Minimum Premium

REINSURANCE: An amount of premium which will be charged (usually for an excess of loss reinsurance contract), notwithstanding that the actual premium developed by applying the rate to the subject premium could produce a lower figure. See Deposit Premium.
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An insurer’s lowest charge for an insurance policy. See Also: “Premium, minimum premium.”
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The minimum amount that is payable to an insurer or reinsurer as a premium in respect of a insurance or, more commonly, reinsurance contract which provides for a deposit premium. The minimum premium may be the same as the deposit premium or a different figure.

Mortgagee Endorsement

An endorsement to an insurance policy covering the policyholder’s mortgaged property to provide that, in the event of the insolvency of the insurance company, the reinsurer shall pay directly to the mortgagee and/or the policyholder the amount of loss that would have been recovered from the reinsurer by the insurance company. The endorsement may provide that the reinsurer will pay the full loss amount in accordance with the insurance protection afforded by the insurance company. Similar in concept to the Cut-Through Endorsement.

NBCR

An acronym referring to nuclear, biological, chemical and radiological exposures, which may be defined in the reinsurance agreement, for purposes of excluding, limiting or providing reinsurance coverage. This term is most often used in connection with defining what, if any, reinsurance coverage is provided for losses resulting from terrorism events.

Net Absolute(ly)

Term used in Facultative Aviation Reinsurance when no reinsurance commission is allowable.
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(1) Term used in Marine insurance to emphasize that all discounts, without exception, have been taken off a premium (02) Term used in Facultative Aviation Reinsurance when no reinsurance commission is allowable.

Net Retained Liability

The amount of insurance that a ceding company keeps for its own account and does not reinsure in any way. It is the amount of loss that a cedent retains after all available reinsurance recoveries (except in some instances for catastrophe reinsurance). See also Net Loss.

Nine-Months Rule

A contract signature rule adopted by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners generally imposing a nine-month time limit from the effective date of the treaty reinsurance agreement to the time when the treaty reinsurance contract must be actually executed by the ceding company and the reinsurer or, in the case of multiple reinsurers, the lead designated reinsurer. The rule enables the ceding company to comply with statutory and/or regulatory requirements and receive accounting treatment as prospective, as opposed to retroactive reinsurance.

Ninety-Day Rule

An account balance aging rule established by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners that provides that an insurer or reinsurer must age certain balances on Schedule F of the annual statement for reinsurance recoverables over ninety days past due for which the company may need to establish an uncollectible provision.

Non-Admitted Reinsurance

Reinsurance placed with a reinsurer that does not have authorized or equivalent status in the jurisdiction of domicile of the ceding company and for which the ceding insurer may not take accounting credit in the ceding insurer’s Annual Statement without the reinsurer posting security. (See also Admitted Reinsurance.)