Insurance Glossary


Disintermediation

The process of removing money from a financial intermediary in order to earn a higher yield somewhere else, usually with another financial intermediary. Historically, disintermediation, through policy loans or surrendered policies, has been a major problem for life and health insurers during periods of economic depression and high inflation.


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