financial Products. [21] [22] In 2004, the company acquired American Contractors Indemnity Company and RA&MCO Insurance companies ...