Priority

The term used in some reinsurance markets outside the U.S. to mean the retention of the primary company in a reinsurance agreement.
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Legal preference.

Priority liabilities

Priority to pay some liabilities, e.g. guaranteed minimum payments, before others when a pension scheme is wound up. If the assets are insufficient to meet all liabilities the priority rule applies. The trustees must follow this scheme rule in deciding the order in which they settle scheme liabilities.