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# Definitions

### Policyholders

A policyholder is an individual who is associated with and covered by an insurance policy.

### Policy Number

This is a unique number that identifies a specific insurance policy.

### Policy

The insurance policy itself. This is the contract between the insurer and the policyholder.

### Quote

A quote is a cost estimate for the insurance requested by the policyholder.

### Channel

### Claims

This is a request from the policyholder to receive compensation based on the terms that were agreed in the insurance policy.&#x20;

### Field

These are fields to be filled out by the policyholder such as their name, address, and contact information.&#x20;

### Field Groups

Fields that contain related information can be categorized into groups. For example, a person's name, address, and contact information might get put into one field group.&#x20;

If the individual required auto insurance, there would be a different field group that contained fields for the make, model, and age of their car.&#x20;

### Rules

### Perils

The types of incidents that are covered in an insurance policy. For example, if you were going on a ski trip and required travel insurance, you should make sure one of the perils included in the policy is skiing accidents.&#x20;