A foreign client, a German parent company, an English-language tender – insurance terminology has to work live in three languages. This mini dictionary gives the twenty most common terms in an EN–DE–HU table, made for the negotiating table. Full definitions: Glossary A–Z.
- Twenty terms, three languages – the vocabulary of contracts and certificates of insurance.
- The translations are the established technical-language forms; in any specific document, the meaning defined there always governs.
- Its practical companion: foreign client requirements.
The dictionary
| English | Deutsch | Magyar |
|---|---|---|
| insurance portfolio | Versicherungsportfolio | biztosítási portfólió |
| independent insurance broker | unabhängiger Versicherungsmakler | független alkusz |
| commercial property insurance | Sachversicherung | vagyonbiztosítás |
| liability insurance | Haftpflichtversicherung | felelősségbiztosítás |
| professional indemnity insurance | Berufshaftpflichtversicherung | szakmai felelősségbiztosítás |
| product liability | Produkthaftung | termékfelelősség |
| business interruption | Betriebsunterbrechung | üzemszünet |
| renewal date | Hauptfälligkeit | évforduló / fő-lejárat |
| cover / coverage | Deckung | fedezet |
| certificate of insurance | Versicherungsbestätigung | fedezetigazolás |
| deductible / excess | Selbstbeteiligung | önrész |
| limit of indemnity | Deckungssumme | limit / kártérítési határösszeg |
| exclusion | Ausschluss | kizárás |
| underinsurance | Unterversicherung | alulbiztosítás |
| claim notification | Schadenmeldung | kárbejelentés |
| claim | Schadenanspruch / Anspruch | kárigény |
| policyholder | Versicherungsnehmer | szerződő |
| insured | Versicherter / versicherte Person | biztosított |
| insurance policy | Versicherungsschein / Police | kötvény |
| SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) | KMU (kleine und mittlere Unternehmen) | kkv |
The table is an informational word list: the meaning defined in the specific contract or certificate should always be read from that document.
Using it in practice
The dictionary's typical terrain is English-language certificate-of-insurance requests and the insurance clauses of foreign contract drafts – in detail: foreign client requirements and certificate of insurance for partners. If an unfamiliar term comes up in a document, it's worth finding its definitions section before translating – in technical language, words are worth exactly what the contract says about them: condition-reading method.
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