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Insurance
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Insurance
Types of insurance
Personal insurance
Medical insurance
Personal accident
PRSI
Salary protection
Travel insurance
Life assurance
Whole life
Term assurance
Endowment
Motor
3rd party
3rd party fire and theft
Fully comperhensive
Property
House insurance
House and contents/ all risks
Protection against something that might happen
assurance
Protection against something that will happen
Money to fix or replace an item that is damaged or stolen
Compensation is money that you get from the insurance company when you make a claim on your insurance
Insurable/noninsurable risks
not all items can be insured
Insurable interest: you must benefit from its existence and suffer from its loss
There must me people wanting to insure against the same thing
The insurance company needs to be able to calculate against the risk/chance of something happening
The amount of the loss should not be more than the insurance company is able to pay
The loss must be an accident not on purpose
Non insurable risks
Acts of nature
white goods
Businesses: products going out of fashion/bankrupcy
Exclusion causes
The insurance company will not compensate you for these things
Key words
Actuary: the person who calculates the premium
Assessor: the person who works out how much compensation should be paid
No claims bonus:Money off your premium for not claiming your insurance
Premium:the amount of money you pay for insurance
Loading: extra charge added onto your insurance as there is a higher risk
Policy; the written contract of insurance , it shows what is insured ,against what risk and for how much
Proposal form: application form for insurance
Methods
Insurance company
Insurance agent
insurance broker
Getting insurance
fill in proposal form
get insurance quote from various companies
when you choose, pay premium and they will give you a policy
keep safe
Questions on a proposal form
Car insurance: age,gender,car engine size,type of license,years of accident free driving,penalty points,value of car
Life assurance: occupation,hobbies,medical condition,smoker/drinker,history of illnesses
House insurance:value of house,value of contents,alarms,smoke detectors
Principles of insurance
Insurable interest
utmost good faith
always be honest and disclose all material facts
indemnity
you are not to make a profit from insurance
contribution
occurs when your item is insured by two insurance companies you cannot make profit so they will pay half each
subrogation
when you are compensated fully for an item,legal ownership of the item transfers to the insurance company
Average clause
applies when you under insure something
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