Pure Indemnity

In Marine insurance indemnity as provided by the Marine Insurance Act for unvalued policies e.g., in the case of total loss of hull, the actual market value of the vessel. (In practice a valued policy is always issued).

Pure Loss Cost Ratio

(i) The ratio of reinsurance losses incurred to the ceding company’s subject premium. (ii) The ratio of the reinsurance losses incurred and allocated, less expense to the ceding company’s gross earned premium.
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See: “Reinsurance, Pure Loss Cost Ratio.”

Pure Premium

Portion of the total premium needs to pay expected losses and loss adjustment expenses, with no allowance for the Insurer’s expenses or profit. Pure Premium = Actual Loss + Loss Adjustment Expenses
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MEDICAL,USA,REFERENCE: See: pure premium rating method.
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The fraction of the premium payment that is used pay the probable losses.
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The pure risk premium is the product of claim frequency and claim severity per unit of exposure. Hence, pure premium can be calculated as follows… Pure Premium = Actual Loss + Loss Adjustment Expense

Pure protection contracts

Contracts that are a sub-category of long-term insurance contracts, e.g. critical illness and income protection, in respect of which: (a) the benefits are payable only on death or in respect of incapacity due to injury, sickness or infirmity; (b) the benefits are payable on death (other than accidental death) only where death occurs within 10 years of the date on which the person in question was first insured, or where death occurs before that person attains a specified age not exceeding 70 years; (c) the contract has no surrender value, or the consideration consists of a single premium and the surrender value does not exceed the premium; (d) the contract makes no provision for conversion or extension causing it not to comply with (a), (b) or (c); and (e) the contract is not one of reinsurance. These contracts are governed by the Insurance: Conduct of Business rules. Long-term care is regulated as an investment product and therefore excluded from the definition.