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Webster 1913 Edition


Reinsurance

Reˊin-sur′ance

(-sh?r′ans)
,
Noun.
1.
Insurance a second time or again; renewed insurance.
2.
A contract by which an insurer is insured wholly or in part against the risk he has incurred in insuring somebody else. See
Reassurance
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Reinsurance

REINSU'RANCE

,
Noun.
[re and insurance. See Sure.]
An insurance of property already insured; a second insurance of the same property. Such reinsurance is permitted by the French commercial code; but in England is prohibited by statute, except when the first underwriter is insolvent.

Definition 2024


reinsurance

reinsurance

English

Noun

reinsurance (plural reinsurances)

  1. (business, finance) Insurance purchased by insurance companies that spreads the risk associated with selling insurance around so the danger of one large monetary loss is minimized.

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