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Unless otherwise specified in the policy, Actual Cash Value in California suggests Fair Market Value. The Fair Market Price of an item is the dollar quantity that a knowledgeable buyer (under no uncommon pressure) wants to pay and a knowledgeable seller (under no unusual pressure) is ready to accept.
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A licensed individual or company authorized to sell and service insurance policies for an insurance provider.

Aggregate Limit

The optimal dollar quantity of coverage in force for a residential or commercial property damage policy or liability policy. This maximum quantity can be figured on a per event basis or as a basic aggregate for the complete policy term.

Agreed Value

A technique of loss assessment where the guaranteed and the insurance company list an agreed upon quantity to be paid in case of loss. This assessment method is most common in residential or commercial property insurance coverage when guaranteeing valuable art work, antiques, or traditional automobiles. A professional appraisal is usually required.

Arbitration Clause

A provision in an insurance plan that permits the insured and the insurer to each appoint an arbitrator if they can not concur upon a proper claim settlement. Once the arbitrators have actually been picked, they in turn appoint an independent umpire. If the arbitrators disagree, then the umpire decides which declares settlement to support. The decision is binding.

Betterment

A circumstance that occurs in a loss when an old piece of residential or commercial property is changed by a brand name brand-new item. The insured is put in a better monetary position than they were before the loss happened, and consequentially may need to pay the difference in rate for the betterment.

Binder

A short-term agreement that supplies temporary insurance coverage till the policy can be released or provided.

Broker

A licensed person or company who offers and services insurance cops in your place.

Broker-agent

A licensed person who can function as a representative representing several insurance providers, and likewise as a broker handling one or more insurers representing your interests.

Cancellation

The termination of an in-force insurance coverage contract by either the guaranteed or the insurer before its normal expiration date.

Claim

Notice to an insurance coverage company that a loss has occurred that may be covered under the conditions of the policy.

Claim Adjuster

The individual who examines the damage triggered by a covered loss and identifies the total up to be paid under the policy terms.

Claims Made

A liability insurance plan where protection uses to during the policy period anytime the loss happened subject to a retroactive beginning date.

Coinsurance

An insurance provision that specifies the amount of each loss that the business pays according to the quantity of insurance carried, divided by the quantity of insurance coverage needed. This fundamental formula connects to a contracted portion of coverage that must be needed to prevent a coinsurance penalty.

Combined Single Limit

When bodily injury liability and residential or commercial property damage liability is expressed as a single amount (limit) of coverage.

Commercial Lines

Insurance protections for companies, commercial institutions, and expert organizations, as contrasted with individual insurance coverage.

Commission

A portion of the policy premium that is paid to a representative by the insurance provider as settlement for the agent's work.

Concurrent Causation

Occurs when two or more perils cause a loss. When only one of these dangers is covered by the insurance policy, the court normally rules that the whole loss is covered. Many insurance provider have reworded their policies to clarify that only a loss attributed to a covered danger is indeed covered.

Conditions

The part of an insurance coverage agreement that states the rights and responsibilities of the insured and the insurance provider.

Consequential Bodily Injury

In Workers Compensation, unique situations can arise when a job-related injury causes some sort of non-work associated injury. (Please see Loss of Consortium, Dual Capacity, and Third Party Over glossary definitions.)

Coverage

Protection that is provided under an insurance coverage.

Declarations (DEC) Page

Usually the first page of an insurance plan that includes the full legal name of the insurance coverage company, the policy number, efficient and expiration dates, premium payable, the quantity and types of protection, and the deductibles.

Deductible

The amount of the loss that the insured is responsible to pay before advantages from the insurance policy are payable.

Depreciation

The real or accounting acknowledgment of the decline in value of residential or commercial property over a time period according to an established schedule.

Dual Capacity

In Workers Compensation, an employer may be responsible two ways to a worker who sustains physical injury on the task as an outcome of utilizing a service or product produced by that company. The employee is qualified for Workers Compensation benefits and may likewise take legal action against the company because of the defectiveness of the hurting services or product.

Earned Premium

The part of the policy premium paid by a guaranteed that has actually been designated to the insurance business's loss experience, expenses, and revenue year to date.

Endorsement

A written agreement that changes the terms of an insurance coverage policy by adding or deducting coverage.

Effective Date

The beginning date of an insurance plan: the date the policy goes in to force.

Exclusion

A legal arrangement in an insurance plan that denies or limits protection for certain hazards, individuals, residential or commercial property, or areas.

Experience Modification

The modification of premium arising from the use of experience ranking. Experience ranking plans show an insured's past loss experience (usually from the past 3 years) and utilizes this experience to customize and identify the prem

The termination date of coverage as suggested on an insurance coverage.

First Party

The policyholder (insured) in an insurance coverage agreement.

Flat Cancellation

Cancellation that takes location on the policy reliable date. No premium charge is made