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Introduction to Insurance Flashcards

1
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What is the main function of insurance?

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Spread risk from the few to many (premiums used to pay for losses

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What are the 3 types of insurance categories?

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  1. automobile insurance-required by law-has the largest volumes

2.Property insurance-includes personal and business property- 2nd largest volumes

  1. Liability insurance-provides financial protection when insured is found legally responsible for causing injury or damage
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What are the 2 types of insurers?

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  1. Government- eg: EI, WCB = compulsory
    2.Private- Blue Cross, Co operators
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What are the two types of categories for the types of private insurers?

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  1. Stock Companies: owned by shareholders/profit orientated
    2.Mutual companies: owned by policy holders/not profit orientated
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What are the 2 ways that insurance is distributed?

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  1. Direct writer: sells its own products direct to consumer using employees, owns book of business
  2. Independent Broker represents more than one insurer and gets commission- clients belong to the broker.
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What is the “removal clause” what does it cover?

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covers property up to 7 days if moved to a location to prevent further loss. (usually insurance only good for the location named on the contract

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with Fire Insurance what 2 additional perils are covered?

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  1. Lightning damage to property
  2. Explosion of Coal, Natural or Manufactured Gas: excluding explosion of boilers or pressure vessels
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What is the Insurers duty when when replacing vs repairing damaged property?

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Repair or Replace: must provide written notice of their intent to do so within 30 days of receiving proof of loss and start the repairs or replacement within 45 days of receiving proof of loss

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According to the Insurance Act, list 4 things that need to be included on the declarations page of an Insurance Contract?

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  1. Parties to the Contract
  2. Loss payable to the contract
  3. Policy Period: starts 12.01am @ address of named insured
  4. Coverage and Amount of Insurance
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What is “broad form” and how is it different from “named perils”

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broad form insures losses not excluded on the policy where as named perils insures against losses that are listed on the policy

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What is a contract?

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A legally enforceable agreement between 2 or more parties

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What is Consideration?

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Consideration is an exchange of something of value

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What is the difference between “speculative risk” and “pure risk”?

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Speculative risk means that there is a chance to gain or lose whereas you can only lose with pure risk. (Pure risk is insurable but speculative risk is not)

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What are the 5 elements that must be present in a legal contract?

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  1. Agreement
  2. Consideration
  3. Legality of object
  4. Legal Capacity
  5. Genuine intention
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what is it called when someone intentionally gives up a right or privelege?

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A waiver

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16
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What is insurance purchased by an insurance company called?

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Reinsurance

17
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What is the main object of an insurance contract

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To allow the spread of risk

18
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What are the 4 options when dealing with a financial risk?

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  1. Control
  2. Avoid
  3. Retention
  4. Transfer
19
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What is a binder used for in insurance?

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A binder is an interim contract of insurance. A temporary policy pending the actual policy

20
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What is an endorsement?

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An endorsement is issued by the insurer to show a change has been made that is agreed upon by both insured and insurer

21
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What is solvency?

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The ability for the insurer to pay all insured losses.

22
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What is the name of the Provincial body that oversees Insurance?

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The BC Insitute of Financial Institutions

23
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What are 2 fiduciary responsibilities of a broker?

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  1. to pay back unearned commissions held in trust if policy is cancelled before expiry
  2. Forward premiums collected to the Insurer.
23
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What is Subjugation

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After the insurer has indemnified the insured they have the legal right to recover losses from the at fault party by Sugjugation.

24
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What is misrepresentation?

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A misrepresentation is a lie or a concealment of material facts that can void an insurance contract if discovered.

25
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What body covers policy holders (Monitors Solvency) when the insurer goes bankrupt?

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PACICC-Property and Casualty Insurance Compensation Corporation

26
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What is Fiduciary?

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They hold other peoples money eg: Broker is a fiduciary. Insurers must return unearned premiums

27
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what are 3 standard Legislated exclusions of the Fire Policy? (May be covered optionally)

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  1. Application of heat eg: friendly fire
  2. Radioactive contamination
  3. Lightning damage to electrical devices
    also riot, insurrection, civil commotion because they are deliberate acts
28
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What are 6 things that must appear on the Declarations Page (1st page) of an insurance policy. Who, Where, Why, What and When

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  1. Parties to the contract (ie: insurer and insured)
  2. Loss payable or payee (all parties with insurable interest)
  3. Policy Period (starts at 1201 standard time at address names on policy
    4.Coverage Amount of Insurance: Types of coverage and limits
  4. Subject matter of insurance: property insured and location
  5. Rates and Premiums: cost of insurance
29
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What 2 things are the insurer’s duty if they choose to repair property instead of issue a cash payment?

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  1. Written notice to insured within 30 days of proof of loss.
  2. Repair must start within 45 days of proof of loss
30
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What 3 elements must be present in a contract to make it legally enforceable?

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  1. Insurable Interest
  2. Indemnity
  3. Upmost good faith
31
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what is a warranty?

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A promise that something is true and will remain true.

32
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what is a condition?

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An requirement to do or not do something

33
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what is the definition of a contract?

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A legally binding agreement between people to do or not so something.

34
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what is the definition of risk

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A risk is a chance of financial loss

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Insurance Foundations (4 decks)

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