A provision in a reinsurance contract stating that, when the amount of reinsurance coverage provided under a contract is reduced by the payment of loss as the result of one occurrence, the reinsurance coverage amount is automatically reinstated for the next occurrence, sometimes subject to the payment of a specified reinstatement premium. Reinsurance contracts may provide for an unlimited number of reinstatements or for a specific number of reinstatements. See Reinstatement Premium.
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When the amount of reinsurance coverage provided under a treaty is reduced by the payment of a reinsurance loss as the result of one catastrophe, the reinsurance cover is automatically reinstated usually by the payment of a reinstatement premium.
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Reinstatement clause/memorandum
See: REINSTATEMENT 1.
Reinstatement Cover
A type of reinsurance that provides a ceding company all or a portion of the ceding company’s contract or program limits that were eroded under a reinstatement clause in the original reinsurance agreement. The reinstatement cover is normally a separate agreement and the term usually incepts immediately after the date of the last loss, running through the end of the original coverage period. Customarily, the reinstatement cover provides only a single limit and is not likely to include a reinstatement provision. For example, after the major windstorms of 2004 and 2005, ceding companies that sustained losses reinsured under their reinsurance contracts may have lacked sufficient reinsurance protection for the remainder of the year. In such an instance, those insurers might attempt to secure reinsurance to replace that no longer available under the original contracts.
Reinstatement of cover
The restoration of cover following its exhaustion as a result of a loss by payment of an additional (reinstatement) premium. Many reinsurances provide for one or more automatic reinstatement of covers.
Reinstatement of data
Computer insurance indemnifying the insured in respect of the cost of reinstating data contained in the data-carrying material following accidental erasure, accidental failure of the public electricity supply when exceeding 30 minutes, and the insured being denied access to the premises or use of the computer because of loss/damage to other property in the vicinity. Other losses can be added to the cover.
Reinstatement Premium
REINSURANCE: A pro-rate reinsurance premium is charged for the reinstatement of the amount of reinsurance coverage that was reduced as the result of a reinsurance loss payment under a catastrophe cover.
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An additional premium paid to replenish (reinstate) the limit consumed in the event of a loss.
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REINSURANCE: An additional reinsurance premium that may be charged for reinstating the amount of reinsurance coverage reduced as the result of a reinsurance loss payment under a reinsurance contract, typically a “Cat” or “Clash” cover/program. See Reinstatement Clause.
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Premium to reinstate the sums insured which has been eroded by claim payments.
Reinstatement Premium Cover
A contract that reimburses a ceding company for all or part of an additional premium that is or was required to be paid to the reinsurer to effect a reinstated limit on another contract or contracts, typically a “Cat” or “Clash” cover / program.”
Reinstatement premium protection
Reinsurance treaty provision enabling the reinsured to purchase, at inception, automatic restoration of full policy limit after a claim. It removes the uncertainty associated with negotiating the premium after a loss has occurred.
Reinstatement provision
Clause in an insurance agreement that describes the conditions an insured must meet for the insurance company to restore the policy if it is terminated because of nonpayment of a renewal premium.
Reinstatement under statute
See: Fire Prevention (Metropolis) Act 1774.