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POINT TO POINT (PTP) CIRCUIT

A connection made with telephone lines with only two ending points. A PTP circuit creates a direct link between two defined locations. It is primarily set for one customer, and a fixed

POLLUTION LIABILITY COVERAGE FORM

A commercially issued form, which is used to provide coverage for any clean up costs that might be incurred by a corporation regarding its pollution excretion.

POPULATION AT RISK

A certain portion of the population who is much more exposed to dangers or harm, in comparison to the larger population.

PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT

Investment made by a company, primarily for financial gain. It does not establish lasting interest, nor does it give effective management control. Secondly, it can also mean to any type of investment

POSITIVE ECONOMICS

Positive economy is when economics is studies with the ‘what is’ and ‘what will happen’ approach, in case a certain course of action is undertaken or not.

POST-MONEY VALUATION

When a firm is valued after a sale and when new shares are issued, it is called post money valuation. Generally taken by multiplying the total amount of outstanding shares with the

PRACTICAL NURSE

A nurse who is licensed to help her patients in performing usual tasks of the day such as eating, bathing, etc. A practical nurse cannot administer medication.

PRECERTIFICATION AUTHORIZATION

An authorization that must be taken from the insurer before treatment can be gven. The physicican of the insured party has to give in an estimate of the costs, as well as

PRE-EXPORT FINANCING

Loans that are provided to exporting companies, after the lenders carefully check and ensure that orders have been placed for the goods, hence ensuring that they will get returns for their loans.

PREMIUM RECEIPT

A receipt given out to a policy holder, by the insurer or an agent on behalf of the insurer, which provides confirmation that payment has been received.

PACKAGE MORTGAGE

Usage of real estate or personal possessions in order to get creative financing by putting up the possessions as collateral is known as a package mortgage.

PAID CLAIMS

The amount that is paid to the health care providers is known as a paid claim. Usually, a health plan is required.

PANEL BANK

A set of different banks which make contributions to the EURIBOR, which constitutes the largest parties that contribute to the European Money market, regardless of the fact that most of the banks

PARADIGM SHIFT

A significant alteration of an individual’s, or a society’s view of how things behave in this world. For instance, a paradigm shift occurred when it was found that the sun is the

PARETO CHART

Regarded as one of the seven different tools used for primary quality control purposes, the Pareto chart is basically a bar graph that depicts different variances by the number of times that

PARTIAL PERFORMANCE

Completion of an act that forms a portion of a contract. A generally accepted rule suggests that partial performance can be accepted, though the contract is not considered completed until full performance

PASSIVE CONTRACT

A contract that becomes enforcable without the signing of any party. For instance, a contract to uphold the copyrights of a book are set in place as soon as the customer buys

PAST SERVICE

The time period in which a person was employed and has provided his services, usually before his pension plan became active. Might result in the exclusion of employee benefits that were with

PAUL VS. VIRGINIA

A decision that was given by the Supreme Court back in 1869, which excluded insurance from regulation by the federal government, since it was was not classified as commerce. However, the ruling

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