tombstoning n.— «It is believed part of Mohamed’s scam involved “tombstoning”—an illegal practice of signing the names of dead or fictitious people to life insurance policies and collecting an advance commission from the...
monoline n.— «Health insurance is offered by about 1,300 organizations. Of these, 819 are insurance companies—560 life, 221 casualty and thirty-eight monoline, offering only health insurance.» —“Savings Dollar Eagerly...
monoline n.— «Only 13 companies belong to MICA. They are the closely regulated “monoline” mortgage insurance firms that only guarantee mortgage loans, with state laws forbidding them to enter any other insurance business...
robo-call n.— «Last time I got robocalled, the discussion went something like: “Would you like blah blah blah insurance information…?”» —“Re: Retaliate against Robot salesmen (Update)” by Peter da...
pre-sick adj.— «The line between having a bad gene and having a bad disease is blurred. Even though you have no symptoms of illness, you may be treated by your health insurance company as though you do. In short, you are genetically...
go bare v.— «Dr. Edwin Colbern is “going bare”—that is, he is practicing medicine without malpractice insurance coverage.» —“Some Practicing With No Policies” in L.A. WashingtonPost Jan. 26, 1976...