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Title: Insurance


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CHAPTER 50
Insurance
2
Quote of the Day
  • If you can make one heap of all your winnings
  • And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
  • And lose, and start again at your beginnings
  • And never breathe a word about your loss....
  • Rudyard Kipling,
  • English novelist and poet,
  • In the poem If (ends youll be a man, my
    son.)

3
Insurance Contract
  • An insurance policy must meet all the common law
    requirements for a contract.
  • Offer and Acceptance
  • The purchase of a policy makes an offer by
    delivering an application and a premium to the
    insurer.
  • It can be accepted by oral notice, by written
    notice, or by delivery of the policy.
  • It also has a fourth option-a written binder,
    which is a temporary acceptance.

4
Insurable Interest
  • An insurance contract is not valid unless the
    owner has an insurable interest in the subject
    matter of the policy.
  • This means you must have some financial stake in
    the subject of the insurance policy.
  • The insurable interest must exist at the time of
    loss, and cannot be for more than the amount of
    loss.

5
Insurers Rights
  • Insurers have the right to void a policy if,
    during the application process, the insured makes
    a material misstatement or conceals a material
    fact.
  • Insurers have the right to void a policy if the
    insured violates a warranty.

6
Co-Payments
  • Deductibles
  • Deductible provision that requires the insured to
    pay a certain amount of the claim herself.
  • Co-insurance
  • Co-insurance means that the insured must pay some
    percentage of the entire loss.
  • Pro Rata Provisions
  • A pro rata clause prevents an insured from
    collecting more than the actual damage suffered.

7
Taking on Rights and Duties
  • Subrogation
  • If an insurance company pays a claim, it is
    subrogated to the rights of the insured, meaning
    that the company acquires whatever rights the
    insured has against any third parties.
  • Suretyship
  • In suretyship, the insurance company succeeds to
    the obligations of the insured.

8
Bad Faith by the Insurer
  • Insurance policies often contain a covenant of
    good faith and fair dealing, which may be
    violated by
  • Fraud
  • Refusing to Pay a Valid Claim
  • Wrongfully Refusing to Accept a Settlement Offer

9
Property Insurance
  • Property insurance (also known as casualty
    insurance) typically does not cover
  • Earthquakes and floods (unless a special rider is
    added)
  • Friendly fire (fire that stays where it is
    supposed to be)
  • Employee theft or embezzlement
  • Merchandise lost or damaged in transportation

10
Life Insurance
  • Term Insurance simple, cheap covers a
    particular time period
  • Whole Life Insurance (straight life) more
    expensive, but forces policyholder to save part
    of premium goes into a savings, giving the policy
    cash value.
  • Universal Life a hybrid of term and whole life
    premiums may be adjusted some.

11
Life Insurance (contd)
  • Annuities are the reverse of life insurance-they
    make payments until death whereas life insurance
    pays after death.
  • Accidental Death policy may have a double
    indemnity clause, doubling the value of the
    policy if the death is accidental.

12
Health Insurance
  • In a pay for service plan, the insurer pays for
    almost any treatment ordered by almost any
    doctor.
  • In managed care plans, patient and doctor choice
    is limited, in order to limit costs.

13
Disability Insurance
  • Disability insurance replaces the insureds
    income if he becomes unable to work because of
    illness or injury.

14
Liability Insurance
  • The purpose of liability insurance is to
    reimburse the insured for any liability she
    incurs by (accidentally) harming someone else.
  • Liability insurance covers
  • Injuries sustained on the insureds property
  • Injuries to anothers property caused by the
    insured
  • Professional malpractice
  • Product liability

15
Automobile Insurance
  • Collision pays to repair or replace a car
    damaged in an accident.
  • Comprehensive covers fire, theft and vandalism.
  • Liability covers harm to other people or other
    property (usually required).
  • Uninsured Motorist covers the insured and all
    passengers who are injured by another driver who
    does not have insurance.

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Life is risky. Insurance provides a financial
buffer against risk. But purchasing insurance
without understanding its law creates its own
risk.
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