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Home Term Insurance Definitions complete retention

complete retention

Complete retention is a risk financing tactic in which the organization assumes the entire risk of loss, rather than transferring that risk to another entity, such as an insurer.

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partial retention

Partial retention refers to an organization's retention of a portion of the risk and transfer of...