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TERM ASSURANCE [3 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2003-09-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Life Insurance
DEF

Life insurance under which the benefit is payable only if the insured dies during a specified period of time or term ...

OBS

Compare with "whole life insurance".

Key term(s)
  • term assurance
  • term life assurance
  • temporary assurance

French

Domaine(s)
  • Assurance sur la vie
DEF

Assurance en cas de décès par laquelle l'entreprise d'assurance s'engage à verser un capital lors du décès d'un assuré, à condition que cette éventualité survienne au cours d'une période prévue au contrat d'assurance.

OBS

assurance temporaire : terme normalisé par l'AFNOR. Extrait de la norme NF-K40-001, reproduite avec l'autorisation de l'AFNOR.

OBS

L'assurance-vie temporaire ne comporte aucune valeur de rachat.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Seguro de vida
DEF

Modalidad del seguro de vida caracterizada porque el capital es pagadero inmediatamente después de la muerte del asegurado, si ocurre antes de terminar el plazo convenido como duración del seguro.

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Record 2 2001-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Life Insurance
DEF

A basic insurance that terminates automatically at the end of a certain number of years, whether or not the insured is diseased.

Key term(s)
  • fixed-term insurance
  • fixed-term assurance

French

Domaine(s)
  • Assurance sur la vie
DEF

Contrat garantissant le versement d'un capital à une date déterminée même si l'assuré décède avant.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Seguro de vida
DEF

Modalidad de seguro de vida por la que se garantiza el pago de la suma asegurada al vencimiento de la póliza, sin que influya para ello el hecho de que viva o haya muerto el asegurado.

OBS

[Cabe anotar que el seguro a término fijo] es en realidad un seguro mixto, pero más barato que éste por cuanto, en caso de fallecimiento del asegurado, el capital se pospone hasta expirar el término fijado en el contrato.

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Record 3 1998-07-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Life Insurance
DEF

Term insurance providing the right to exchange for a permanent plan of insurance without evidence of insurability

Key term(s)
  • convertible term assurance

French

Domaine(s)
  • Assurance sur la vie

Spanish

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