Legal liability that does not stem from a contract or legal agreement. For insurance purposes, this type of liability arises from a person injuring another person negligently.
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Legal Liability Insurance for Fire Insurance
Insurance against liability incurred because the insured’s negligence results in fire damage to others’ property in the insured’s care custody or control.
Legal majority
See: age of majority and emancipated minor .
Legal personal representative
Person who administers the estate of a deceased person. If nominated in a will, the person is an executor. A person appointed by the court is an administrator. As personal actions survive the death of a person, liability policies indemnify the insured’s legal personal representatives.
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The executor or administrator of an estate.
Legal red flag
Special warning to specific legal danger that could happen with compliance and other health care issues and the possible problems that might result.
Legal Representative
Legal representatives shall have the meaning assigned to it under Clause (ii) of Section 2 of Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Central Act of 1908) which reads: “Legal representative means a person who in law represents the estate of a deceased person and includes any person who intermeddles with the estate of the deceased and where a party, sues or sued in representative character, the person on whom the estate devolves on the death of the party to suing or sued.”
Legal reserve
See: statutory reserve .
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Minimum reserve which an Insurer must keep in order to meet the liability.
Legal reserve (Liability Insurance)
The minimum amount needed for a life insurance policy, as dictated by the laws of a specific area.
Legal reserve life insurance company
Life insurance company that operates under state insurance regulations that specify the minimum basis for the reserves the company must maintain on its policies.
Legal reserve life insurance company (Life Insurance)
A life insurance company that sustains the reserve amount mandated by the laws of the area in which it operates.