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Category: G

GROUP CERTIFICATE

Lists group benefits given to each group plan policyholder. Typically, this is a certificate .

GROUP MODEL HMO

An insurance firm that makes an agreement with providers and hospitals to pay a fixed rate for care provided to their clients.

GROWTH INVESTING

When stocks with good earnings and growth are bought with no accounting for the prices. They have low dividend yield and less protection. They are more risky and the interest changes depending

GUARANTEED INVESTMENT CONTRACT (GIC)

A financial contract between an INSURER and an individual or PENSION PLAN (as BENEFICIARY) that provides the beneficiary with a specific return on CAPITAL invested over the life of the contract. The

GUARDIAN AD LITEM

The party the court deems responsible for an incapacitated, handicapped, or minor in court.

GUIDING PRINCIPLES

Any ideas that give an organization guidance in circumstances even if goals change and work changes.

GAP PERIOD

Duration for calculating total earnings on excess deferral distributions from Roth IRA and relevant 401(k) plans. Typically occurs between a distribution date and a calendar segment end date, quarterly or yearly.

GATEKEEPER

Authorized person with access control to a decision maker or specific information. Typically a junior officer or a secretary.

GENERAL ADJUSTMENT BUREAU

A stand-alone company adjusting claims as well as training adjusters. Essentially an adjustment clearinghouse for many different insurers.

GENERAL COMMODITY RATE

All commodities have the same, general rate applied, typically priced by bulk unit, unless otherwise specified. Also called an in-transit commodities rate .

GENERAL LIEN

A general lien applies only to personal property in the US. Covers the goods or property that gives rise to the debt as well as all the goods or property of the

GENERAL REVENUE

Unallocated funds acquired through business and property taxation. Monies that may be utilized for any purposes as received at the state and local levels of government. A state applies funds to a

GESTALT

No exact English equivalent exists; Fuzzy German word. Completeness, configuration, essence, form, manner, organic structure, totality, and wholeness are parts of the varying definition. For an individual, the organized form or pattern

GIFT-LEASEBACK

Transferring assets or property ownership to a trust or beneficiary by signed arrangement. The original owner rents / leases the property or assets back from the trust or beneficiary after signing the

GIVE UP

Highly scrutinized, most investment firms avoid this practice. Who is entitled to the commission fee on a transaction that an investment broker posts for another investment broker but takes record of full

GLOBAL DEPOSITORY RECEIPT (GDR)

Issued by one country’s bank as negotiable certificate. Traded on the stock exchange of another country against a certain number of shares held in its custody. Can be bought and sold like

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