Meaning & use

Bordereaux

noun·Academic

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Detailed statements or schedules, used especially in insurance and reinsurance, listing individual risks, premiums, or claims covered under an agreement.

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The reinsurer requested updated bordereaux before renewing the treaty for the coming year.

Each monthly bordereau listed every policy the broker had placed on the insurer's behalf.

A note on using this word

Bordereaux is the plural of the French-derived term 'bordereau,' meaning a memorandum or schedule, still used in formal insurance and banking documentation.

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