It has to do with someones benefits for beneficiaries for life insurance, 401k, etc. Primary would be the person who is your first choice to receive the benefit's. Contingent would be the person who receives the benefits if the primary person is dead.
In regards to life insurance, contingent usually means secondary. For example a contingent beneficiary is a secondary beneficiary, not the primary beneficiary. The contingent beneficiary would receive the proceeds from a life insurance policy if the primary beneficiary were not alive when the insured person dies.
what does a contingent mean on a bank statement.
I don't understand what you mean by ''he is a rider'', do you mean he is the named beneficiary? If so and he dies prior to you, you need to name another beneficiary, or perhaps you already have a 'second' or contingent beneficiary, in that case the money would be paid to this contengient if the primary beneficary is deceased.
It means that whoever states their insurance is Primary, it's really Primary regardless of who is at fault. For example, the subcontractors insurance is usually primary over the GCs insurance. This means that if the sub has a claim and in all reality it's the GC's fault, but the sub listed their insurance as primary, then the subs insurance is paying first no matter what. Primary means just that, the insurance listed is PRIMARY, regardless of fault. www.mac2insure.com
(As an adjective, contingent can mean possible, accidental, or dependent. As a noun, contingent can mean part of a larger group or a quota.)(adjective) Your salary will be contingent on your performance as a supervisor.(noun) A contingent of troops arrived at the disaster site with medical supplies.
The primary /secondary payer is usually the insurance plan covering the claim
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It's secondary or tertiary insurance that is held to cover any medical expenses the primary insurance policy does not cover or does not cover completely.
We have Medicare and added on Anthem. Does that mean Medicare is primary (Paying 80 percent) , and Anthem is secondary?
assuming you mean at age 65 or beyond, medicare becomes the primary insurance, and your other insurance becomes a medicare supplement.
The primary objective of an insurance agent is to recommend the best insurance coverage at a fair price for the customer. This may mean less income for the insurance agent, but in the long run a good way to build trust and therefore gain more customers and retain the ones an agent already has.
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