Prospective reserve

A life or health insurance reserve estimated to be sufficient to pay future claims. It is the amount designated as a future liability to meet the difference between the present value of projected future benefits and expenses as well as the present value of future premiums.

Prospective review

1. Process of going over financial documents before billing is submitted to the insurance company to determine documentation deficiencies and errors. 2. Method of evaluating a case before admission to find out if hospitalization is necessary, the estimated length of stay, or alternate outpatient treatment.

Prospective service

Length of potential service of a member up to a future age or date. This is used in some instances in working out IR limits on early retirement and by some schemes for other purposes, e.g. calculating incapacity pensions or spouse’s pensions.

Prospectus

UK: a form giving details of the cover available under a policy, optional additional benefits, rebates etc, often printed as part of the proposal form.
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A proposal form which also details the Insurance cover available.
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The disclosure document prepared and distributed by a company in connection with its offer to sell securities. The 1933 Act broadly defines the term to include any notice, circular, advertisement, letter or communication, whether written or by radio or television, which offers any security for sale. The prospectus may not contain any false or misleading information regarding the securities or the offering. In private placements of securities (i.e., securities offerings that are exempt from registration with the SEC), this disclosure document is frequently referred to as an “offering memorandum” or “offering circular.”

Protected cell company

A single entity that segregates its assets between different cells. Each cell is used by a company whose risks are not sufficiently large to justify forming their own captive but they get the benefits of self-insurance. The offshore’ legislation, under which PCCs operate, was originally designed for rent-a-captives but is now applied more widely.