Compensation Glossary
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IBNR (Incurred but not Reported)
Identifying the Customer
Illness Perils
Immediate Annuity
Immediate Participation Guarantee Contract (IPG)
Immigration Prevailing Wage Rates
Impairment
Impairment Rider
Implied Authority
Impounds
Improshare
Incentive
Incentive Compensation
Incentive Pay
Incentive Stock Options (ISOs)
Incident of Ownership
Income Protection Insurance Policy
Income Replacement Benefit
Income Replacement Ratio
Incontestable Clause
Increasing Term Insurance
Incumbent
Indemnification
Indemnity Plans
Independent Contractors
Independent Investor Test
Independent Life Brokers
Independent Physicians Association (IPA)
Independent Property / Casualty Broker
Independent Variable
Indeterminate Premium Life Insurance
Indexation
Indexed Options
Indexing
Indirect Labor
Individual Account Plan
Individual Contract Pension Plan
Individual Insurance
Individual Pay Rate
Individual Practice Association
Individual Retirement Account (IRA)
Industrial Insurance
Industry Wage Surveys
Inference
Inferential Statistics
Inflation
Initial Deductible
Initial Premium
Initial Public Offering
Initial Reserve
Inpatient Care
Inside Build Up
Inside Director
Inside Payroll Costs
Insider
Insiders
Insolvency Clause
Inspection Receipt
Installation
Installment Certificate
Installment Refund Option
Insurability Conditional Premium Receipt
Insurability Provision
Insurability Statement
Insurability Type Temporary Insurance Agreement
Insurable Interest
Insurance Act
Insurance Agent
Insurance Coverage
Insurance Network
Insurance Regulatory Information System (IRIS)
Insured Plan
Insurer
Insurer Administered Organization Insurance Plan
Integrated Deductible
Integrated Dental Plan
Integrated Pension Plan
Intensive Care Units
Intercept
Interest Adjusted Cost
Interest Option
Interest Rate
Intermediate Sanctions
Internal Equity
Internal Labor Market
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
International Assignment Allowances
International Assignment Automobile Allowance
International Assignment Education Allowance
Internet
Interpleader
Interquartile Range
Intranet
Intrinsic Motivation
Intrinsic Rewards
Intrinsic Value
Invention, Imagination, Originality, or Talent
Investigative Consumer Report
Investment Companies
Investment Managers
Investment Sensitive Insurance
Investment Year Method (IYM)
Involuntary Plan Termination
Irrevocable Beneficiary
Issuing Bank
Popular Searches
Linear Regression
Defined Benefit Plans
Internal Equity
Benchmark Job
Pay Grade
Market Based Salary Increase Budget
Cost of Labor
Total Rewards
Defined Contribution Plans
Merit Increase
Lead Pay Structure Policy
Job Family
Midpoint Progression
Pay Equity
Salary Structure Change
Step Rates
General Salary Increase
Salary Grade
Range Penetration
Green Circle Rate
Mean
Geographic Differential
Consumer Price Index (CPI)
Standard Error of Estimate
Lag the Market
Market Pricing
Demotion
Minimum Wage
FICA
Black-Scholes Model Z
Market Index
Lump Sum Merit
Long-Term Incentive Plan
Red Circle Rate
Sales Compensation
Shift Differentials
Median
Stock Option Incentive
Pay Range Overlap
Individual Retirement Account (IRA)
Standard Deviation
Benchmarking
Lead-Lag Pay Structure Policy
Mode
Quartile
Bonus
Turnover
Compensable Factors
Salary Range
Hours of Work
Cost of Living
Year of Service
Gender Pay Gap
Broadbanding
Range Spread
Compa-Ratio
Coefficient of Determination
Percentile
Foreign Earned Income Exclusion
Annual Incentive
Restricted Stock
Works Council
Range
Job Evaluation
Aging Survey Data
Mix
Promotional Increase
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