Section 2201.20 Definitions
"Compensation" shall relate to all insurance
effected by virtue of statutes providing compensation to employees for personal
injury or occupational disease irrespective of fault of the employer;
"Earned premiums" shall include gross premiums
charged on all policies written, including all determined excess and additional
premiums, less return premiums to policyholders, but excluding amounts returned
as dividends or unabsorbed surplus, and less reinsurance premiums and premiums
on policies cancelled, and less unearned premiums on policies in force;
provided, that any participating company which has charged in its premiums a
loading solely for dividends shall not be required to include such loading in
its earned premiums, provided a statement of the amount of such loading has
been filed with and approved by the Director;
"Liability" shall relate to all insurances except
Workmen's Compensation insurance against loss or damage from accident to or
injuries or occupational disease suffered by an employee or other person,
including death or disability and insurance against damage to or destruction of
another person's property, for all of which the insured is liable; the
definition is extended with respect to Automobile Liability to include all
coverages required by statute ("No-Fault"). This subsection shall
apply to lines of business described in the Annual Statement as Automobile
Liability and Liability Other Than Automobile. For accident years 1970 and
prior, liability shall be separated into bodily injury and property damage
wherever this separation appears in the Annual Statement.
"Loss expense" shall include, but not be limited
to, all payments made, due, or to become due for legal expenses, salaries and
expenses of investigators, adjusters and field men, rents, stationery,
telegraph and telephone charges, postage, salaries, and expenses or office
employees, home office expenses and all other payments made or to be made on
account of claims, whether such payments will be allocated to specific claims
or be unallocated but required in the discharge of the company's claim
liability.
"Loss incurred" means amounts paid and payable to
or on behalf of claimants, including amounts paid and payable for medical and
surgical attendance.