MEDICAL,USA: 1. Cost of a unit of insurance coverage for an individual insurance policy. 2. Dollar amount for group insurance coverage that is stated in a master plan. Also called contract rate .
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UK: Amount charged for each unit of insurance or variable associate, e.g. turnover, reflecting the level of activity. The rate varies according to the degree risk (e.g. high, medium, low) and breadth of the cover. The rate may be per class or a rate per cent (or per mille).
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Price per unit of Insurance, usually per Rs. 100 or Rs. 1,000 per year.
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The cost of insurance, broken down to a per-unit cost.
Tag: MEDICAL
Premium receipt book
Book given to the insured when an insurance agent makes a policy sale during a home visit. It contains prenumbered receipts signed by the agent when the agent collects a premium.
Premium reduction option
Stated choice in which life insurance policy dividends are applied to the payment of renewal premiums.
Premium refund
Dollar amount returned to the insured because of favorable experience. Also called dividend, experience refund, experience rating refund, and retroactive rate reduction.
Premium statement
Invoice or bill from the insurance company that is sent to the insured for each premium due on an insurance plan.
Premium surcharge
Additional premium amount in which the standard Medicare Part B premium goes up 10% for each full 12-month period (beginning with the first month after the end of the beneficiary’s initial enrollment period) in which the beneficiary could have had Medicare Part B but did not take it. There is also a surcharge for Medicare Part D.
Premium tax
Government- or state-imposed fee based on the net premium income collected in a jurisdiction by an insurance company.
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A tax, imposed by each state, on the premium income of insurers doing business in the state.
Premium-delay arrangement
See: deferred premium arrangement.
Prenotice
Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, advanced written statement to an insurance applicant from an insurance company that an investigative consumer report must be obtained on the applicant.
Preop
Abbreviation for preparation for operation or preoperative. See preoperative (preop).