| Political Risk Insurance |
| Political risk insurance can be taken out by businesses, of any size, having operations in countries in which there is a risk that revolution or other political conditions will result in a loss. |
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| Credit Insurance |
| Credit Insurance is an insurance policy associated with a specific loan or line of credit which pays back some or all of any monies owed should certain things happen to the borrower, such as death, disability, or unemployment. |
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| Pension |
| A pension (also known as superannuation) is a retirement plan intended to provide a person with a secure income for life. Although a lottery may provide a pension, the common use of the term is to describe the payments a person receives upon retirement. |
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| Annuity |
| The term annuity in current use in the insurance industry, refers to two very different types of legal contracts with very different purposes. Traditionally, for at least four hundred years, the term annuity refered to what is more correctly called today an immediate annuity. |
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| Life Insurance |
| Life insurance policies, including pensions and life annuity policies, provide payments depending on the life or the death of a particular person or persons. |
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| Health Insurance |
| Health Insurance is a type of insurance whereby the insurer pays the medical costs of the insured if the insured becomes sick due to covered causes, or due to accidents. The insurer may be a private organization or a government agency. Market based health care systems such as that used in the United States rely on private medical insurance. |
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| Real Estate |
| Real estate is a legal term that encompasses land along with anything permanently affixed to the land, such as buildings. Real estate is often considered synonymous with real property (also sometimes called realty), in contrast with personal property, or personalty. |
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| Title Insurance |
| A policy of Title insurance is a contract of indemnity between the insurance company and the owner of an interest in real property. In plain English, this means that in the event that the insured owner of an interest in the insured property suffers a monetary loss, due to a title defect or lien created prior to the effective date of the policy that is not excluded as an exception to the policy, the Title Insurance Company will defend the insured against a lawsuit attacking the title or reimburse the insured for the actual monetary loss incurred, up to the amount of the policy. |
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| Surety Bond |
| A suretyship bond is a contractual agreement between three parties: (i) the principal, (ii) the obligee, and (iii) the surety. Through this agreement, the surety agrees to make the obligee whole if the principal defaults in his performance of an obligation to the obligee. |
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| Boiler Insurance |
| Boiler insurance is a type of property insurance that pays accidental losses to machinery and equipment. Although it is called boiler insurance it can actually cover just about any device that uses, transmits or generates mechanical or electrical power; of course certain exclusions apply. |
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