Common computer coding system used for data communications that uses 128 numbers for a set of letters and characters, leaving 128 numbers as extras in an eight-bit byte. Programmers use the extra characters to create graphic characters, applicable to specific computers. The abbreviation is commonly pronounced “AS-key.”
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American trust fund
A fund established in New York to hold all Lloyd’s dollar premiums, whether originating in the US or not, and from which dollar claims are met. The fund, managed for Lloyd’s underwriters by Citibank, makes Lloyd’s one of the largest customers of one of the world’s largest banks. Most of the fund is invested in US Treasury Bonds making Lloyd’s one of the largest private investors in the US government.
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Federal law that provides disabled employees equal treatment regarding the “terms, conditions, and privileges” of employment including the right to a harassment-free work environment.
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Passed by Congress in 1990, this act requires that reasonable accommodation be made in public accommodations, including the workplace, for those with physical or mental disability.
Amortization (Pensions)
A systematic process of paying a debt, with interest, over a given number of years.
Amortization / Amortisation
Process of the gradual retirement of an outstanding debt by making periodic payments over a stated period of time.
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UK: Periodical reduction in the value of a lease or other time-related asset until the asset is written down to nil. In insurance it is the ability to match the cost of cover to the actuarial probability of risk over time. Pension scheme actuaries spread an actuarial surplus or actuarial deficiency over an appropriate period.
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Writing off part of the value of an asset in a company’s books at intervals until the value of an asset is extinguished.
Amortization schedule (Pensions)
A table detailing the schedule for paying off a debt over a given number of years.
Amortized Value
The amount at a given point in time to which the purchase price of a bond purchased at a discount or premium has been increased or decreased.
Amount at risk
The difference between the face value of a life policy and the mathematical reserve that has accrued. The net amount at risk declines throughout the duration of the contract while the reserve and its cash value increase. The amount at risk is the sum that an insurer would have to draw from its own funds rather than the policy reserve in the event of having to pay a claim for death.
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Actuarial term for the difference between the sum insured and the mathematical reserve.
Amount at risk (Life Insurance)
The difference between the given value of a life insurance policy and the cash value it has accrued. This is the amount the insurer would have to pay of his or her own money should the insured die and a death benefit need to be paid out.
Amount billed
Fee charged for the medical services rendered to a patient by a provider and submitted or transmitted by the provider on an insurance claim form. When the provider is billing, this total charge is inserted in Block 28 of the CMS-1500 insurance claim form. When the hospital is billing, this total charge is inserted in Field 47 of the UB-04 insurance claim form.