Extended benefits

1. Insurance coverage of more than basic health plans. 2. Insurance policy provision that extends coverage for a certain time period after termination of benefits. Also called extended insurance . 3. Allows medical coverage to continue past termination of employment. See also Consolidated Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA) .

Extended care

Long-term inpatient care in a skilled nursing facility (SNF) or convalescent or nursing home, rather than a hospital. Frequently patients who are recovering after hospitalization are sent to SNF. Also known as convalescent care .

Extended coverage

An early and indivisible package of property insurance perils said to have been devised to make possible the spread of windstorm insurance beyond the highly exposed coastal and plains states. For those whose exposure to windstorm was less, extended coverage also encompassed smoke damage, hail, riot and civil commotion, aircraft and vehicle damage, and explosion insurance. Included here for historic purposes only since the term, extended coverage, is no longer in general use.

Extended coverage (EC) endorsement

An endorsement to a standard fire policy adding coverage for the following perils
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An endorsement to a standard fire policy adding coverage for the following perils windstorm, hail, explosion (except of steam boilers), riot, civil commotion, aircraft, vehicles, and smoke. The EC perils are now included in most property policies without the need for a separate endorsement.