Property Insurance Flashcards
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It’s a social device (legal contract or policy) for the transfer of financial risk.
Insurance Policy
When a person can only stand to lose should an event occur.
Pure risk
Is a form added to an insurance policy. It is usually added for a additional premium charge to add coverage. Sometimes, however, it can be added to limit (or, restrict) coverage.
Endorsement
Is a financial interest (risk) which the insured(s) must possess at the time the policy is issued to qualify to purchase the policy as well as at the time of loss to qualify to make a claim.
Insurable interest
Indemnity=?
Reimbursement
Both the principles of indemnity (reimbursement) and insurable interest (financial interest -
Prohibit the insurance company from reimbursing (indemnifying) an insured for more than the actual amount of loss.
Is the initial amount of loss which the insured must suffer (pay) before the insurance company begins to indemnify.
Deductible
What is the purpose of a deductible.
To eliminate small claims that the insured can afford and which would not cost the insurance company to administer.
The maximum amounts which the insurance company will pay under each coverage.
Limits of Liability
What are the two other names for limits of liability?
Face Amount : Amount Carried
The maximum limit of liability that the policy will pay to all persons who are injured or who incur property damage in an occurance.
Aggregate limit
Are things specified in homeowner policies that the insurance company will pay for in addition to the homeowner policy limits of liability.
Additional Coverages
Are things specified in HOMEOWNER policies that the insurance company will pay for in addition to the homeowner policy limits of liability.
Additional Coverages
Are things specified in AUTO policies that the insurance company will pay for in addition to the AUTO policy limits of liability
Supplemental Payments
What are the “named perils”?
Basic Cause of Loss
Broad Cuases of Loss
How many perils are included in Basic Cause of Loss
12 named perils
How many perils are included in Broad cause of loss?
20 named perils
What is the amount paid on a loss?
Loss settlement or adjustment
Pays all sums for which an insured becomes legally liable (responsible) for bodily injuries (physical injuries) and/or property damage caused to someone other than the insured (referred to as 3rd parties) not to exceed the policy limits of liability.
Liability Coverage
Person making a claim.
Claimant
person against whom the claim is being madeand who is submitting the claim to an insurance company for insurance coverage
insured
Three ways a claimant can make a liability claim against insured
- Claim made by claimant with attorney and file lawsuit in the courts against the insured
- Claimant with attorney filed lawsuit in the courts, and would be resolved by an agreement between the claimant and insurance company before the hearing goes to court. It would be settled on the basis of what each side anticipates a court would order if the claim were to go to a court hearing
- Many times, the claimant with an attorney would notify the insured that the claimant intends to make a liability claim against the insured, the insured would submit claim to insurance. insurance would do due diligence and arrange a settlement with the claimant on what they anticipate the court would do or deny the claim.
It is possible for an insured to have liability coverage in effect at the time of an accident or an occurrence, for a claimant to have injuries and/or property damages, for the claimant to make a claim, for the insured to be covered by liability insurance, but the insurance company to pay no money to the claimant.
NOTE*
An insurance company will pay to an injured claimant on a liability claim only if the insurance company determines that a court would find the insured legally liable, and a court would order the insured to pay to the claimant if the claim were to go to a court hearing.
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