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SPECIAL COVERAGE FORM

Offer a broad coverage to any property, commercial or personal that will cover all risks but might have a lot of other exclusions.

SPECIAL REPORT

An auditor certified document that measures how a company or business has complied with GAAP.

SPECIAL PERSONAL PROPERTY FORM

A form that has been nearly replaced by Building and Personal Property Coverage Form and covers commercial risks for all perils.

REGRESSION ANALYSIS (RA)

Statistical approach to forecasting conversion in a dependent variable based on change in one or more independent variables. Also known also as curve fitting or line fitting.

REGRESSIVE TAX

The taxation that takes place on a larger percentage of a lower income and smaller percentage of an income that is higher.

SPECIAL SITUATION

A situation that arises that will require a company to sell of some of its shares.

REGRESSION TOWARDS THE MEAN

The statistical propensity of a data series to gravitate towards the center of a distribution, provided it starts on the either end of the distribution and is free to fluctuate.

SPECIAL JOURNAL

A book containing original entries that is ditinct from a general journal that is used for recording only specific types of transactions that are repeated during the month.

SPECIAL TOOLING

Any specialised equipment that can be only be used for a specific purpose. Items like gauges, dies, molds, jigs, patterns.

SPECIAL RESOLUTION

A resolution that requires an important decision to alter terms of articles of association or memorandam of association. It requires no less than 21 days notice, no less than 3/4 of the

SPECIAL BUILDING FORM

A form that was used to cover a commercial building against any perils. Now obselete and replaced by the Building and Personal Property Coverage form.

SPECIAL MEETING

A meeting of share holders called in order to discuss a specific matter that has ben stated in the meeting notice.

SPECIAL AGENT

See general agent also. The agent who acts only for a principal and only for a particular purpose.

SIGMA

1. The Greek symbol for sigma that represents a sum ot total operation.2. See also six sigma.

SPECIAL LIEN

A lien that includes the right to sell a property in default after giving notice and without getting a foreclosure.

SOFT DOLLAR

1. Payment that is instead of cash and is in kind. 2. A claim, benefit, discount or interest as opposed to cash.

SIGNIFICANT INFLUENCE

The influence that is exerted by one firm over another where the first firm owns between 20 and 50 % share in the other firm.

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