Wednesday, January 16, 2008

What is Insurance ?

Indemnity
Legal principle that specifies an insured should not collect more than the actual cash value of a loss but should be restored to approximately the same financial position as existed before the loss.
Insurable Interest
A condition in which the person applying for insurance and the person who is to receive the policy benefit will suffer an emotional or financial loss, if any untouched event occurs. Without insurable interest, an insurance contract is invalid.
Insurability
All conditions pertaining to individuals that affect their health, susceptibility to injury and life expectancy; an individual's risk profile.
Insurance
Social device for minimizing risk of uncertainty regarding loss by spreading the risk over a large enough number of similar exposures to predict the individual chance of loss.
Insured
The person whose life is covered by a policy of insurance

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