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.

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.

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.

Explains that the loss subject to the reinsurance agreement is net of all other reinsurances, whether collectible or not, as well as net of salvages and all other reinsurance recoveries due to the reinsured.

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.

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.

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.)

Reinsurance arrangements, where the claims are not shared proportionately between the cedant and reinsurer.

In non-proportional business the Ceding office retains the bottom layer of risk itself and the Reinsurers only have to pay claims above this level. The most common type of non-proportional Reinsurance is called excess of loss Reinsurance. See Also: “Excess of loss Reinsurance.”