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Reinsurance

Learn about the insurance that an insurance company can purchase to cover the risks in the company’s own policy portfolio.

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Reinsurance is an insurance policy that transfers some of one insurer’s risks to a second insurer. In this relationship, one insurer buys a reinsurance policy in order to offload some risks from the policies it’s already issued. This insurer is called the ceding insurer or cedent because it cedes or hands over its existing risks. The second insurer, the one who issues the reinsurance policy and takes over part of the ceding insurer’s risks, is called the reinsurer.

I. Reasons for Reinsurance

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Lessons

1. Welcome to Insurance Law
  • Welcome to Insurance Law
2. Insurance Basics
  • Fundamental Insurance Principles
  • Laws Governing Insurance
  • Types of Insurance
3. The Insurance Policy
  • Forming An Insurance Contract or Policy
  • Interpreting Policy Terms: General Principles
  • Interpreting Policy Terms: Plain Meaning and Ambiguity
  • Policyholder Claims and Remedies for Policy Disputes
  • Insurance Company’s Policy Rights and Remedies
4. Property (First-Party) Insurance
  • Property Insurance Coverage
  • Property Insurance Conditions, Exclusions, and Limits
  • Property Loss Claims
5. CGLs and Liability (Third-Party) Insurance
  • Claims Covered by Liability Insurance
  • Liability Insurance Conditions and Exclusions
  • Insurer’s Duty to Defend
  • Claim Settlement and Insurer Duty to Indemnify
  • Coverage from Multiple Liability Policies
6. Specific Types of Insurance