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10:10 Mar 18, 2012
German to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Insurance / Insurance Agreement - Terms and Conditions
German term or phrase: Verschlechterungsverbot
The term is in the "Bedingungsanpassungen" clause:

das Verhältnis zwischen Leistung und Gegenleistung darf nicht zum Nachteil des Versicherungsnehmers geändert werden (Verschlechterungsverbot).

British English.

Thank you.
Lingua.Franca
Spain
Local time: 11:26


Summary of answers provided
4Prohibition of worsening the insured's conditions
David Moore (X)
4'no worse off'
Adrian MM. (X)
3prohibition from/on rescinding coverage
Michael Martin, MA


  

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Prohibition of worsening the insured's conditions


Explanation:
Disadvantaging prohibition?

It's not short, I know, but it's the best I can think of...

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Note added at 1 hr (2012-03-18 11:26:17 GMT)
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So if you want to follow the "technical" road, how about "prohibition of reformation in peius"?

David Moore (X)
Local time: 11:26
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 92

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  writeaway: reformatio in peius in Latin
46 mins
  -> In Latin, that is an incomplete translation, whatever the technical legal term says or is used for...my post is a translation of the whole phrase.
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'no worse off'


Explanation:
no need for prohibitions ON deterioriation, rather short and simple Anglo-Saxon cave-speak: no leaving worse off.

Example sentence(s):
  • www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/worse-off
Adrian MM. (X)
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2 days 7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
prohibition from/on rescinding coverage


Explanation:
Not ideal but reflects the difficulty of matching German tendency toward abstraction with a similar expression in the target language.


    Reference: http://www.ehealthguy.com/2010/05/ppaca-prohibition-from-res...
Michael Martin, MA
United States
Local time: 05:26
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