retrocession

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UK P&I Club said on Dec. 23 that the issue had arisen because of a lack of availability of reinsurance for reinsurers, also known as retrocession.

From Reuters • Dec. 28, 2022

Rep. Andy Harris, the only Republican in Maryland’s congressional delegation and a longtime opponent to D.C. autonomy, also supports the retrocession proposal.

From Washington Post • Jan. 8, 2021

While retrocession of any remaining part of Washington to Maryland is most unlikely, Mr. Chaffetz has placed himself in a historical tradition rich with irony and disappointment for many Washingtonians.

From Washington Post • Feb. 3, 2017

First Muir beat him on Yosemite retrocession, and then my father stole his granddaughter.

From National Geographic • Jan. 25, 2016

If above the Falls the shale projects upward from the channel below, then in proportion to the elevation and thickness of its stratum will be the ease and rapidity of disintegration and retrocession.

From The Falls of Niagara and Other Famous Cataracts by Holley, George W.