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UMBRELLA LIABILITY COVERAGE

Policy of liability insurance covering claims not covered or in excess of cover amount under basic policy for liability.

UNDERCUT

Offering goods or services at a deliberately set lower price than competition.

UNDERWRITE

1. General. Document that is signed at the end to signify agreement , correctness or truth of contents. 2. Banking. Evaluating risk for lending by analysing loan contract details. 3. Insurance. Evaluation

UNEARNED REVENUE

Payment that is received before a service is provided or a good is sold.

SPEECH RECOGNITION

Technology enabling computers to recognize spoken words. The sound is digitized and then matched to a pattern stored on the database.

SPLIT LIMIT

General term referring to coverage that is divided into separate amounts depending on the loss type.

SPREAD DURATION

Measuring the sensitivity of a bond price based on basis point changes of more than 100.

STAGED PAYMENTS

Payments that are made in installments bot not necessarily in a regular or an equal amount.

STANDARD OF FAIRNESS

The level of even handedness used in dispensing justice where claims are recognized in order of legal and contractual priority.

STAPLE PRODUCT

The most important product forming the major part of an economy’s output or the GDP of a country.

STATIC DECISION

A decision that is implemented and whose outcome is controlled b y the person making the decision.

STEP RATE

One that moves up and down in a fixed or standard progression.

STICKY SITE

Web site that is well organized , content rich where visitors will return again and again.

STOCKTAKING

Verification of number of items in an inventory to accurately value and audit the stock.

STRATIFICATION

1. Classification of large quantity of data into groups based on criteria exhibited. 2. Society’s hierarchical arrangement into layers based on features such as gender, race, age.

STRONG MARKET

A market where sellers are outnumbered by buyers and prices are trending upwards.

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