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Glossary entry

Italian term or phrase:

sinistro

English translation:

losses; insurance losses

Added to glossary by Marian Greenfield
Sep 6, 2005 20:52
21 yrs ago
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Italian term

sinistro

I know that, confusingly, in an insurance context this can be translated either as "claim" or "accident" or "loss" but there are some instances where none of these seem to fit. I am translating an insurance policy document for a bank and of course the word "sinistro" crops up repeatedly, such as in the following sentences:
... l'Assicurato avrà sei mesi di tempo a partire da tale momento per scoprire e denunciare eventuali sinistri che siano avvenuti nel periodo intercorrente ...

... In caso di sinistro la Società rimborserà all'Assicurato la somma liquidata a termini di polizza ...

The "sinistri" here are not necessarily "accidents" because they relate to the workings of a bank and have to do with losses due to employee dishonesty, forged banknotes, etc. They are not "claims", because they are the basis for the claims, not the claims themselves. I don't think they can all be termed "losses" either because that would be too specific.

If possible, could an insurance expert just confirm whether I can call them "adverse events" or tell me whether there a specific insurance term I can use?

Proposed translations

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losses; insurance losses

Rpt Katrina insurance losses seen reaching billions of usd ...
'At this point we don't know what the insurance losses are going to be. ...
The biggest insurance claims are likely to stem from damage to shipping and oil ...
www.forbes.com/feeds/afx/2005/08/29/afx2194923.html - Similar pages

[PDF] ***MEDIA NOTE *** Update on Several Important Developments Related ...
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
get a better handle on the number of hurricane insurance claims that have ...
the breakdown between personal insurance losses and business insurance losses. ...
www.flains.org/public/MediaNote820.pdf - Similar pages
Peer comment(s):

agree Michele Fauble
3 mins
thanks
agree petercziraki
1 hr
thanks
agree Claudia Luque Bedregal
3 hrs
thanks
agree Angela Arnone : I agree with Marian. I don't know why Marc ain't happy with "losses", it's perfect and if there were no losses there would be no need for insurance claims. Right?
11 hrs
right.... thanks
agree Mgan
15 hrs
thanks
agree Cristina Hritcu (X)
4 days
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks Marian and to everyone for their contributions, and to Angela for your confirmation, on reflection I think you're absolutely right."
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l'Assicurato avrà sei mesi di tempo a partire da tale momento per scoprire e denunciare eventuali sinistri che siano avvenuti nel periodo intercorrente ... (to make any claims)

In caso di sinistro la Società rimborserà all'Assicurato la somma liquidata a termini di polizza ... (where there are claims/in the evnt of a claim)



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10 mins

disaster

Natural disaster
Peer comment(s):

disagree Ivana UK : there is nothing to indicate a disaster or a natural disaster
1 min
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casualty

My suggestion.
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6 hrs

(dammage) claim

In the event of a claim for dammages....

This is in Harrap's.
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loss incident

HTH

insurance claim in the event of loss or damage to a Machine, which includes parts ... calendar days of a damage or loss incident. IBM may request additional ...
www-306.ibm.com/support/operations/us/ docs/website_ibm_transit_loss_and_damage_procedure.pdf - Similar pages


Manufacturing - Consulting - Insurance Claims Services... a wide range of services both to policyholders and insurance companies ... a company's business operations and the extra expenses associated with the loss incident. ...
www.crowechizek.com/CC/ Offerings/r02c02/r02c02_005_e.htm - 79k - Supplemental Result - Cached - Similar pages


Tri-City Brokerage, Inc. -- Hackers Insurance / Computer Hacker ...... 2) provides capability to rapidly discover that a loss incident has occurred ... to consider the CIDSI (Computer Information and Data Security Insurance) product ? ...
www.hackersins.com/cci_faqs.htm -

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