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An insurance policy specifies on the one hand the benefits payable by the insurer (benefits may consist of one payment or a series of payments, see Chapters 3 and 4), and on the other hand the premium(s) payable by the insured. Three forms of premium payment can be distinguished:

  1. 1.

    One single premium,

  2. 2.

    Periodic premiums of a constant amount (level premiums),

  3. 3.

    Periodic premiums of varying amounts.

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Gerber, H.U. (1990). Net Premiums. In: Life Insurance Mathematics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-02655-7_5

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