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Loss Ratio
The ratio of paid and incurred claims plus expenses to premium.
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formula for a given line of insurance used by property and casualty insurance companies to compare losses and loss adjustment expense with premiums.

Loss Ratio - The ratio of incurred losses and loss-adjustment expenses to net premiums earned. This ratio measures the company's underlying profitability, or loss experience, on its total book of business.

Loss ratio
The ratio of losses paid or accrued by an insurer to premiums collected over a year.

Win/Loss Ratio - A ratio of the total number of winning trades to the number of losing trades. It does not take into account how much was won or lost simply if they were winners or losers.
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Credit Related Expenses: foreclosed property expenses plus the provision for losses.

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Loss Ratio
In P&C insurance, the ratio of losses incurred to premiums earned for a specified period expressed as a percent. Losses include claims, independent adjusters fees and legal fees allocated to particular claims.
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The loss ratio is similar, but is sometimes defined subtly different as claims paid (rather than payable).
The claims ratio can be combined with the expense ratio to produce the combined ratio.
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'Combined ratio' = loss ratio + expense ratio + commission ratio. Loss ratio is calculated by dividing the amount of losses (sometimes including loss adjustment expenses) by the amount of earned premium.

The other way to express this Win/Loss ratio is to take the number of wins and divide it by the number of losers. The Win/Loss Probability; or, Wins per 1 Loss measures your ACCURACY in selecting trades.

For example the ceding company would absorb all losses in their entirety until the aggregate losses reach a specific dollar amount or maximum loss ratio.

Insurance coverage that will pay out income that a policyholder loses as a result of a disability, injury, or business disruption.
Loss ratio
The ratio of losses paid or accrued by an insurer to premiums collected over a year.
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See also: Expense, Mergers, Banks, Values, Compensation

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