US: (1) A document which amends the policy or certificate. It may increase or decrease benefits, waive the condition of coverage or in any other way amend the original contract. (2) A special policy provision or group of provisions that may be added to a policy to expand or limit the benefits otherwise payable. (3) A document that modifies the policy. It may increase or decrease benefits, waive a condition or coverage, or in any other way amend the original contract.
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A document that modifies the protection of a policy, either expanding or decreasing its benefits or adding or excluding certain conditions from the policy. Same as an Endorsement.
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A document, attached to a policy, that changes the policy’s coverage, either by increasing or decresing benefits, or barring some conditions from coverage.
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US: A form that is attached to a surety or fidelity bond that alters the provisions of the bond form in some manner. A rider is the surety and fidelity equivalent of an insurance policy endorsement, and though not common, insurance endorsements are sometimes called riders.
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Another term for an endorsement attached to a policy that modifies the coverage.
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MEDICAL, US: See: endorsement, amendment, and waiver .
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Usually known as an endorsement, a rider is an amendment to the policy used to add or delete coverage.