Match the Descriptions with Their Terms

Multiple Choice

Match the descriptions with their terms:
-That portion of an insurance premium designed to cover the insurer's expenses is known as the _________________.

A) ceding company
B) cession
C) credibility
D) excess line treaty or first surplus treaty
E) excess-of-loss treaty
F) formal facultative agreement
G) severity
H) gross premium
I) independent adjusters
J) informal facultative agreement
K) inspection report
L) loading
M) loss ratio
N) manual, or class, rating
O) merit, or individual,
P) policy writing
Q) pools or syndicates
R) preferred risks
S) production
T) pure premium
U) quota share treaty
V) rate making
W) rating bureau, or rate-making association
X) reinsurance
Y) reinsurance pool or exchange
Z) schedule rating