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The risk of a possible future change in one or more of a specified interest rate, financial instrument price, commodity price, foreign exchange rate, index of prices or rates, credit rating or credit index or other variable, provided in the case of a …

Payments or other benefits to which a particular policyholder or investor has an unconditional right that is not subject to the contractual discretion of the …

An obligation to pay guaranteed benefits , included in a contract that contains a discretionary participation feature . …

An insurer’s net contractual rights under an insurance contract . …

A contract under which one party (the insurer ) accepts significant insurance risk from another party (the policyholder ) by agreeing to compensate the policyholder if a specified uncertain future event (the insured event ) adversely affects the …

An insurer’s net contractual obligations under an insurance contract . …