Section 1 - Property Loss And Overview

Question 1

What is the purpose of property insurance cover?

Answer 1

Is to protect the interest of persons or entities that have an insurable interest in the subject matter those persons need not be named on the contract yet may still have an interest in the property

Question 2

The dictionary defines property as what?

Answer 2

That which one owns the position all positions of a particular owner can also be described as something real and tangible.

Question 3

List some examples of property in the context of property insurance.

Answer 3

Buildings and the contents. 
Jewellery and personal effects. 
Stock. 
Plant and equipment. 
Tools.
Fixtures and fittings. 
Money. 
Goods in transit.

Question 4

A person suffering the loss of or damage to property could be deprived of it what?

Answer 4

Use and or enjoyment of at its existence. Consequently that person has suffered an economic loss sometimes referred to as a financial or pecuniary loss.

Question 5

Claims are triggered by the occurrence of?

Answer 5

Policy defined events.

Question 6

List four policy defined events.

Answer 6

Fire. Water. Burglary. Accidental damage.

Subject to conditions and exclusions attached to the policy.

Question 7

Is it essential to any claim that the claimant has an insurable interest in the lost or damage property?

Answer 7

Yes

Question 8

And common-law insurable interest was defined by what case?

Answer 8

Lucina V Crawford.

Question 9

When is there an insurable interest?

Answer 9

When a person or an entity will benefit from the continuance and sound this of the item and be deprived of its loss or damage.

Question 10

What sections of the insurance law reform act 1985 New Zealand apply to insurable interest?

Answer 10

Section 6 in section 7.

Question 11

What is section 6 of the insurance law reform act?

Answer 11

Section 6-need for insurable interest in a life policy abolished.

Question 12

Provide an example of section 6 for the insurance law reform act in relation to insurable interest.

Answer 12

A typical example is where I wife takes out a life policy on her husband, or where I company takes out a policy on a key employee.

Question 13

What is section 7 of the insurance law reform act?

Answer 13

Section 7-need for insurable interest restricted.

Question 14

Provide an example of section 7 of the insurance law reform act in relation to insurable interest.

Answer 14

A typical transaction for the purchase of goods with the ownership of the goods does not pass until the invoice has been paid. The receiver may insure the goods already delivered into the position, even though ownership has not actually passed.

Question 15

What is section 13 of the insurance law reform act?

Answer 15

Purchaser of land entitled to benefits of insurance between dates of sale and possession.

Question 16

Provide an example of section 13 of the insurance law reform act in relation to insurable interest.

Answer 16

Section 13 of the insurance law reform act gives the purchaser of the land session entitlements to claim from the vendor’s insurer should a loss occur.

Question 17

Describe section 4 of the contracts privity act in relation to insurable interest.

Answer 17

Section 4 of the contracts privity act 1982 NZ looks at the right of a named party to sue and insurer directly, although not party to the insurance contract.

Question 18

List the titles of practical applications of insurable interest.

Answer 18

Sole Owner (Bailee/Bailor)
Lessor/ lessee
Mortgagee/mortgagors
Vendor/purchaser
Trustee/beneficiary
Interest of third parties

Question 19

Describe a sole owner in terms of insurable interest.

Answer 19

As a sole owner of a piece of property such as a factory, house or motor vehicle there can be no dispute as to insurable interest this also covers the contract of Bailment.

Question 20

Describe bailment.

Answer 20

A contract of bailment arises when one party the bailor delivers good to another the Bailey on condition, and writing or otherwise, that the goods are returned at the end of the period.

Question 21

What are the two classifications of bailment?

Answer 21

Gratuitous Bowman and bailment for reward.

Question 22

Describe Lessor and lessee in terms of insurable interest.

Answer 22

At lessee may have insurable interest in a property owned by a lessor. This can be due to the leasee operating a business that requires sound this of the property.

Question 23

Describe mortgagee and mortgagor in terms of insurable interest.

Answer 23

A mortgagee certainly has insurable interest with respect to the subject matter for which finance (mortgage) was provided. That interest is limited to the undischarged value of the mortgage and less otherwise provided in the mortgage contract.

Question 24

Describe vendor and purchaser in terms of insurable interest.

Answer 24

Purchases of property have an insurable interest to the extent of the deposit that might have been paid and any liability that arises due to the contract of sale ordinarily the full purchase price of the property. Section 13 of the insurance law reform act in New Zealand relates.

Question 25

Describe trustee and beneficiary in terms of insurable interest.

Answer 25

There is no statutory provision in New Zealand specifically dealing with trustee/ beneficiary rights but both could claim from an insurer by virtue of section 7 of the insurance law reform act.

Question 26

Describe interest of third parties in terms of insurable interest.

Answer 26

In establishing such interest, general loss adjusters will need to a certain through ownership documents from claimant in relation to property that may be damage, indicating by home it was purchased and on what basis the purchase was made and whether any finances are a involved.

establish the nature and extent of the insurable interest.