Combination Plans

A form of combined reinsurance which provides that in consideration of a premium, which is a fixed percentage of the ceding company’s subject premium on the business covered, the reinsurer will indemnify the ceding company for the amount of loss of each risk in excess of a specified retention and subject to a specified limit and after deducting the excess recoveries on each risk, the reinsurer will indemnify the ceding company against a fixed quote share percent of all remaining losses.

Combined Code on Corporate Governance

Re-published in 2003 following the Higgs Report and the Smith Guidance on Audit Committees. The Code raises corporate governance standards for listed companies, and incorporates the Turnbull report on internal control, the Smith guidance and good practice guidance from Higgs. Directors should at least annually conduct a review of the effectiveness of all internal controls including financial, operational, compliance and risk management. The FSA’s Listing Rules underpin the Code by obliging companies to state in their annual reports how they have applied the principles of the Code (www.frc.org.uk).