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Reinsurance ceded

Term · Insurance and risk management · MLC-T-INS-002848

The portion of risk that a primary insurer transfers to a reinsurer. This reduces the primary insurer's exposure to potential losses and allows it to underwrite more policies than its capital alone would permit. Ceded reinsurance is recorded as an asset on the ceding insurer's balance sheet.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-INS-002848
FieldInsurance and risk management
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-INS-002848",
  "term": "Reinsurance ceded",
  "field": "Insurance and risk management",
  "definition": "The portion of risk that a primary insurer transfers to a reinsurer. This reduces the primary insurer's exposure to potential losses and allows it to underwrite more policies than its capital alone would permit. Ceded reinsurance is recorded as an asset on the ceding insurer's balance sheet.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/insurance/reinsurance-ceded/"
}

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