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API 28 - Chapter 9
Personal Insurance: Underwriting and Marketing Practices
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09/06/2010

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Arson
Definition
The criminal act of burning or attempting to burn property
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Surge Protectors
Definition
Electrical circut breakers, that are plugged into outlets; electonic devices are then plugged into the surge protector outlets
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Daily Unoccupancy
Definition
Term used by underwriters to describe the hazards associated with homes that are unoccupied during the day.
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Windstorm
Definition
Becomes a hurricane when its winds exceed speeds of 74 miles per hours
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Catastrophe reinsurance
Definition
A special form of reinsurance that protects insurers against the adverse effects of catastrophes and limits the insurer's total loss to a predetermined amount.
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Agricultural smudging
Definition
If a late frost threatens fruit buds or blossoms, oil burning smudge pots are burned at night around trees. A dark oily cloud covers the trees to prevent the frost from killing the buds.
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"R" Value
Definition
Stands for resistance to heat transfer.
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Real Property
Definition
Land and all structures permanently attached to the land.
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Personal Property
Definition
Property other than Real Property
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Plaster or Lath
Definition
Wall covering method, used before drywall
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Radiation Shield
Definition
Protects combustible surfaces from the heat generated by a wood stove
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A Thimble
Definition
A double walled pipe that allows a chimney pipe to pass through a combustible wall without a heat contact.
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A knob-and-tube-circut
Definition
Identified by glass insulators nailed to roof and ceiling joists in the attic
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Consolidated soil
Definition
Clay and limestone aged for thousands of years to becoma a solid base for construction.
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Unconsolidated soil
Definition
Gravel and sand. (Might liquefy during an earthquake.
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