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What does insurance-readiness mean?

Insurance-readiness means that a matter is being organized so insurance-related questions can be understood more clearly by competent actors later. 

It may involve exposure information, asset classification, hazard context, loss-prevention measures, resilience evidence, risk engineering inputs, governance, operations, maintenance, data quality, claims-history categories, public authority boundaries, risk-transfer questions, protection gaps, parametric-readiness issues, and reinsurance relevance. 

Insurance-readiness does not mean that insurance is available. It does not mean that an insurer has reviewed the risk, accepted the risk, priced the risk, offered terms, bound coverage, or indicated capacity. 

A matter can be insurance-relevant but not insurance-ready. It can be insurance-ready for discussion but not ready for underwriting. It can be discussed in an Insurance-Readiness Room and still be difficult, expensive, excluded, uninsurable, or unsuitable for market coverage. 

Insurance-readiness is a preparation concept. It helps organize the record before formal insurance-market processes occur elsewhere. 

A safe statement is: 

Insurance-readiness means preparation for possible future insurance-related review. It does not imply coverage, underwriting, pricing, capacity, placement, or insurability. 

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