INTERMEDIARY CLAUSE
INTERMEDIARY CLAUSE – A provision in reinsurance agreements which identifies the intermediary negotiating the agreement. Most intermediary clauses shift all credit risk to reinsurers by providing that: (a) the cedant’s payments to the intermediary are deemed payments to the reinsurer; and (b) the reinsurer’s payments to the intermediary are not payments to the cedant until actually received by the cedant. This clause is mandatory in some states.