retrocession

[ret″ro-sesh´un]

a going backward; backward displacement.

ret·ro·ces·sion

(ret'rō-sesh'ŭn),

1. A going back; a relapse.

2. Cessation of the external symptoms of a disease followed by signs of involvement of some internal organ or part.

3. Denoting a position of the uterus or other organ farther back than is normal.

[L. retro-cedo, pp. -cessus, to go back, retire]

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ret·ro·ces·sion

(ret'rō-sesh'ŭn)

1. A going back; a relapse.

2. Cessation of the external symptoms of a disease followed by signs of involvement of some internal organ or part.

3. Denoting a position of the uterus or other organ farther back than is normal.

[L. retro-cedo, pp. -cessus, to go back, retire]

Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012

ret·ro·ces·sion

(ret'rō-sesh'ŭn)

1. A going back; relapse.

2. Cessation of external symptoms of disease followed by signs of involvement of some internal organ or part.

[L. retro-cedo, pp. -cessus, to go back, retire]

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That threatens their viability, and they also become more expensive to the retail market they serve because of the retrocession baggage imposed on them.

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Applying New York law, English Court of Appeal (Civil Division) dismisses Exxon's appeal from adverse rulings on coverage of insurance policies having to do with Alaskan oil spill of 1989

The fight for retrocession, however, seems to highlight another side of the story.

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Since retrocession, the ultimate power to interpret statutes has been passed on from the CFA to the National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC).

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About 10% of all direct premiums are reinsured to government-owned re-insurer Central Reinsurance Corp., which has comprehensive retrocession coverage, S and P said.

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Reinsurance is typically bought by an insurance company wanting to lay off some of the risk it has taken; reinsurers themselves can then lay off the risk, ad infinitum, in a process called "retrocession." Lloyd's did this compulsively and incestuously, reinsuring itself through its own syndicates.

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The retrocession abroad is generally for high valued risks like Aviation.

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Alarmed by the threat implicit in Spain's retrocession of Louisiana to France in 1800, President Jefferson appointed James Monroe to purchase New Orleans and West Florida from the French.

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