An entity seeking to transfer risk (an individual, corporation, or association of any type, etc.) becomes the 'insured' party once risk is assumed by an 'insurer', the insuring party, by means of a contract, called an group medical insurance 'policy'. Generally, an health plan contract includes, at a minimum, the following elements: the parties (the insurer, the insured, the beneficiaries), the premium, the period of coverage, the particular casualty event covered, the jillion of coverage (i.e., the bundle to be Family Health Insurance paid to the insured or beneficiary in the event of a loss), and exclusions (events not covered). An insured is thus said to be "indemnified" against the loss events covered in the policy.
These companies often have earmarked expertise that the indemnity companies do not have.
