See: hospital affiliation.
Insurance Encyclopedia
Affiliation period
Length of time managed care plan members must wait before receiving benefits. It is an alternative to preexisting condition exclusions seen in insurance plans. Under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), an affiliation period may not last longer than 2 months or, if a late enrollee, 3 months. It begins on the member’s date of enrollment. If a member changes coverage more than 3 months after the enrollment date, the new plan cannot impose an affiliation period.
Affinity insurance
Affinity insurance offers policies that are specific to the members of the group. Participants can lower their insurance costs by pooling their risks.
By developing a programme tailored to your specific group, your organisation can create a customizable plan that addresses risk areas that more general policies are unlikely to address.
An affinity organisation is one that is formed around a common interest or goal to which individuals can formally or informally belong. Alumni associations, business groups, and military organisations are all common examples.
Affinity organisations also include
Trade associations are organisations that are founded and funded by businesses in a specific industry.
When a franchisor licences its business model and brand to other franchisees, a franchise is formed.
Affinity group leaders should consider an insurance scheme tailored to their members’ specific needs and risks in order to better pursue their members’ interests.
Pricing stability, insurance coverage stability, and improved services are all advantages of affinity insurance.
A low-cost insurance plan tailored solely to the needs of your customers, members, or franchisees can help you pursue your own business goals while also enhancing the reputation of your company or organisation. You can strengthen relationships by providing this added value, which will help you attract and retain loyal members.
A new affinity insurance scheme can also generate additional revenue for your company by introducing a structure that pays you commission.
When designing a scheme that directly benefits members of your affinity group, it’s critical to take into account any membership requirements as well as any other unique considerations, business protections, and pricing.
If you decide to form an affinity insurance scheme, you’ll need a captive manager to guide you through the process.
Affinity marketing
Targeting marketing efforts toward one group or category of client. Examples include grocery stores, all the employees of one company, or employees in one industry. Group business is a type of affinity marketing.
Affirm
Assert positively, Ratify the judgment of an interior court, Declare solemnly without taking an oath, that one will give true evidence.
Affirmation
A solemn declaration in the nature of an oath, made by persons who have religious scruples against taking oaths.
Affirmative Warranty
The type of warranty where the insured declares a fact is true at the time given but does not make any statement about the future.
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Warranty that something is true when the application for Insurance is made, although not necessarily that it will remain true.
Affirmed
When an appellate court declares that judgment, decree or order is valid and right and must stand as rendered in the lower court.
Affreightment
See: Contract Of Affreightment.
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A contract to carry merchandise.
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A bill of lading. A contract to transport goods by sea; either a charter party or a bill of lading.
Aforesaid
As previously stated.