loss ratio

1. 1.

   the ratio of the annual claims paid by an insurance company to the premiums received

   Broaderratio

Questions about loss ratio

What does loss ratio mean?

loss ratio means "the ratio of the annual claims paid by an insurance company to the premiums received".

Is loss ratio a common word?

loss ratio is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.