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insuranceContract guaranteeing compensation to the payer of periodic premiums against loss (under stipulated conditions) by fire, death, accident, and the like. Various consumer policies also insure legal or health services, paying bills or portions thereof, within the contracted conditions. Insurance is a major component of business activity, covering potential loss of property, inventory, or goods in transit. During the Gulf War between Iran and Iraq 1987-88, it was the refusal of insurance companies to cover losses sustained by acts of war that dissuaded oil tankers from passing through the zone of hostilities. |
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| offers a training module for its Renter's Insurance product. The BYE crop insurance product will be available to corn growers in those states who plant at least 75% of their corn acres in each qualifying unit with specific traits-but not more than the current EPA refuge requirements. State legislatures around the country continue to embrace--or at least seriously consider the proposed Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Compact, despite widespread opposition by consumer groups and questions about its constitutionality raised by at least 40 state attorneys general. |
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