Chapter 2 - Risks written in the London Market Flashcards
What is the main peril in agricultrual crop and forestry/hail insurance?
Loss of crop due to weather or disease
What is bloodstock / livestock?
bloodstock = racehorses livestock = sheep / cows etc
What does contingency insurance cover for event cancellations?
cost of refunding tickets and rearranging event if possible
What does contingency insurance cover for over redepmption?
Insurance triggered when normal level of sales + safety margin exceeded for redemption of a coupon
Describe personal accident insurance
- covers against accidental injury, normally subject to a number of exclusions
- benefit policy
Describe personal accident and illness/sickness insurance
- similar to personal accident
- insurers keen to not pick up long-standing chronic conditions
Describe kidnap and ransom insurance
- pays ransom, medical / psychological treatment of insured
- pays for hostage negotiators
What will insurers consider for kidnap and ransom insurance?
who is insured and what makes them a kidnap target?
what is their personal security like?
confidentiality of policy
What is covered under construction insurance (CAR)?
- loss or damage to building works
- machinery movement
- BI
- EL and PL
- damage to plant used for installation or construction
What is the most important extension in construction insurance (CAR)?
Expediting expenses, covers for extra costs like over time and air freight charges for obtaining parts arising after damage
What are normal exclusions under construction insurance (CAR)?
- defective design, materials, or workmanship
- existing property
- breakdown or explosion
- anything contractor is not liable for under contract
- wear and tear or deteriation
What will insurers consider when looking at construction (CAR)?
- experience of contractors
- contracts entered into
- where / when construction taking place
- sum insured
What does erection all risks cover?
loss or damage to owned equipment as well as liability cover should insured or their equipment cause any incident on-site
How can property insurance be split into three parts?
- buildings
- machinery
- stock
What are typical heads of cover in all risks property policies?
- fire
- lightening
- explosion
- earthquake
- aircraft
- riots / strikes
- malicious acts
- storm / flood / escape of water
- impact damage
- sprinkler leakage
- subsidence
What are the three groups of exclusions in property insurance?
- risks the insurer will never cover (e.g. radioactive contamination or anything that should be covered under another policy like motor)
- may insure after consideration
- provided as buy-backs
What are typical buy backs in property insurance?
- fraud and employee dishonesty
- theft
- jewellery
- goods in transit
What is reinstatement?
Insurer takes over the property to make good again
What are notable exclusions for theft insurance?
- inside job / collusion
- entry by keys or tricks
What is pecuniary insurance?
loss suffered is monetary or financial
What is money insurance?
All risks of loss of money - risk associated measured by negotiability
What is negotiability?
Ease of transfer
Cash highly negotiable
Cheques not negotiable
What is fidelity guarantee insurance and what are the three bases of cover?
Covers loss of property due to a fraudulent act during policy
- blanket cover for all employees
- named employees only
- named roles only
What does standard BI insurance cover?
Replace income lost due to physical loss or damage to insured’s property
Excess expressed in terms of days
What is contingent BI?
Non-physical damage BI, i.e supplier of raw materials suffers loss affecting work, or power supply fails etc
What is supply chain insurance?
Covers BI where supply chain fails - can nominate specific suppliers and supplies to be covered
Describe D&O insurance
- protects directors and officers from claims from shareholders / investors because behaviour has lead to financial loss
- includes costs of litigation
- claims made basis
What are the main exclusions in D&O
- fraud
- insured persons making financial gain
- pollution / radiation / war
- anything done by insured person prior to firm becoming subsidiary of insured firm
What are typical extensions of D&O policies
- automatically adding companies acquired after inception date
- employment claims