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Earned Premium
The portion of a policy premium that has been used to actually buy coverage, or that the insurance company has "earned." For instance, if you have a six-month policy that you paid for in advance, two months into the policy, there would be two months of earned premium. The remaining four months of premium is called unearned premium.
Unearned Premium
The insured´s remaining premium equity in his policy; that part of the policy premium that has not been "used up."
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