Pecuniary Losses Flashcards

1
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What does Pecuniary mean

A

Relating to or involving a monetary loss, Covers wealth

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Why are Pecuniary policies different to other policies

A

Wealth is intangible

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3
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Are these usually commercial or personal policies?

A

Commercial

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4
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Money insurance

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Third-party theft of physical money

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5
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Why is money insurance usually only offered to businesses

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Susceptible to moral hazard

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6
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What are excluded from money insurance policies?

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Employee error and omissions

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When is money covered in a money policy

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At all times: In transit, on-premises at the owners home, or authorised employees homes

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Credit insurance

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If a debtor fails to meet obligations this cover the remainder of the debt they are due to payout

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Why might you get credit insurance besides financial reasons?

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The management interment: the help you get from the insurer to monitor and recoup the debit

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Guarantees or bonds

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If the insured does not or can not fulfil the contract or an insured event occurs that causes the loss

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Performance bond

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Bond issued to one party of a contract as a guarantee against failure of the other party to meet obligations specified in the contract.

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12
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What cost is covered in a performance bond?

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The additional cost of switching providers

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Abandonment and cancellation

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When an insured event causes an event to not happen due to unforeseen circumstances

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What is the difference between an abandoned and a cancelled event?

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Abandoned stopped after it started, cancelled never happened

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Fidelity guarantee

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Covers theft committed or aided by employees

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16
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What must be proven in a fidelity guarantee claim?

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That the loss happened due to an employee

17
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Who can Fidelity guaranteeas cover (2)

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All employees or certain employees such as accountants

18
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Business interruption/consequential loss

A

Covers business losses against unforeseen risks that cause the business to lose money due to inability to continue business for a period of time as a result of an insured peril.

19
Q

What is covered in business interruption insurance

A

Loss of income and cost of working can also cover standing charges such as costs of working

20
Q

Why does FBD have to pay out claims of Covid but other insurers don’t have to?

A

FBD explicitly said to a client that their policy cover covid, other insurers did not say this explicitly and the pandemic in their contract intended to cover something like e coli, since they made no provision for it they had not intended to include it in the contact

21
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Contingent business interruption

A

Addons for business interruption policies

22
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Addons for business interruption insurance (5)

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  • Supplier extension: Cost of getting goods from somewhere else
  • Customer extension: Customer cant accept delivery
  • Public utility extension
  • Motor vehicle
  • Goods in transit
23
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Legal expenses insurance

A

Covers the cost of pursuing or defending a claim

24
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What are some of the limitations of legal expenses insurance

A

-Fines and penalties are excluded so are risks covered elsewhere (el, pl policies also cover this risk)

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How are pecuniary claims processed differently and why
They are thoroughly investigated because of the intangible nature and susceptibility to fraud