Insurance

What is Insurance?

Applying for Insurance

Household Insurance

Principles of Insurance


an arrangement by which a company or the state undertakes to provide a guarantee of compensation for specified loss, damage, illness, or death in return for payment of a specified premium.

  1. The Premium
  1. The Insurance Documents
  1. The Proposal Form
  1. Choose the Right Insurance Company

The fee paid by the insured for insurance is called a premium

The Insurance Policy

The Certificate of Insurance

A proposal form is the application form for insurance

Life Assurance

Car Insurance

Home Insurance

Personal Insurance

Contents Insurance covers damage to or theft of the items inside the house

All Risks Insurance covers the loss of or damage to a person's belongings even when they are outside the home

Buildings Insurance covers damage to the house itself

Term Assurance is taken out for a certain period of time, it pays out a lump sum if the insured person dies during the agreed period

Whole-life Assurance pays out a lump sum when the insured person dies. The premium is bigger than it is for term assurance as the insurer will definitely have to pay out

Endowment Assurance pays out a lump sum when the insured person dies or reaches a certain age. Endowment policies can be cashed in at an earlier date. This amount is called the surrender value. The longer the policy continues, the more money the insured person will receive

Fully Comprehensive insurance

Third party fire and theft

Serious illness Insurance

Personal accident insurance

Loan repayment insurance

Travel insurance

Income protection insurance

PRSI

Health Insurance

The Principal of Utmost Good Faith

The Principal of Subrogation

The Principal of Indemnity

The Principle of Insurable Intrest

The Principle of Contribution

This principle states that the insured person must have a personal interest in the item being insured

This principal states that the insured person must not make a profit from insurance. In the event of a loss, they will be covered to the value of the loss but will not receive any extra money

This principal states that a person must honestly provide important information about themselves and the item being insured when applying for insurance. These pieces of information are called material facts

This principal states that the insurance company can seek to recover the amount paid to an insured person in the event of a loss. it has a right to do this in two ways;
-It can sell damaged items involved in the loss
-It can sue any third party involved in causing the loss

This principle states that if a person has insured an item with more than one insurance company, they cannot claim the full amount of the loss of that item from all companies.Each insurance company will pay part if the loss

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