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capital stock insurance

Insurance business transacted by an insurer whose ownership element is divided into shares of stock represented by certificates, as opposed to a mutual insurer which does not have capital stock and whose ownership element is divided among its policyholders. While a stock insurer has both stockholders (its owners) and policyholders (its customers), a mutual insurer has only policyholders (its owners and customers).

(See Mutual Insurance, and Mutual Insurance Companies.)

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