Insurance Repository

An Insurance Repository is a facility to help policy holders buy and keep insurance policies in electronic form, rather than as a paper document. Insurance Repositories, like Share Depositories or mutual fund Transfer Agencies, will hold electronic records of insurance policies issued to individuals and such policies are called “electronic policies” or “e Policies.” The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority had issued licenses to five entities to act as Insurance Repositories: However, SHCIL Projects Limited surrendered its Insurance Repository license in September 2015 and the remaining four who are working are (i) CDSL Insurance Repository Limited (CDSL IR) (ii) Karvy Insurance repository Limited (iii) National Insurance-policy Repository by NSDL Database Management Limited and (iv) CAMS Repository Services Limited.

Insurance Risk

A general or relative term denoting the hazard involved in the insuring of property. The premium or cost of Insurance is Insurance is predicated upon the relative risk or hazard considered to be involved.

Insurance selling

An FSA regulated activity covering arranging the purchase of insurance policies; advising on insurance policies; dealing as an agent. Assisting in the administration and performance of policies is also regulated.

Insurance to Value

(i) Property Insurance equal, or almost equal, to the full insurable value of the property. (ii) Amount of property Insurance needed to comply with a Coinsurance requirement. See Also: “Coinsurance.”
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An insurance contract that estimates the worth of the items insured therein.
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The concept of purchasing sufficient insurance coverage so as to closely approximate the value of the property being insured.

Insurance trust

Written agreement created during the lifetime of the individual who creates the trust. It is funded by insurance policies on the life of the trust’s creator or by the proceeds from the policies.