Legal Dictionary

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  • Claim

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Claim Meaning of Claim The assertion of a right to a remedy , relief or property . Frequently used as synonymous with cause of action . The right to demand something of another. Frequently the term is […]

  • Explosion

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Explosion Meaning of Explosion A sudden and rapid combustion, causing violent expansion of air. See Jersey insurance Co.ofN.Y.v Heffron (C.A.S. C.) 243 F.2d 136. […]

  • Explosion

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Explosion Meaning of Explosion A sudden and rapid combustion, causing violent expansion of air. See Jersey insurance Co.ofN.Y.v Heffron (C.A.S. C.) 243 F.2d 136. […]

  • Exchange

    A transfer of property for property or some value other than money . barter . Even where money changes hands, in addition to property, it would still be an exchange. A trade is an exchange. Also, the place where merchants, businessmen, brokers, agents, etc., voluntarily […]

  • Benefits

    The payments or value of services available under the coverage of a plan for treatment of medical costs….

  • Benefits

    The payments or value of services available under the coverage of a plan for treatment of medical costs….

  • 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 […]

  • Estate

    Estate

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Estate Meaning of Estate The degree, quantity, nature and extent of interest which a person has in real property is usually referred to as an estate and it varies from absolute ownership down to naked […]

  • Estate

    Estate

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Estate Meaning of Estate The degree, quantity, nature and extent of interest which a person has in real property is usually referred to as an estate and it varies from absolute ownership down to naked […]

  • 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 […]

  • General Agent

    General Agent

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