BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Coverage
- the percentage of a target audience reached by different media
Wiktionary Definition for: Coverage
- The amount that something or someone is covered.
- Ex:''Don't go to lunch if we don't have enough '''coverage''' for the help-desk phones.''
- Ex:''Before laying sod on that clay, the ground needs two inches of '''coverage''' with topsoil.''
- Ex:''The enemy fire is increasing - can we get some immediate '''coverage''' from those bunkers?''
Additional Resources
- Obtaining Insurance Coverage for a Business
- Every business needs insurance against risks that might threaten its profitability, including theft and work-related injuries. A small business is more vulnerable to the consequences of these incidents, since it rarely has the resources to cover sudden and unexpected expenditures.This article explains what insurance your business is legally required to...
- Articles 2007-10-23
- EDP Coverage And The Internet
- The American Association of Insurance Services AAIS has revised the Electronic Data Processing EDP section of its Inland Marine Guide in an effort to reflect on and clarify key coverage issues involving electronic property. The new section now includes definitions for "computer virus" and "computer hacking" and explains the coverage...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- As Health Costs Rise, Loss of Coverage Accelerates
- Amid all the misleading talk about “death panels,†the “public option,†and the supposed “government takeover†of health care, it’s easy to miss how the lack of healthcare reform is affecting Americans. But Families USA, a nonprofit consumer advocacy organization, is doing its best to keep our eyes on the...
- Blog posts 2009-08-21
- First Party Property Insurance Coverage For Mold Damage: Does It Exist When The Policy Excludes Loss Caused by Mold?
- Most property insurance policies expressly exclude coverage for loss caused by mold and fungus. While this exclusion may appear to express a clear intent that mold and fungus losses will not be insured, the coverage determination is often not nearly that simple. Instead, an analysis of what caused the mold,...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- The Battle Between The Courts And Coverage âHow To Handle The Innocent Co-Insured
- This article describes the development of the law on coverage for innocent co- insured and the policy considerations that affect courts interpretations of policies. It also examine how articles and modifiers interact to determine coverage, and how a severability of interests clause may or may not determine whether the insurer...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Employer-Sponsored Disability Insurance: Where Are the Gaps in Coverage?
- A great deal of public policy attention focuses on workers without health insurance coverage. Coverage by disability insurance - that is, insurance that replaces workers' wages in the event of a disability - receives far less attention. This paper analyzes trends in rates of coverage by private employer-sponsored disability coverage...
- White papers 2004-03-01
- The Easiest Way to Get Media Coverage
- The Easiest Way to Get Media CoverageRE: The Easiest Way to Get Media CoverageYes, this is a very good tip. A couple practical matters to go along with this. There should be one "point person" to deal with media. This person can coordinate all the resources of the company to...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-26
- Estimating coverage needs
- Life insurance provides payments to your beneficiaries that replaces some or all of your income if you die during the coverage period. These payments make up what is called a death benefit. Most life insurance policies are taken out to replace family income in the event of an untimely death....
- White papers 2003-09-08
- Insurance Coverage for Power Outage Losses
- The article describes that the first step in analyzing property insurance coverage for power outage losses is to determine whether there has been direct physical loss or damage. Indeed, property insurance policies insure only against risks of direct physical loss or damage to property insured under the policy, as this...
- White papers 2001-10-01
- Terrorism Act Brings Coverage and New Complexities to Insurers
- The U.S. Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 ("TRIA") has added significant capacity to the insurance market place for terrorism coverage. The method of implementation chosen by legislators has significant ramifications for insurers and insured as they navigate the narrow channel of time allowed to make very important coverage decisions....
- White papers 2003-01-17
- COBRA Continuation Coverage New Regulations Issued by Department of Labor on Notice Requirements Changes in COBRA Communication Materials/Procedures Required
- The Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act ("COBRA") requires most employer-sponsored group health plans to provide employees and their dependents the opportunity to continue their group health coverage for a limited period of time (such continued coverage is referred to as "COBRA Coverage") following the occurrence of certain events (called "Qualifying...
- White papers 2003-09-11
- D&O Coverage In The Post-Enron World
- Recent high profile troubles for corporations not only raise interesting coverage questions under D&O policies; they are raising the stakes for obtaining D&O insurance policies for corporations. Premiums are higher, deductibles are higher, and fewer items are covered under many policies being written today. Some insurance companies are no longer...
- White papers 2002-12-01
- Key Coverage Options Under Employment Practices Liability Policies
- Recent years have witnessed an expansion in the scope of coverage available under employment practices liability insurance EPLI policies. Accompanying this, increased coverage breadth has been the need to select various coverage options available within EPLI policies. This article discusses six key options that any purchaser of EPLI should consider...
- White papers 2000-03-01
- Capital Market Solutions to Terrorism Risk Coverage: A Feasibility Study
- In the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack, insurers and reinsurers began to exclude terrorism coverage from their standard commercial polices or to offer terrorism coverage at prohibitive premium levels. This action forced the federal government to step in and pass the Terrorism Insurance Act in November 2002....
- White papers 2004-06-28
- Patterns of Individual Health Insurance Coverage, 1996-2000
- Information about patterns of individual health insurance coverage is limited. Knowledge gaps include the extent to which individual insurance provides transitional versus long-term coverage and participants' insurance status before and after being covered by an individual plan. This document uses data from the 1996-2000 Survey of Income and Program Participation...
- White papers 2004-12-01
- Expanding Care Versus Expanding Coverage: How to Improve Access to Care
- The Bush administration has proposed expanding insurance coverage as well as Community Health Centers CHCs to increase access to care for uninsured people. This paper examines the relative effects of insurance coverage and CHC capacity on access to care. Communities that have both high insurance coverage and extensive CHC capacity...
- White papers 2004-08-01
- Alliance moves Calif. forward on 24-hour coverage.(Kaiser Permanente and California State Compensation Insurance Fund)
- The California State Compensation Insurance Fund and Kaiser Permanente have entered into an alliance to provide employers with 24-hour health care coverage that provides both workers' compensation coverage and ordinary health insurance coverage. Kaiser isThe California State Compensation Insurance Fund and Kaiser Permanente have entered into an alliance to provide...
- Research articles 1995-07-03
- TNT deems Olympics coverage a success. (Turner Network Television's coverage of the 1992 Winter Olympics)
- Turner Network Television is "gratified" with its inaugural coverage of the Winter Olympics, generating higher-than-expected ratings for its daytime coverage. But the network, which had been covering most of the USA hockey games liv Turner Network Television is...
- Research articles 1992-02-24
- Premiums charged for continuing health coverage.
- Premiums charged for continuing health coverage for ex-employees and their families depend on the type of coverage they pick...individual or family, the IRS rules. When employees or family members lose coverage under an employer's plan (fired, divorced, etc.), they can keep coverage for up to...
- Research articles 1996-01-12
- Comparing News and Editorial Coverage of the 1996 Presidential Nominating Campaign.
- Differences between news and editorial coverage of presidential campaigns are explored through a study of coverage of the 1996 campaign for nomination in national editions of the New York Times and the Chicago Tribune. Paragraph-mentions, tone of coverage, and topics are compared. Biases in amount and tone of coverage were...
- Research articles 1999-03-01
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