Appeal

{
  "id": "MLC-T-INS-000439",
  "term": "Appeal",
  "field": "Insurance and risk management",
  "definition": "A formal request made to a higher authority to review and reverse a decision made by a lower one. In insurance, this can refer to a policyholder's request for the insurer to reconsider a denied claim, or a litigant's petition to a higher court to review a trial court's judgment. A party filing an appeal is known as the appellant, while the responding party is the appellee.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/insurance/appeal/"
}