Overlap

The parallel payments that occur when, following the pensioner’s death within the guaranteed pensions period, the payment of the pension runs concurrently for a time with a dependant’s pension.

Overlie

The amount of insurance or reinsurance that exceeds the insurer or reinsurer’s usual capacity. This term can also refer to an insurer or reinsurer’s commitment over and above the usual capacity.

Overriding Commission

REINSURANCE: 1) In reinsurance or retrocession business (typically proportional treaties) an allowance paid to the ceding company over and above the actual acquisition and related cost to produce and underwrite the original business.
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UK: 1. An additional commission payable to particular intermediaries who introduce a large volume of profitable business to the insurer. 2. Discount granted by a reinsurer to an intermediary or cedant to cover the cedant’s overhead expenses. To prevent a ceding office from writing business and reinsuring 100 per cent as a full-time activity for the sake of the underwriting commission, established reinsurers usually insist that the cedant retains a reasonable proportion of the business for their own account.
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A commission paid to an agent or broker on business sold by subagents in his or her territory. This term can also refer to an amount paid to a ceding company in addition to the acquisition cost to compensate for overhead expenses.
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A commission that is paid by a reinsurer to the reassured to cover the latter’s overheads in administering the reinsurance.
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UK: an allowance paid to a ceding company over and above the acquisition cost to allow for additional expenses.

Overseas investment insurance

The ECGD provides political risks cover against expropriation, war and restrictions on remittances. Breach of contract cover is also considered case by case. Cover protects investors in terms of equity in, or loans to, foreign enterprises. Bank portfolio loans cover is also available to banks in support of bank lending to overseas projects where there is no UK sponsor or UK export. The initial duration of ECGD cover is 15 years.