[E052]

excess of loss ratio insurance or reinsurance

A company wishing to protect itself in the event its net loss ratio for a given year rises above a certain percentage may buy reinsurance which pays in excess of that figure up to a higher agreed percentage, beyond which the company is once more liable. In short, a plan which takes the sting out of an above­average net loss ratio.

(See Stop Loss Reinsurance.)

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