enter runoff

enter runoff
 v. phr.— «It looks like some insurers will “enter runoff,” that is, do no new business and instead collect their premiums as the bonds they insure mature.» —“Ambac, MBIA Finally Have Their ’Peggy Lee Moment'” by Joe Mysak Bloomberg.com June 10, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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