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Medical Malpractice Insurance Glossary

Absolute Liability
Accident-year Basis
Actuary
Adjusting and Other Expenses
Affidavit
Affirmative Defense
Aggregate Limits
Allegation
Allocated Loss Adjustment Expenses (ALAE)
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
Annual Aggregate Limit (claims made)
Annual Aggregate Limit (occurrence)
Annual Statement
Answer
Appeal
Appellate
Application
Arbitration
Assessability
Assets
Assumed Premium
Attorney-in-Fact
Bad Faith
Basic/Primary Coverage
Binder
Bundling
Burden of Proof
Captive Insurance Company
Carrier
Case
Case Law
Catastrophic Coverage/Patient Compensation
Cause of Action
Certificate of Authority
Channeling
Claim
Claim Reserve
Claims Reserves
Claims Severity
Claims-Made Coverage
Claims-Made Insurance Policy
Claims-Made Policy
Claims-Paid Coverage
Claims-Paid Insurance Policy
Commercial Carriers
Complaint
Composite Rate
Conditions
Consent to Settle a Claim
Contingency Fee
Contract
Counterclaim
Court Costs
Covenant
Coverage Exclusions
Covered Defense Costs
Damages
Date of Incident
Date of Reporting
Declaration
Declaration Page
Deductible
Deductible (franchise or quota share)
Deductible (involuntary)
Deductible (straight)
Deductible (voluntary)
Deductible Policy
Defendant
Defense and Cost Containment Claim Expenses
Defense Attorney
Deposition
Direct Writer
Direct Written Premium
Discovery
Discovery Proceedings
Dismissal
Dividend
Dividends
Domiciled
Earned Premium
Economic Damages
Endorsement
Excess Coverage
Excess Insurance
Excess Liability Coverage
Exclusions
Experience Rating
Extended Reporting Coverage
Extended Reporting Endorsement
Facultative Reinsurance
Frequency of Claims
General Damages
General Liability Insurance
Good Samaritan Law
Gross Written Premium
Group Coverage
Guaranty Fund
Hold-harmless Clause
Incident
Incident/Accident Date
Incurred But Not Reported (IBNR)
Incurred But Not Reported Losses (IBNR)
Incurred Expenses
Incurred Losses
Indemnity
Indemnity Payment
Indemnity Reserves
Individual Coverage
Informed Consent
Insurance
Insurance Company
Insurance Gap
Insured
Insurer
Interrogatory
Joint Underwriting Association (JUA)
JUA
Judgment
Jury Trial

Layering
Legal Expense Reimbursement Insurance Coverage
Liability
Limit
Limits of Coverage
Limits of Liability
Litigation
Locum Tenens
Locum Tenens Coverage
Loss Ratio
Loss Reserves
Malpractice
Malpractice or Professional Negligence
Mature Premium
Motion
Mutual Insurance Company
Negligence
Net Earned Premium
Net Written Premium
No-Fault
Non-assessable
Noneconomic Damages
Nonstandard Risk
Nose Coverage
Occurrence
Occurrence Insurance
Occurrence Policy
Paid Losses
Partnership/Corporation Coverage
Patient Compensation Fund
Per Incident Limits
Plaintiff
Pleadings
Policy
Policy Endorsement
Policy Jacket
Policy Term
Policyholder
Portability
Premium
Premium Credits
Premium to Surplus Ratio
Premium-to-Surplus Ratio (PIS)
Primary Coverage
Prior Acts
Prior-Acts Coverage
Professional Liability Insurance
Profit or Loss
Punitive Damages
Punitive/Exemplary Damages
Rate
Rate Maturation
Re-underwriting
Reciprocal Insurance Company
Reinsurance
Release
Remittitur
Report Date
Reporting Endorsement
Reporting Requirement
Reservation of Rights
Reserve
Reserves
Reserves-to-Surplus
Respondeat Superior
Retroactive (Prior Acts) Coverage
Retroactive Date
Retroactive Rating
Retrospective Rating
Rider
Risk Classification
Risk Classifications
Risk Management
Risk-Purchasing Group (RPG)
Risk-Retention Group (RRG)
RPG
RRG
Schedule
Self-Insurance
Settlement
Severity of Claims
Slot Coverage
Special Damages
Standard of Care
Standard Risk
Statute of Limitations
Statutory Law
Stipulation
Stock Insurance Company
Stop-Loss Insurance
Structured Settlement
Subpoena
Suit
Summary Judgment
Summons
Surplus
Surplus Contributed and Surplus Earned
Surplus-Line Insurers
Syndicate Insurance Company
Tail Coverage
Telemedicine
Territory
Testimony
Tort
Tort Reform
Total Premium Earned
Traditional-Line Carriers
Treaty Reinsurance
Trial Court
Trust
Umbrella Coverage
Unallocated Loss Adjustment Expenses (ULAE)
Underwriting
Underwriting Expenses
Underwriting Results
Unearned Premium
Verdict
Vicarious Liability

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