policy year

noun

1

: a period comprising the 12 months extending usually from noon of a given date to noon of the same date one year thereafter

2

: a period of 24 months within which all the one-year policies written during the first 12 months thereof will have matured and the losses have become known

—used in certain types of insurance accounting

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