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| South Bend | | Make sure you have a new policy in | | Lloyd's Broker: A person who has the |
| Youngstown | | place before you cancel your old one | | authority to negotiate insurance |
| Hemet | | to avoid a lapse in coverage. This will | | contracts with the underwriters on the |
| Brooklyn | | also prevent having to figure out the | | floor at Lloyd's. |
| Chattanooga | | amount of any unused premium that is | | |
| Canton | | due to you from your old insurance | | Paid-In Surplus: Surplus paid in by |
| Ogden | | company, or having to spar with your | | stockholders, as contrasted with |
| Walnut Creek | | agent about exactly when your policy | | surplus earned through the |
| Dallas | | was cancelled and how much they | | operations of a business. |
| Florissant | | owe you. | | |
| Topeka | | | | Losses Incurred: The total losses, |
| Denton | | Healthy people have the best | | whether paid or not, sustained by an |
| Akron | | mortality risks and thus are much | | insurer during a given period, e.g., 12 |
| Wilmington | | cheaper for companies to insure. This | | months. |
| Longwood | | translates into lower rates for the | | |
| Austin | | Super Preferred customer than | | Appraisal: An evaluation of property |
| Stockton | | someone with higher risk factors such | | made to ascertain either the |
| Irving | | as a heart condition, cancer or | | appropriate amount of insurance to |
| Bay City | | diabetes. Conversely, if you were | | be written or the amount of loss to be |
| Clearwater | | unhealthy when you acquired your | | paid. |
| Naples | | policy, and your health has now | | |
| Quincy | | improved, it might be time to shop for | | Accident Year Experience: Measures |
| Clarksville | | a new policy, as your rates are likely | | premiums and losses relating to |
| Glendale | | to be lower. | | accidents which occurred during a |
| Huntington | | | | 12-month period. |
| Decatur | | Shopping around is the best way to | | |
| Schaumburg | | save money on your insurance. | | Domestic Insurer (or Company): An |
| Bethlehem | | | | insurer formed under the laws of the |
| Belleville | | Everyone has different needs, and | | state in which the insurance is written. |
| Goldsboro | | not one size fits all when it comes to | | |
| Bayside | | term life insurance. While it may make | | Lapsed Policy: One which has been |
| Riverside | | sense for people in their 30s and 40s | | allowed to expire because of |
| Spokane | | to secure a 20-year term length, a | | nonpayment of premiums. |
| Portland | | 10-year term might be more | | |
| Wilmington | | appropriate for someone nearing | | |
| Albuquerque | | retirement. | | |