loss ratio

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loss ratio

The ratio between the premiums paid to an insurance company and the claims settled by the company.

loss ratio

(Business / Insurance) the ratio of the annual losses sustained to the premiums received by an insurance company

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loss ratio - the ratio of the annual claims paid by an insurance company to the premiums received

ratio - the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient)

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As insurers know less about a new business risk than a renewed risk, it may take several years for new business loss ratios to reach the more favorable loss ratio levels of the renewal book of business.

Be prepared: insurers need ways to monitor their operations and ... by Duffy, Tom / Best's Review

``Their loss ratios were much higher, so combined, our loss ratio has gone up.

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Softening motor insurance market conditions were evident as the loss ratio of the top 20 insurers increased in 2005.

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