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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Reinsurance  \Re`in*sur"ance\  (-sh?r"ans),  n. 
  1.  Insurance  a  second  time  or  again  renewed  insurance. 
 
  2.  A  contract  by  which  an  insurer  is  insured  wholly  or  in 
  part  against  the  risk  he  has  incurred  in  insuring  somebody 
  else.  See  {Reassurance}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  reinsurance 
  n  :  sharing  the  risk  by  insurance  companies;  part  or  all  of  the 
  insurer's  risk  is  assumed  by  other  companies  in  return 
  for  part  of  the  premium  paid  by  the  insured;  "reinsurance 
  enables  a  client  to  get  coverage  that  would  be  too  great 
  for  any  one  company  to  assume" 




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