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Self-Administration
The procedure where an employer maintains all records regarding the employees covered under a group
insurance plan.
Self-Employed Individual's Retirement Act
An act of the U.S. Congress, approved in 1962, permitting self-employed people and their employees to
take advantage of tax benefits similar to those offered under tax-sheltered annuities and the qualified
retirement plans of large organizations. It is also known as "H.R. 10" and the "Keogh Act".
Self-Insurance
A program for providing group insurance with benefits financed entirely through the internal means of
the policyholder, in place of purchasing coverage from commercial carriers.
Senior Citizen Policies
Contracts insuring persons 65 years of age or over. In most cases these policies supplement the coverage
afforded by the government under the Medicare program.
Short-Term Disability Income Insurance
The provision to pay benefits to a covered disabled person as long as he or she remains disabled up to
a specified period not exceeding two years.
Special Risk Insurance
Coverage for risks or hazards of a special or unusual nature.
Split Limits of Liability - Professional Liability Insurance
Extended as an option to professional liability coverage under the Professional Liability Program,
split limits provide professional liability coverage with a per claim limit of liability as well as a
higher annual aggregate, or cumulative, limit. Split limits offer insured firms an affordable means to
increase coverage and extend protection against multiple claims in the same policy year. With split
limits of $100,000/$250,000, the policy will cover a single claim up to $100,000 and the cumulative amount
of $250,000 for multiple claims.
Standard Insurance
Insurance written on the basis of regular morbidity underwriting assumption used by an insurance company
and issued at normal rates.
Standard Provision
Those contract provisions generally required by state statutes until superceded by the uniform policy
provision.
Standard Risk
A person who, according to a company's underwriting standards, is entitled to insurance protection without
extra rating or special restrictions.
Straight Life Insurance
Whole life insurance for which level premiums are payable for the lifetime of the insured.
Substandard Insurance
Insurance issued with an extra premium or special restriction to those persons who do not qualify for
insurance at standard rates.
Substandard Risk
An individual, who, because of health history or physical limitations, does not measure up to the
qualification of a standard risk.
Suicide Provision
A clause which excludes suicide as a specified risk for a specified period after policy issue.
Surgical Expense Insurance
Health insurance policies which provide benefits towards the physician's or surgeon's operating fees.
Benefits may consist of scheduled amounts for each surgical procedure.
Surgical Schedule
A list of cash allowances attached to the policy, which are payable for various types of surgery, with a
maximum amount based upon the severity of the operation.
This information should not be construed as legal advice or a legal opinion on any factual situation. This summary is for illustrative purposes and is not a contract. It is intended to provide a general overview, at the time first posted, of the topics described. Only the insurance policy can give actual terms, conditions and exclusions.