[R038]

reinsurance capacity

1) With respect to an individual account, insurer, or a book of business, it is the amount a reinsurer has available to commit to that risk, that insurer, or that book of business.

2) On a broader scale, this term is also used to express the total amount available in the national or worldwide basis for reinsurance offerings.

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