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In the insurance industry, gross premiums written is the sum of both direct premiums written (see next paragraph) and assumed premiums written, before deducting ceded reinsurance. Direct premiums written represents the premiums on all policies the company's insurance subsidiaries have issued during the year.
Independent agents own and control their accounts, policy records, and renewals. If an independent agent’s contract with a particular insurance company terminates, the agent retains the rights to active accounts and may place them with another insurer. Competition exists between exclusive agents and independent agents.
For example, a life insurance agent’s commission can be quite considerable during the first year of the policy, but often very small thereafter; and whole life insurance policies will earn a ...
Logo of the Million Dollar Round Table. The Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT) is a trade association formed in 1927 to help insurance brokers and financial advisors establish best business practices and develop ethical and effective ways to increase client interest in financial products, specifically risk based products like life insurance, disability and long term care. [1]
Permanent life insurance: Permanent life insurance offers coverage until the policyholder’s death as long as the other terms of the insurance contract are met (e.g. the premium is paid). This ...
Difference in conditions (DIC) insurance policy is a form of expanded coverage designed to supplement standard insurance policies by covering what they may lack.
Corporate-owned life insurance (COLI), is life insurance on employees' lives that is owned by the employer, with benefits payable either to the employer or directly to the employee's families. Other names for the practice include janitor's insurance and dead peasants insurance .
Chart of a life insurance. Variable or indexed life insurance is a form of life insurance that has cash value linked to the performance of one or more investment accounts within the policy. Because of its investment features, insurance carriers in the United States typically register offerings of variable life insurance with federal and state ...