Compensation Glossary
Welcome to ERI SalaryExpert's compensation glossary, your resource for commonly used terms, formulas, and phrases related to compensation.
Experience Refund
Several definitions: 1) The part of an insurance premium, which is given back to, the policyowner who experiences better than predicted claim experience. May also be known as an experience rating refund and or retroactive rate reduction. See dividend. (2) The part of a reinsurance premium which is returned to the ceding company in a situation whereby the actual claim experience is better than that which was predicted.
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