Our glossary explains technical terms from the areas finance and reinsurance. We hope it facilitates the understanding of our texts, publications and annual reports. If you have comments or suggestions, please use our feedback form!
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Non-life business
by way of distinction from operations in our life and health reinsurance business group, we use this umbrella term to cover our business group comprised essentially of property and casualty reinsurance, specialty lines and structured reinsurance products.
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Non-proportional reinsurance
reinsurance treaty under which the reinsurer assumes the loss expenditure in excess of a particular amount ( priority) (e. g. under an excess of loss treaty). This is in contrast to proportional reinsurance.
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Negative screening
Investment approach that excludes problematic sectors or companies from the outset.