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Life Insurance Glossary Terms  4 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y


401(k) Plan

403(b) Plan

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A.M. Best

Absolute Assignment

Accident

Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance

Accidental Death Benefit Rider

Account Value

Accumulation Account

Actual Cash Value

Actuary

Adequacy of Surplus

Adjustable Life Insurance Policy

Administrative Expenses

Administrator

Admitted Company

Adult

Age Last Birthday

Age Nearest Birthday

Agent

AIDS

Alien Company

Anniversary Statement

Annual Statement

Annually Renewable Term

Annuitant

Annuitization

Annuity

Annuity Owner

Applicant

Application

Appointment

Asset Allocation

Asset Class

Asset Quality and Concentration

Asset/Liability Management

Asset-Liability Management

Assignee

Assignment

Assignor

Attained Age

Attending Physicians Statement

Authorization

Automatic Premium Loan

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Backdate

Bank Drafts

Bear

Bear Market

Beneficiary

Benefits

Binder

Binding Receipt

Blood Pressure

Bond

Bull

Bull Market

Burial Expenses

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Capital Structure

Capitalization

Cash Build-Up

Cash Dividends

Cash Surrender Value

Cash Value

Cashing In

Cashing In or Cashing Out

Certificate of Deposit

Change of Beneficiary

Cholesterol

Cholesterol Level

Claim

Claimant

Collateral Assignment

Commission

Common Stocks

Conditional Receipt

Conditions

Contestable Period

Contingency Reserve

Contingent Beneficiary

Contract

Contributory

Conversion

Conversion Privilege

Convert

Cost Basis

Cost of Insurance

Coverage

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Date of Application

Death Benefit

Death Claim Notification

Declared Interest Rate

Declared Renewal Interest Rate

Decreasing Term Insurance

Deferred Annuity

Dependent Child Insurance Rider

Diastolic

Disability Rider

Disabled

Distribution System

Diversification

Dividend

Dividend Accumulation

Dividend Option

DUI

DWI

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Earning Trends

Effective Date

Eligibility Requirements

Endorsement

Endowment Insurance

Estate

Estate Tax

Evidence of Insurability

Exchange

Exclusion

Executor

Expense Charges

Experience Rating

Extended Term Insurance Option

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Face Amount

Face Pages

Face Value

Family Insurance Rider

Federal Estate Tax

Federal Estate Taxes

Final Expenses

Financial Markets

First In, First Out

Fitness

Flexible Premium Deferred Annuity

Fraudulent Statement

Free Look

Free-Examination Period

Front-End Load

Funeral Expenses

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Gain

General Health

Grace Period

Graded Premium Whole Life Insurance

Gross Premium

Group Insurance

Group Plan

Guaranteed

Guaranteed Insurability Rider

Guaranteed Interest Account

Guaranteed Re-Entry Rider

Guaranty Association

Guaranty Fund

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HDL

HDL Cholesterol

Hereditary

Higher Risks

High-Risk Activities

HIV

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Immediate Annuity

Impairment

In Force

In Force Coverage

In Force Policy

Incontestability Clause

Incontestable

Indebtedness

Industry Competitive Position

Industry Specific Risk

Initial Crediting Rate

Initial Interest Rate

Initial Premium

Initial Term Period

Insurability

Insurable

Insurable Interest

Insurance

Insurance Agent

Insurance Carrier

Insurance Company

Insurance Department

Insurance Policy

Insured

Insurer

Interest

Interest Rate

Interest Sensitive Whole Life

Interest-Sensitive Whole Life

Investment Income

Investment Return

IRA

Irrevocable Beneficiary

Issue Date

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Joint and Survivor Option

Joint Life Insurance Policy

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Keyman Insurance

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Lapse

Last In, First Out

LDL Cholesterol

Legal Age of Majority

Legal Guardian

Level Premium Insurance

Level Premium Period

Level Term Insurance

Leverage

Life Expectancy

Life Income Option

Life Income with Period Certain Option

Life Insurance

Life Only Option

Limited-Payment Whole Life Insurance

Liquidity

Loan

Loan Value

Long-Term Solvency

Lump Sum

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Management Experience

Market Conditions

Master Contract

Material

Material Misrepresentation

Maturity Date

Medical Application

Medical Examination

Medical History

Medical Information Bureau

Minimum Death Benefit

Minimum Premium

Minor

Misrepresentation

Misstatement of Age or Sex

Misstatement of Information

Mode of Premium Payment

Modified Endowment Contract

Money-Market Instruments

Moodys

Morbidity Table

Mortality Charge

Mortality Experience

Mortality Rate

Mortality Table

Mortgage Insurance

Moving Traffic Violations

Mutual Fund

Mutual Insurance Company

Mutual Insurance Companys Earnings

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National Association of Insurance Commissioners

Noncontributory

Non-forfeiture Option

Non-medical Application

Nonparticipating Policy

Non-qualified

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Operating Leverage

Operating Performance

Option

Organization Structure

Original Age Conversion

Other Insured Rider

Owner

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Paid-Up Dividend Addition

Paid-Up Insurance

Partial Surrender

Partial Withdrawal

Participating Policy

Payee

Pension

Period Certain and Life Thereafter Option

Period Certain Only

Periodic Payments

Permanent Life Insurance

Permanent Resident

Physically Fit

Policy

Policy Benefits

Policy Dividend

Policy Loan

Policy Loan Interest

Policy Matures

Policy Reserve

Policy reserves

Policy Rider

Policy Year

Policyholder

Policyowner

Portfolio

Pre-authorized Check Agreement

Preferred Rates

Preferred Risk

Premium

Premium Class

Premium Due Date

Premium Frequency

Premium Loan

Pre-Tax Annual Income

Primary Beneficiary

Probate

Product Lines

Profitability

Proposed Insured

Proposed Owner

Protection

Provider

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Quality and Diversification of Assets

Quality of Investments

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Rate Class

Rated Policy

Reduced Paid-Up Insurance

Re-Entry

Re-Entry Provision

Reinstatement

Reinsurance

Reinsurer

Renew

Renewable Term Insurance

Renewal Premium

Renewal Premiums

Replacement Form

Replacement Policy

Replacing Company

Reserve Adequacy

Return on Investments

Revocable Beneficiary

Rider

Risk

Risk-Adjusted Capital Ratios

Rollover

Roth IRA

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Second-to-Die

Second-to-Die Policy

Section 1035(a) Exchange

Security

Separate Account

Settlement Options

Single Premium Deferred Annuity

Single-Premium Whole Life Insurance

Specifications Page

Spousal Insurance Rider

Spread of Risk

Standard & Poors

Standard & Poors 500 Composite Stock Index

Standard Risk

Stock Insurance Company

Substandard Premium Rate

Successor Beneficiary

Suicide Clause

Surplus

Surplus Position Relative to the Companys Risk Profile

Surrender

Surrender Charge

Systolic

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Target Premium

Tax Deferral

Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act

Technical and Miscellaneous Revenue Act

Temporary Insurance Agreement

Term Conversion

Term Coverage

Term Dividend Addition

Term Life Insurance

Term Rider

Terminate

Termination

Territories

Tobacco

Traditional IRA

True Age

Trust

Trustee

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U.S. Citizen

Underdeveloped Countries

Underwriter

Underwriting

Universal Life Insurance

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Variable Universal Life Insurance

Void

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Waiver of Premium Rider

Weiss Research Inc

Whole Life

Whole Life Insurance

Withdrawal

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Yearly Renewable Term




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