See: professional activity study (PAS).
Insurance Encyclopedia
Pass through
See: first pass.
Passenger indemnity
The indemnity granted at the insured’s request under third party motor cover to passengers for accidents they cause. The indemnity applies to private car and commercial vehicle policies.
Passenger liability
The liability of the user or driver of a vehicle, ship or other conveyance towards passengers in respect of injury or damage to their property. Liability may be governed by common law, contract, statute or international convention. Passenger liability insurance for motor vehicles is compulsory under the Road Traffic Act 1988.
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The liability of a carrier to passengers for bodily injury varies with the nature of the transportation. Liability to passengers in aircraft is restricted in amount by International conventions and legislation. A ship owner’s liability to passengers is limited by legislation. The user of a motor vehicle may not contract out of his liability to passengers and must insured in respect of it without limit of amount.
Passengers Carrying Vehicles for Motor
All vehicles used for hire or reward with different registered passenger carrying capacity are categorized under class C. These may be metered or non-metered. They also include vehicles owned by hotels and hired to guests. Three-wheeler motorized vehicles are also part of this class of vehicle. A new type of vehicle introduced is “e-cart” or “e-rickshaw” by Motor Vehicle Amendment Act, 2015.
Passing off
This tort is the pretence by one person that his goods or services are those of another. The person whose business interests suffer has a right of action in damages or for an account, and for an injunction to restrain the defendant in the future. It is possible to insure under intellectual property litigation insurance against liability for having inadvertently infringed a third party’s intellectual property rights.
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A person who passes off his goods so as to misled people into thinking that they are the goods of another is subject to an action. He may insure in respect of his liability under a policy covering infringement of industrial property rights.
Passive breaches of utmost good faith
Innocent non-disclosure of a material fact and concealment, deliberate withholding of a material fact.
Passive management
A fund management strategy that seeks to match the return and risk characteristics of a market segment or index by mirroring its composition. Also called passive portfolio strategy.
Passport cover
Travel insurance compensates the insured in the range £300 to £500 for the expense of replacing a lost passport.
Password
Combination of letters and/or numbers selected by individuals, reported to management, and assigned to access computer data and for security measures.