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PORTFOLIO THEORY

How a portfolio is managed. Risk and returns are measured to create diversification strategies.

PRELOSS FINANCING

Funding arranged before loss is incured. It is less expensive than post loss financing because the capital is there when its needed. Refer loss financing.

PRIVATE PLACEMENT

A debt not registered with the securities regulator. It is sold on a ceveat emptor basis to only experienced investors. It is illiquid and only transfers to a short list of buyers.

PURE CATASTROPHE SWAP

A swap transaction that allows an insurer to diversify their portfolio by exchanging uncorrelated catastrophic hazards. Refer to catastrophe reinsurance swap.

PATH-DEPENDENT OPTION

An option whose payment depends on the price path of the asset at another time. There are many types of this option. Refer to path independant option.

PINK SHEETS

The records used to report securities and penny stocks. Before the internet it was recorded on pink paper.

POSITION TRADING

A strategy that hold a long or short position for a week to several months. It is used in the short term but has a better chance than momentum trading.

PREMIUM CAPACITY

When an insurer can write a large amount of policies on one line or risk.

PROBABILITY OF RUIN

The potential a company will file for bankruptcy. It is used to calculate the default in default models.

PURE PREMIUM

The amount an insurer needs to cover their expenses. Along with premium loading it is used to calculate fair premium. Refer to expense loading.

PACKAGE POLICY

An insurance policy that includes more than two different kinds of coverage; for example, personal and commercial.

PAYBACK RULE

The amount of time it takes to pay back investments. The investment repayment takes the form of cash flows over the life of the asset. A discount rate can be given. Refer

PINNING THE STRIKE

When stock with heavy options trades near strike price of its most active option.

POSITIVE BASIS

When the price of cash is greater than the price of the futures. Refer to basis risk and negative basis.

PREMIUM LOADING

The amount an insurer needs to cover its expenses and generate profit. Fair premium is determined using premium loading and pure premium.

PRODUCER PRICE INDEX

The inflaction of a wholesale purchase. It is based on the manufacturing process not the associated services. Refer to consumer price index, harmonized index of consume prices, and retail price index.

PURE PREMIUM RATING METHOD

The way premium on property and causality insurance is calculated. Premium loading factors are not used in the process. AKA standard risk. Refer to speculative risk.

PEREMPTORY DEFENSE

A defense which insists that the plaintiff never had the right to institute the suit, or that, if he had, the original rightis extinguished or determined.

PRETERMITTED DEFENSE

One which was available to a party and of which he might have had the benefit if he had pleaded it in due season, but which cannot afterwards be heard as a

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