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

The fact that there were no Federal office buildings on the Virginia side of the Potomac was used as an argument for the retrocession of this area in mid-19th Century.

From A History of the Boundaries of Arlington County, Virginia by Arlington