Loss ratios, what a payout rate tells you about a product, and the difference between insurance and something sold beside it.
This level is about judging a product by what comes back rather than by how it is described.
The loss ratio is the share of premiums an insurer returns as claims. Published payout rates on products sold at a finance desk run from about three-quarters of premium down to a quarter.
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