siniestro

English translation: incident

12:03 Nov 5, 2017

Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Insurance

Spanish term or phrase: siniestro

I am confused about which term to use in English for siniestro. I am translating a Castilian Spanish insurance policy for business trips, and in it the "siniestro" can refer to lost baggage, abduction and kidnapping, illness, death, injury, delay of flights, etc. It also refers to a "siniestro" when the phrase indicates a claim (as in presenting the claim to the insurance company). I have looked at many policies online, as well as glossaries and dictionaries and the terms are not consistent. Some say accident, others say casualty, loss, claim, insured loss, catastrophe, incident......

Is it just a catch-all word in Spanish that needs to be specified in English? Or is there a term to cover all of these things? (It seems strange to me to use "casualty" for a delayed flight).

Thanks for helping to clear this up.

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English translation:incident

Explanation:
As I mentioned in the Discussion, I think "incident" is appropriate for a lost luggage claim.

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neilmac
Spain
Local time: 15:40

Grading comment

The reason this gets asked over and over is that the one word in Spanish has many different words in English. It is never very clear.
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claim

Neil Crockford

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incident

neilmac

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20 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

claim

Explanation:
This can be tricky to translate as there is no single word you can use in English. You could add "insured event" to your list.

Where a variety of events are covered, it is probably better to use "claim" in a policy aimed at consumers.

Between insurers and reinsurers, "loss" is commonly used

Neil Crockford
Local time: 14:40
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5 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

incident

Explanation:
As I mentioned in the Discussion, I think "incident" is appropriate for a lost luggage claim.

Example sentence(s):

Again, you have enough time to recover from a passport or baggage loss incident.
... he helped us with a baggage loss incident that went on for 4 days...

https://www.theguardian.com/news/oliver-burkeman-s-blog/2013/sep/03/british-airways-promoted-tweet-complaining
https://www.sportdiver.com/how-to-recover-lost-luggage-travel-tips

neilmac
Spain
Local time: 15:40
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English
PRO pts in category: 76

Grading comment

The reason this gets asked over and over is that the one word in Spanish has many different words in English. It is never very clear.

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