Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.

captive insurance company

See INSURANCE COMPANY.

insurance company

A corporation or association that issues insurance policies.

mixed insurance company

An insurance company having characteristics of both stock and mutual companies in that it distributes part of the profits to stockholders and also makes distributions to the insureds.

mutual insurance company

An insurer whose policyholders are its owners, as opposed to a stock insurance company owned by outside shareholders. Cf. STOCK INSURANCE COMPANY.

stock insurance company

An insurance company operated as a private corporation and owned by stockholders who share in the company's profits and losses.

stock life-insurance company

See INSURANCE COMPANY.