A business interruption policy clause to provide the insured with an alternative basis for adjusting a claim when the interruption is short and the turnover method impractical. The practice is for the insurer and the loss adjuster to calculate the loss on a ‘sales value of output’ basis, provided that the lost output cannot be regained within the indemnity period. Insurers are sufficiently flexible in their approach to allow this practice to be adopted even if the clause is not included.

term describing techniques that provide a funding source other than conventional (re)insurance to meet defined risks. The insured may seek to smooth his earnings over a period of years and seek committed funding to deal with prospective loss and/or secure post-loss funding. The insurer taking the risk combines discounted cashflow techniques with actuarial risk analysis. Techniques include: finite reinsurance, financial reinsurance and contingent capital.

methods of transferring insurance risk, other than by conventional reinsurance.

Generic phrase to denote various non-traditional forms of (re)insurance and techniques where risk is transferred to the capital markets. More broadly it refers to the convergence of (re)insurance, banking and capital markets. See FINANCIAL REINSURANCE; FINITE REINSURANCE; SECURITISATION; ALTERNATIVE RISK FINANCING; WEATHER DERIVATIVES. (See Figure 1).