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Enterprise

or the provision of services, of any kind, or in investment, or in the business of acquiring, holding, underwriting or dealing with shares, debentures or other securities of any other body corporate, either directly or through one

Double insurance

in trust for the assurers. Double insurance is therefore entirely different from re-insurance, which is effected by the underwriter to secure himself from a loss. Double insurances are not prohibited by the law maritime unless fradulently made;

Deviation

lawful excuse as defined by s. 49, ibid., from the due course of the voyage; it discharges the underwriters; see (English) Marine Insurance Act, 1906 (6 Edw. 7, c. 41), ss. 45 and 46. (2) In the

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Assurer

Assurer, an insurer against certain perils and dangers; an underwriter; an indemnifier.

insurer

insurer : one that contracts to indemnify another by way of insurance : an insurance company or underwriter

Abandonment

is necessary where there is nothing which, on abandonment, can pass to or be of value to the underwriters, Rankin v. Potter, (1873) LR 6 HL 83. The abandonment of a sunken ship frees the owner from

Lloyds

An association of underwriters and others in London for the collection and diffusion of marine intelligence the insurance classification registration and certifying

Insurer

who or that which insures the person or company that contracts to indemnify losses for a premium an underwriter

Insurancer

One who effects insurance an insurer an underwriter

treaty reinsurance

risks of a given class to a predetermined extent as soon as they are insured by the direct underwriter compare facultative reinsurance

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