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Remote cause

Term · Insurance and risk management · MLC-T-INS-002878

A cause of loss that is far removed in the chain of events from the actual damage or injury. It is not considered the direct or proximate cause, which is the immediate and efficient cause of the loss. Insurers generally do not provide coverage for losses where the remote cause is the only identifiable factor.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-INS-002878
FieldInsurance and risk management
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-INS-002878",
  "term": "Remote cause",
  "field": "Insurance and risk management",
  "definition": "A cause of loss that is far removed in the chain of events from the actual damage or injury. It is not considered the direct or proximate cause, which is the immediate and efficient cause of the loss. Insurers generally do not provide coverage for losses where the remote cause is the only identifiable factor.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/insurance/remote-cause/"
}

Record 2,909 of 3,708 in Insurance and risk management terminology (MLC-0106). Request the full dataset.