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<p>Bot: Creating new article from JSON</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>🤝 &#039;&#039;&#039;Risk-sharing&#039;&#039;&#039; is an arrangement in which two or more parties divide the financial burden of potential losses, rather than one party bearing the entire exposure alone. In insurance, risk-sharing is not merely a concept — it is the industry&#039;s foundational mechanism. Every [[Definition:Insurance policy | policy]] represents a transfer of risk from the insured to the [[Definition:Insurance carrier | carrier]], and carriers in turn share portions of their aggregate exposure through [[Definition:Reinsurance | reinsurance]], [[Definition:Coinsurance | coinsurance]], [[Definition:Insurance pool | pools]], and [[Definition:Insurance-linked security (ILS) | capital markets instruments]].<br /> <br /> 🔄 The structures through which risk-sharing operates vary widely. In a [[Definition:Quota share | quota share]] treaty, a [[Definition:Ceding company | ceding insurer]] and [[Definition:Reinsurer | reinsurer]] split [[Definition:Premium | premiums]] and [[Definition:Claim | losses]] by a fixed percentage. [[Definition:Excess of loss reinsurance | Excess of loss]] arrangements share risk above a specified [[Definition:Attachment point | attachment point]]. Government-backed programs — such as the [[Definition:Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA) | Terrorism Risk Insurance Act]] or [[Definition:National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) | National Flood Insurance Program]] — create public-private risk-sharing frameworks where the federal government absorbs catastrophic layers that private markets cannot efficiently price. At the micro level, [[Definition:Deductible | deductibles]], [[Definition:Coinsurance | coinsurance clauses]], and [[Definition:Self-insured retention (SIR) | self-insured retentions]] ensure the policyholder retains skin in the game, aligning incentives and reducing [[Definition:Moral hazard | moral hazard]].<br /> <br /> 🌐 Sound risk-sharing arrangements strengthen the stability of the entire insurance ecosystem. By dispersing exposures across multiple balance sheets and capital sources, the industry can absorb [[Definition:Catastrophe | catastrophic events]] that would overwhelm any single participant. From a strategic standpoint, carriers calibrate their risk-sharing programs to optimize the trade-off between [[Definition:Net retention | net retention]] and the cost of [[Definition:Risk transfer | risk transfer]], targeting the level of volatility their [[Definition:Capital | capital]] base and [[Definition:Risk appetite | risk appetite]] can sustain. As new perils emerge — [[Definition:Cyber risk | cyber]], [[Definition:Climate risk | climate]], pandemic — innovative risk-sharing models are essential to expanding [[Definition:Insurability | insurability]] and closing the global [[Definition:Protection gap | protection gap]].<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Related concepts&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> {{Div col|colwidth=20em}}<br /> * [[Definition:Reinsurance]]<br /> * [[Definition:Coinsurance]]<br /> * [[Definition:Quota share]]<br /> * [[Definition:Risk transfer]]<br /> * [[Definition:Insurance pool]]<br /> * [[Definition:Risk retention]]<br /> {{Div col end}}</div>

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