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100

Looks for a value in the leftmost column of a table, and then returns a value in the same row from a column you specify.

What is VLOOKUP?

100

This is the value of an insurance policy.

What is the policy premium?

100

The amount of money a carrier has given to a customer for a claim.

What is the paid loss amount?

100

This report provides drivers, vehicles and prior insurance information for all states.

What is Lexis Nexis Prefill?

100

This metric measures the relationship between incurred claims and earned premium.

What is incurred loss ratio?

200

Adds the cells specified by a given set of conditions or criteria.

What is SUMIF or SUMIFS?

200

The sum of policy premiums from all active policies at a specific point in time.

What is in force premium?

200

The amount of additional money a carrier expects to pay a customer on for a claim.

What is the loss reserve amount?

200

This expensive report provides adjudicated driver violations.

What is an MVR report?

200

This metric measures the relationship between incurred claims plus expenses against earned premium.

What is combined ratio?

300

Multiplies corresponding elements in one or more arrays and then sums the products.

What is SUMPRODUCT?

300

The portion of the premium the carrier has collected for which it has already provided coverage.

What is earned premium?

300

The total amount of money a carrier already paid, plus the additional amount they expect to pay for a claim.

What is the incurred loss amount?

300

This free report provides information on drivers, vehicles, prior insurance, violations and claims, but only in Massachusetts.

What is an RMV report?

300

This metric indicates the percent of customers that accepted a policy renewal offer.

What is renewal retention?

400

A function that returns the current date.

What is TODAY or NOW?
400

The total amount of premium a carrier has added to their books in a particular period.

What is written premium?

400

The amount of money a carrier can collect from selling total loss vehicles or collect from other carriers.

What are salvage and subrogation?

400

This report, commonly used by law firms, provides non-adjudicated driving violations.

What is a DHI report?

400

This metric indicates the percent that a specific group of customers stayed with a carrier over a 12-month period.

What is persistency?

500

A function that calculates the number of working days between two given dates, excludes weekends and optionally, a list of specified holidays.

What is NETWORKDAYS?

500

The premium amount that corresponds to the time period remaining on an insurance policy.

What is unearned premium?

500

The amount we expect to pay for past losses not yet reported to us.

What is IBNR (incurred but not reported)?

500

These two scores, used in rating, are ordered in the Comp Rater.

What are Insurance Score and Vehicle History Score?

500

This denotes the size of a carrier in relation to its competitors by comparing the carrier's size to the total industry.

What is a market share?