Category: Health Insurance Terms Dictionary

  • Beneficiary

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Beneficiary Meaning of Beneficiary One who is entitled to the benefit of property ; one for whose benefit a trust is created; one for whose benefit a trustee , an executor , etc., holds the property. One […]

  • After Care

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of After Care Meaning of After Care The care or follow-up treatment needed by a patient who has recently undergone surgery, been involved in an accident or has experienced an illness requiring […]

  • Premium

    A consideration ; a reward for an act done; a bounty or bonus . Also, the annual or periodic payment made by an insured to the insurer in consideration of the insurer issuing the policy of insurance or renewing the same.

  • Cooperatives

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Cooperatives Meaning of Cooperatives Cooperatives or insurance cooperatives were proposed in the Senate as an alternative to a proposed government plan or public option. The cooperatives, which would have […]

  • Benefit

    Advantage; profit. In the context of certain social welfare legislations, the term means periodic payments made to a qualified recipient.

  • Managed Care

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Managed Care Meaning of Managed Care An organized way to manage costs, use, and quality of the health care system. The major types of managed care plans are health maintenance organizations (HMOs) and […]

  • Risk

    Hazard , danger , peril , exposure to loss, injury , disadvantage or destruction, and comprises all elements of danger. Knox Jewelry Co. Inc. v Cincinnati Ins. Co., 203 S.E.2d 739, 130 Ga.App. 519. In insurance law, it denotes that specified contingency or peril contemplated in the […]

  • Attachment

    Attachment

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Attachment Meaning of Attachment The seizure or taking of property for the purpose of placing same under the control of the court and held to satisfy a judgment to be obtained. Russell v Fred G. Pohl Co., […]

  • General Agent

    General Agent

    This typically refers to a middle man agent who facilitates business between retail agents and the insurance company….

  • Morbidity

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Morbidity Meaning of Morbidity A mathematical representation of the occurrence of illnesses to a specific classification of people. Related Entries of Morbidity in […]

  • Insured

    Insured

    The person who procures an insurance. …

  • Insured

    Insured

    The person who procures an insurance. …

  • Agent

    Agent

    (Lat. agens, from agere, to do). One who undertakes p transact some business, or to manage some affair, for another, by the authority and on account of the latter, and to render an account of it. 1 Livermore, Ag. 67; 2 Bouv. Inst. 3. The term is one of a very wide application, and […]

  • Agent

    Agent

    (Lat. agens, from agere, to do). One who undertakes p transact some business, or to manage some affair, for another, by the authority and on account of the latter, and to render an account of it. 1 Livermore, Ag. 67; 2 Bouv. Inst. 3. The term is one of a very wide application, and […]

  • Hospital Care

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Hospital Care Meaning of Hospital Care Reimbursement for both inpatient and outpatient medical care expenses incurred in a hospital. Inpatient Benefits include; Charges for room and board, charges for […]