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Insurance Make Money
How Insurance Companies Make Money
Question | Answer |
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The money insurance companies collect from their insureds in exchange for protection from claims | Premium |
Each claim reduces an insurance company's | Profit |
The term for the profit left after all claims have been paid out | Surplus |
What can insurance companies do with surplus to make more money? | Invest |
The key to insurance companies making money is | Good underwriting, risk selection, and getting the right premium on the right accounts. |
Is it better to collect more premium than what is paid out on claims or pay out more on claim than what premium was collected? | Collect more premium than what is paid out on claims |