Spot Assistance Riders for Motor Insurance

The coverage under this extension provides for a number of emergency services that a vehicle owner could face in daily usage of the vehicle. Some of these emergencies may not involve accidental damage to the vehicle. The extension applies to the insured’s city of residence and within a distance of 100 kms from city. Repairs/services of insurers authorized repairers to be availed. Spot Assistance may include (a) Flat battery – providing alternative arrangements to make the vehicle mobile again. (b) Spare keys In the event of loss arrange for pick-up and delivery of spare keys (c) Flat Tyre – refit/replacement (d) Minor repairs (e) Towing (f) Urgent message relay following accident or breakdown (g) Medical coordination (h) Fuel assistance – up to 3 liters of fuel at cost (i) Taxi service – from breakdown site to maximum up to 50 or 100 kms. (j) Accommodation for one day following immobilization of vehicle to due to accident (k) Legal advice: Telephonic legal advice to maximum 30 minutes.

spousal IRA

Trust account established for an individual who is not covered by a qualified employee retirement plan. This account may be created by purchasing individual retirement annuities from an insurance company.

Spousal liability or marital extension

Refers to coverage afforded under most D&ampO, EPL, fiduciary, and similar insurance policies for claims against the spouse of an insured person if the claim against the spouse is solely by reason of the spouse’s legal status as a spouse of the insured person or because of the spouse’s ownership interest in property that the claimant seeks as recovery for alleged wrongdoing by the insured person. This coverage extension does not apply to the extent the claim against the spouse alleges wrongdoing by the spouse.

Spread Loss

REINSURANCE: (01) The working cover subject to a prospective rating plan. (02) A form of excess reinsurance wherein each year’s premium rate is determined by the amount of the ceding insurer’s excess losses for a specified number of preceding years. A form of experience rating.
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A form of reinsurance under which premiums are paid during good years to build up a fund from which losses are recovered in bad years. This reinsurance has the effect of stabilizing a cedant’s loss ratio over an extended period of time.
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UK: Aggregate excess of loss financial reinsurance under which premiums, under a multi-year contract, are paid during the good years to build up a fund from which losses are recovered in poor years. Premiums accumulate in an investment fund as well as additional premiums paid if losses exceed the fund balance. Cover is fixed on a per year basis, often stop loss. The key is to stabilise the cedant’s losses over time.

Spread of Risk

One of the basic functions of a sound Underwriting Policy. A system whereby the total amount at risk in any one exposure is spread amongst a large groups of Insurers and Reinsurers so that the ultimate net loss rests lightly on many rather than heavily on a few.
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The selling of insurance in multiple areas to multiple policyholders to minimize the danger that all policyholders will have losses at the same time. Companies are more likely to insure perils that offer a good spread of risk. Flood insurance is an example of a poor spread of risk because the people most likely to buy it are the people close to rivers and other bodies of water that flood. See Adverse selection.

Spread vehicle

A corporate member which participates in a number of syndicates.
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UK: Corporate member or a group of corporate members writing alongside individual members on a spread of syndicates across the market.