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b) Explain the concept of healthcare and the types and levels of healthcare. c) Appreciate the factors affecting healthcare in India and the progress madesince independence. d) Discuss the evolution of health insurance in India. e) Know the health insurance market in India.205**A.** **Understanding Healthcare**The word...
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or a district or a state will be based upon the various healthcare factors called indicators of that area such as: Size of population  Death rate  Sickness rate  Disability rate  Social and mental health of the people  General nutritional status of the people  Environmental factors such as if it is a mining area...
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which runs its own hospitals and dispensaries and also contracts public/ private providers wherever its own facilities are inadequate.**2.** **Central Government Health Scheme**The ESIS was soon followed by the Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS), which was introduced in 1954 for the central government employees in...
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Central Government Health Scheme
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allowed to transact all types of Health Insurances, while Life Insurance Companies are also permitted to transact certain types of Health Insurances.**2.** **Intermediaries:**A number of people and organizations providing services as part of the insurance industry also form part of the health insurance market. Insuranc...
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Intermediaries:
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policy:1. The proposal form incorporates a prospectus which gives details of the cover,such as coverage, exclusions, provisions etc. The prospectus forms part of the proposal form and the proposer has to sign it as having noted its contents. 2. The proposal form collects information relating to the name, address,occupa...
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Medical Questionnaire
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insured/ proposer or from any past or present employer concerning anything which affects the physical or mental health of the life to be assured/ proposer and seeking information from any insurance company to which an application for insurance on the life to be assured/ proposer has been made for the purpose of underwr...
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Nature of questions in a proposal form
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 Previous history of insurance and claim experienceIn the case of a health insurance proposal, the insurer may also refer the prospective customer e.g. above 45 years of age to a doctor and/ or for medical check-up. Based on the information available in the proposal and, where medical check-up has been advised, based ...
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of the insurer in the circumstances p) Any special conditions q) Provision for cancellation of the policy on grounds of misrepresentation,fraud, non-disclosure of material facts or non-cooperation of the insured r) The details of the Add-on covers, if any s) Details of Grievance Redressal mechanism and address of Ombud...
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d) Extension of insurance to cover additional perils/ extension of policy period e) Change in risk, e.g. change of destinations in the case of an overseas travelpolicy f) Cancellation of insurance g) Change in name or address etc.219**Test Yourself 2**If certain terms and conditions of the policy need to be modified at...
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Test Yourself 2
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of the population.The benefit structures, pricing, underwriting and marketing for each segment are quite distinct.**Regulations for Health Insurance** : Some important changes have been brought in Health Regulations, 2016 regarding Health Products, some of which have been given below:1. Life Insurance Companies can off...
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Regulations for Health Insurance
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8. standard File and Use format for getting IRDAI for new policies 9. Standardisation of exclusions10. Exclusions not allowed**C.** **Hospitalization indemnity** **product**Hospitalization indemnity products protect individuals from the expenditure they may need to incur in the event of hospitalisation. In most of the ...
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patient goes in for a planned surgery, there would be expenses incurred by him prior to the hospitalization. Such expenses are known as Pre hospitalisation expenses**Definition**It means medical expenses incurred during a predefined number of days preceding the hospitalization of the Insured Person, provided that these...
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Definition
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can claim up to the maximum amount of his sum insured during the currency of the policy. Premium will be charged for each individual insured according to his age and sum insured chosen and any other rating factor.**ii.** **Family floater:** In the variant known as a family floater policy, the familyconsisting of spouse...
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Family floater:
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percentage of the admissible claims amount. A co-payment does not reduce the Sum Insured. Co-payment is the concept of the insured bearing a portion of each and every claim under a health policy. These could be compulsory or voluntary depending on the product. Co-payment brings in a certain discipline among the insured...
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Deductible/ Excess
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of the insurers. Some of them are: **Maternity cover:** Maternity was not offered earlier under retail policies but isnow offered by most insurers, with varying waiting periods.  **Critical illness cover:** Available as an option under the high end versionproducts for certain ailments which are life threatening and e...
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Maternity cover:
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to compare them, causing confusion.]The following two types of plans are available under Arogya Sanjeevani Insurance Policy:- **Individual Plan** : A single policyholder will be the beneficiary of ArogyaSanjeevani policy.**Family Floater Plan** : Multiple family members of the policyholder canbecome the beneficiaries o...
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Individual Plan
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Pre-post hospital expenses are either paid as a percentage of hospital claims or a sub limit whichever is higher. In some policies they follow the typical indemnity plans such as expenses falling within specified period of 30/ 60 days or 60/ 90 days.IRDAI has mandated that all health insurers and TPAs shall establish a...
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have resulted in death. However surviving a major illness entails huge expense for treatment as well as for living expenses post treatment. Onset of critical illness threatens the financial security of a person. A basic health insurance policy may not be sufficient to cover all medical costs in such cases.Critical illn...
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Disease Specific Products
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June 2020:1. Hospitalization Expenses incurred for the treatment of Covid-19 on Positivediagnosis of Covid-19 in a government authorized diagnostic centre covering235the following: (Expenses on Hospitalization for a minimum period of 24 hours are admissible.)a. Room, Boarding, Nursing Expenses as provided by the Hospit...
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Standard Vector Borne Disease Health Policy:
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cover benefits with indemnity policies and even life insurance policies and hospital daily cash benefits with indemnity policies.**Travel Insurance:**Travel insurance policy is also offered as a package policy covering not only health insurance but also accidental death/ disability benefits along with Medical expenses ...
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Travel Insurance:
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savings bank account on the prescribed forms will be required to be given by 31 [st] May of every year,Joining subsequently on payment of full annual premium may be possible on specified terms. Individuals who exit the scheme at any point may re-join the scheme in future years through the above modality.Benefits under ...
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Premium
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at the time of claim. Thus, if a person has more than one policy with different insurers, claims would be paid under all the policies.**4.** **Scope of cover**These policies are often extended to cover medical expenses, i.e. reimbursement of hospitalization/ medical costs incurred following the accident.**5.** **Value ...
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Scope of cover
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where premium has to be paid in dollars. The plans are usually of two types: World-wide excluding USA/ Canada World-wide including USA/ Canada241Some products provide cover for a group of countries. Examples are travel to Asian countries only, European countries only or travel to a particular country only.**Corporate...
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Corporate Frequent Flyer plans
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of a family member. In such situations, if the buffer cover is opted for it brings relief, whereby the excess expenses over and above the family sum insured are met from this buffer amount.Amounts are drawn from the buffer, once a family’s sum insured is exhausted. However this utilization is usually restricted to majo...
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services of independent organizations for managing health insurance claims. These agencies are known as the TPAs. In India, a TPA is engaged by an insurer for provision of health services which includes among other things:i. Providing an identity card to the policyholder which is proof of hisinsurance policy and can be...
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Hospital
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Moreover, if a claim is made in any particular year, the cumulative bonus accrued can only be reduced at the same rate at which it is accrued.**Example**A person takes a policy for Rs. 3 lacs at a premium of Rs. 5,000. In the second year, in case of no claims in the first year, he gets a sum insured of Rs. 3.15 lacs (5...
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insurance. Underwriting is a very important aspect of any type of insurance and plays a vital role in issuance of an insurance policy. In this chapter, you will get an understanding about basic principles, tools, methods and process of underwriting. It will also provide you the knowledge about group health insurance un...
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Learning Outcomes
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frequent. Hence, it is quite logical that the underwriting norms and guidelines are much tighter for health coverage than death coverage.**3.** **Underwriting – Risk Assessment**In health insurance, there is a higher focus on medical or health findings than financial or income based underwriting. However, the latter ca...
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Underwriting – Risk Assessment
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I. Marketing insurance products II. Collecting premiums from customers III. Risk assessment and risk pricing IV. Selling various insurance products**B.** **Underwriting – Basic concepts****1.** **Purposes of Underwriting** There are two main purposes for Underwriting.i. To prevent anti-selection, that is selection agai...
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gathering by an agent or company representative to decide whether an applicant is suitable for granting insurance coverage. The agent plays this critical role of **primary underwriting** . He is in the best position to know whether prospective client is insurable.Some insurance companies require the agents to provide a...
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Moral Hazard report
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decided by the new insurance company. Procedurally, the request for porting should be made by the insured to the old insurer at least 45 days before the renewal, specifying the company to which the policy has to be ported. The policy has to be renewed without a break (there is a 30 day grace period if porting is254unde...
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Knowing the financial status of the proposer is particularly relevant for benefit products and to reduce the moral hazard. However, normally the financial documents are only asked for in cases of:a) Personal accident covers or b) High sum assured coverage or c) When the stated income and occupation as compared to the c...
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Medical reports
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class, build etc. The process is speedy but the premiums may be relatively higher.**3.** **Numerical rating method**This is a process adopted in underwriting, wherein numerical or percentage assessments are made on each component of the risk. Factors like age, sex, race, occupation, residence, environment, build, habit...
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Numerical rating method
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h) Difference in healthcare costs across regions in case of multiple locationsspread in different geographical locations i) Preference of the group holder for administration of the group insuranceby a third party administrator (of his choice or one selected by the insurer) or by the insurer itself j) Past claims experi...
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Example
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respectively.**Age Limits**General age limits for the working population (employer employee) is 1870.However for students Minimum age could be 5 years too. The minimum and maximum age for being covered and renewed varies from company to company.261**Family Package Cover**The Personal accident policy also has a family p...
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Age Limits
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e) Discuss personal accident claims f) Understand the concept and role of TPAs264**A.** **Claims Management in Insurance**It is very well understood that insurance is a ‘ **promise’** and the policy is a ‘ **witness’** to that promise. The occurrence of an insured event leading to a claim under the policy is the true t...
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(hospitalization) indemnity products which form the major part of health insurance business. The general process and supporting documents for a claim under fixed benefit product or critical illness or daily cash product etc. would be quite similar, except for the fact that such products may not come with cashless facil...
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Diagram 2:
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nature of the illness/ injury involved.Earlier every TPA/ insurer had its own list of non-payable items, now the same has been standardized under IRDAI Health Insurance StandardizationGuidelines.**c)** **Payment of claim**Once the payable claim amount is arrived at, payment is done to the customer or the hospital as th...
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Payment of claim
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|---|---| |**Step 3**|~~~~ The TPA studies the information provided in the_cashless authorization_<br>_form_ and takes a decision on whether the cashless authorization could<br>be provided and if so, for how much amount it should be authorized<br>and it is communicated to the hospital without delay.| |**Step 4**| The...
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about the condition of the patient and the line of treatment and helps the claim processing person immensely to understand the illness/ injury and the line of treatment. Where the patient unfortunately does not survive, the discharge summary is termed **Death Summary** in many hospitals. The discharge summary is always...
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Death Summary
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c) The TPA enrols the members (while the proposer is the person taking thepolicy, members are those covered under the policy) and may issue a membership identification in the form of a card, either physical or electronic. d) The membership with the TPA is used for availing cashless facility as wellas processing of clai...
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Customer relationship and contact management
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h) Medical certificate from treating doctor mentioning the type of disabilityand disability period. Leave certificate from employer giving details of exact leave period, duly signed and sealed by the employer. The above list is only indicative, further documents (including photographs of scar marks, site of accident et...
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Test Yourself 4
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valid travel insurance policy.v. Hospitals usually contact the assistance companies/ insurers on the callcentre numbers to check the validity of the policy and verify coverages.vi. Once the policy is accepted by the hospital the insured would undergotreatment in the hospital on a cashless basis.vii. Some basic informat...
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Reimbursement of medical expenses and other non-medical claims:
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consumer Commissions or even the legal authorities.j) Frauds occur mostly in hospitalization indemnity policies but Personalaccident policies also are used to make fraud claims.k) The TPA provides many important services to the insurer and getsremunerated in the form of fees.279## SECTION **GENERAL INSURANCE**280## CHA...
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GENERAL INSURANCE
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profession, occupation or business are of importance as they could have a material bearing on the risk.**iv.** **Details and identity of the subject matter of insurance**The proposer is required to clearly state the subject matter that is proposedfor insurance.**Example**The proposer is required to state if it is:**i.*...
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Details and identity of the subject matter of insurance
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the company has to process the proposal within 15 days’ time. The agent is expected to keep track of these timelines, follow up internally and communicate with the prospect/ insured as and when required by way of customer service. This entire process of scrutinizing the proposal and deciding about acceptance is known a...
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Test Yourself 1
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name of the steamer, number of packages, or exact value etc. are not known. Even in respect of exports, a cover note may be issued e.g. a certain quantity of cargo meant for shipment is sent by the exporter to the docks. It may happen that, owing to difficulty of securing adequate shipping space, shipment of the cargo ...
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Clauses:
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d) Date of expiry of insurance e) Persons or classes of persons entitled to drive f) Limitations as to use g) Additional risks, if any287The Motor Cover Note incorporates a certificate to the effect that it is issued in accordance with the provisions of Chapters X and XI of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988.**Important**The...
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Important
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e) Sums insured; f) Perils covered and exclusions ; g) Any excess/ deductible applicable; h) Premium payable and where the premium is provisional subject toadjustment, the basis of adjustment of premium ; i) Policy terms, conditions and warranties; j) Action to be taken by the insured upon occurrence of a contingency l...
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Test Yourself 2
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complied with.**Test Yourself 3**Which of the following statements is correct with regards to a warranty?I. A warranty is a condition which is never stated in the policy II. A warranty forms part of a policy document III. A warranty is always communicated to the insured separately and cannot bepart of the policy docume...
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Test Yourself 3
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f) Clauses attached or pasted to the policy override both marginal clausesand the clauses in the body of the policy. g) Printed wording is over-ridden by typewritten wording or wordingimpressed by an inked rubber stamp. h) Handwriting takes precedence over typed or impressed wording. i) Finally, the ordinary rules of g...
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Important
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c) Insurance companies usually add a declaration at the end of the Proposal formto be signed by the insurer d) Elements of a proposal form include:i. Proposer’s name in full ii. Proposer’s address and contact details iii. Proposer’s profession, occupation or business iv. Details and identity of the subject matter of in...
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Key Terms
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are some examples of physical hazard in various classes of insurance.**a)** **Fire****i.** **Construction:** Construction refers to the building materials used in wallsand roof. A concrete building is superior to a timber building.**ii.** **The height:** Greater the number of storey’s, the greater the hazard becauseof ...
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Fire
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may decide to charge an extra premium before acceptance of the same. By loading the premium the higher probability of claims or occurrence of large claims is taken into consideration.**Example**Normal rate of premium is charged for cargo shipped by liners or other vessels, which comply with the prescribed standards. Ho...
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Example
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limit to the maximum bonus that can be availed. It is allowed by way of deduction on the total premium at renewal only, depending upon the incurred claim ratio for the entire group or to Motor vehicle Own damage policy holders for claim freeyears.**No claim bonus is a powerful strategy to improve underwriting experienc...
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No claim bonus is a powerful strategy to improve underwriting experience and
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In that case refund is made keeping the premium on short period scale for the period Insurer was in risk.**Minimum premium**It is the practice to charge minimum premium under each policy so that administrative expenses of issuing the policy are covered.**Test Yourself 1**What is expected of an agent when she detects a ...
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Minimum premium
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in the market to replace the damaged raw material, after the loss.**e)** **Marine cargo insurance:** It is an agreed valued policy and the sum insured isas per the agreement between insurer and insured at the time of contract. Normally it would consist of the sum of cost of the commodity plus Insurance + freight i.e. C...
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Marine cargo insurance:
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channels that deal with personal lines of insurance as the buyers also are essentially from the same consumer segment.**B.** **'All Risks' and ‘Named Perils’ Insurance Policy**Non-life insurance policies can be broadly classified into two categories: Named peril policies  All risk policiesi. "All risks" typically mea...
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B.
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 A till (box/ drawer/ counter) at the business premises **v.** **Baggage** : Compensates for loss of baggage while on travel for officialpurposes **vi.** **Fixed Plate Glass and Sanitary Fittings covers accidental loss of damage****to:** Fixed plate glass  Sanitary fittings  Neon Sign/ Glow Sign/ Hoarding **vii.** ...
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Baggage
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declared by a policyholder is less than what ought to have been declared for the property in question, the policyholder’s claim will not be settled proportionately but upto the Sum Insured that is declared.**F.** **Sum Insured and Premium**Industrial units or offices will maintain books of accounts showing therein valu...
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F.
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synonymous with ‘larceny’.**Test Yourself 2**Under the shopkeeper package policy, the insured may opt for an additional ‘Fixed plate glass and sanitary fittings’ cover. This will cover accidental loss of damage to which of the following?I. Fixed plate glass II. Sanitary fittings III. Neon signs IV. All of the above**G....
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Test Yourself 2
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party. Third-party insurance is purchased by the insured (first party) from an insurance company (second party) for protection against another party's claims (third party) for liability arising out of the action of the insuredThird party insurance is called ‘Liability Insurance’ as well.**Two important types of covers ...
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Two important types of covers that are popular in the market are discussed
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from Regional Transport Authority III. In the name of any family member of the vehicle owner, including the vehicleowner, subject to approval from the Regional Transport Authority IV. If the vehicle will be driven by anyone other than the owner, then primarypolicy should be in the name of the vehicle owner and addition...
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Summary
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stocks and stock in process, including stocks at suppliers/ customer's premises,Stocks held in trust, if specifically declared, machinery temporarily removed from the premises for repairs can be insured. Monetary relief is essential to rebuild and renew the property damaged to bring back the business to its normal cour...
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What does the Standard Fire policy cover?
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industries, storage risks and so on. The policy underinsurance to the extent of31915% is waived. Bharat Sookshma Udyam Policies allow increase in Sum Insurer during the policy tenure by endorsement.**ii.** **Bharat Laghu Udyam Suraksha(meant for enterprises where the total****value at risk is more than Rs. 5 Crore and ...
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Bharat Laghu Udyam Suraksha(meant for enterprises where the total
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called fire floater policies as the sum insured ‘floats’ over multiple locations.**vi.** **Premium rating depends on:**a) The type of occupancy, whether industrial or otherwise. b) All property located in an industrial complex will be charged one ratedepending on the product(s) made. c) Facilities outside industrial co...
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Premium rating depends on:
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when the cash is secured in a safe, which is burglar proof and is of an approved make and design. The common conditions applicable for granting cash cover are given below:a) Cash lost from the safe following the use of the original key to open, it iscovered only where such key has been obtained by violence or threats o...
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First Loss Insurance
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amount in transit and adjust this premium at the time of expiry of the policy, based on actual amount in transit during the policy period, as declared by the insured.**b)** **Premises section:** This section covers loss of cash from one’s premises/locked safe due to burglary, housebreaking, hold up etc. Other features ...
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Premises section:
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Etc.) that are to be guaranteed for a specified amount and the name are not mentioned.**e)** **Blanket policy:** This policy covers the entire staff without showing namesor positions. No enquiries about the employees are made by the insurers. Such policies are only suitable for an employer with a large staff and the or...
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Blanket policy:
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d) Number of branches.**Test Yourself 6**Which of the below can be covered under a bankers indemnity insurance policy?I. Money securities lost or damaged whilst within the premises due to fire II. Forgery or alteration of cheques III. Dishonesty of employees with reference to money IV. All of the above**G.** **Jewelers...
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Test Yourself 6
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electrical breakdown by any cause (subject to excepted risks) to the insured property:a) While it is at work or at rest. b) While being dismantled for cleaning or overhauling c) During cleaning or overhauling operations and during reassemblythereafter. d) When being shifted within the premise.329Premium is charged on t...
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Boiler and Pressure Plant Policy:
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storage on lease or hire for storage of perishable commodities. The cover is against the risk of deterioration and contamination following breakdown of the refrigeration plant and machinery and also due to rise in temperature and sudden and unforeseen escape of refrigerants into the cold storage rooms.**6.** **Civil En...
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Civil Engineering Completed Risk:
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accidental damages during the project. It is suitable for the insured who is deprived of the anticipated earning and for the financial institutions to the extent of their interest in the project. It is issued as an extension to the MCE/ EAR/ CAR Policy before the actual commencement of project.The policy also covers fi...
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Test Yourself 8
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whilst in transit from one place to another. However, the insured is required to always act with reasonable care in all circumstances within his control. The main feature of this policy is that it's an Agreed Value Policy. The valuation is agreed between the insurer and insured and is not subject to revaluation later u...
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Important
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period have to be declared by the insured to the insurer as agreed between them on a fortnightly, monthly or quarterly basis.**iii.** **Open Cover**The open cover is a contract for a year giving the Insured continuous protection to cover a large number of shipments/ despatches. The premium on the consignments would be ...
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Open Cover
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compensation for the alleged wrong doing, it would raise a need for payment of compensation or meeting expenses involved in defending the suits filed by the claimants. In other words there is a financial loss arising from a liability to pay. The existence of such a liability and the amount of compensation to be paid wo...
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Statutory liability
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arising out of the use and operation of lifts. It covers legal liabilities for:a) Death/ bodily injury of any person (excluding employees of the insured)b) Damage to property (excluding insured’s own or employee’s property)The premium rates depend upon the limit of indemnity, any one person, any one accident and any on...
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Professional Liability
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policyholders on the happening of a loss event. Insurer fulfils this promise by providing prompt, fair and equitable service in either paying the policyholder or paying claims made against the insured by a third party.One of the non-life insurance companies had the inscription “Pay if you can; repudiate if you must” in...
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Settling claims professionally is regarded the biggest advertisement for an
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investigation to determine the cause and extent of loss is done, by an officer ofthe insurers.**The investigation** of other claims is entrusted to independent licensed professional surveyors who are specialists in loss assessment. The assessment of loss by independent surveyors is based on the principle that since bot...
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The investigation
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Insurance Rules 1939 and specific regulations issued by IRDAI.Claims made outside the country in case of ‘Travel Policy’ or ‘Marine Open Cover’ for exports, are assessed by the claims settling agents abroad named in the policy. These agents may assess the loss and make payment, which is reimbursed by the insurers along...
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Important
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comprehensive policy. Which among the following is most appropriate for Raj todo?I. Notify the insurer of the loss as soon as reasonably possibleII. Notify the insurer at the time of insurance renewalIII. Damage the car further so as to receive a bigger compensationIV. Ignore the damage346**Test Yourself 3**Which of th...
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ANNEXURESThese annexures are provided so that the students get a better idea of proposal
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## IC - 38 **INSURANCE MARKETING FIRM** **COMPOSITE****ACKNOWLEDGEMENT****This course is based on revised syllabus prescribed by Insurance Regulatory** **and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) and prepared by Insurance** **Institute of India, Mumbai.****AUTHORS/ REVIEWERS (in Alphabetical order)**Dr. R. K. Duggal D...
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INSURANCE MARKETING FIRM
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|C-06|Claims Processing|60| |C-07|Documentation|67| |C-08|Customer Service|76| |C-09|Grievance Redressal Mechanism|93| |C-10|Regulatory Aspects for Insurance Marketing Firm|101| |**SECTION **|**LIFE INSURANCE **|**LIFE INSURANCE **| |L-01|What Life Insurance Involves|118| |L-02|Financial Planning|125| |L-03|Life Insura...
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SECTION
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|---|---| |**Benevolent**<br>**Societies/**<br>**Friendly**<br>**Societies**|Greeks of 7th Cy. AD, used to pay in advance to take care of the<br>family of members who died and also the funeral expenses of the<br>member.<br>Similar practices were followed in England as well.| |**Rhodes**|Traders of Rhodes who were sendi...
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Benevolent
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Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) in April 2000 as a statutory regulatory body for the insurance industry.f) An amendment of the Insurance Act in 2021, has allowed Foreign investors, tohold up to 74% of the paid up equity capital in an Indian Insurance company. Foreign insurers can now est...
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Insurance industry today (As on 30
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persons have similar assets which are exposed to similar risks. Their assets are also referred to as ‘risks’ in many contexts.d) This pool of funds is used to compensate the few who might suffer the lossescaused by a **peril** .e) This process of pooling funds and compensating the unfortunate few is carriedout through ...
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Insurance reduces Risk Burden
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who can be individuals or corporates. The benefits they pay to policyholders are contractual obligations. Insurance contracts are meaningful only if the Insurers are financially capable of taking over the risks and compensating for the losses, if and when they occur. The structure arises from application of the mutuali...
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Mutuality
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spread of Malaria.**c)** **Changes made in dangerous or hazardous operations,** while usingmachinery and equipment or in the performance of other task - e.g. (i) wearing helmets inside construction sites; (ii) wearing gloves and face shields while handling chemicals.**d)** **Leading a healthy lifestyle** - helps in red...
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Changes made in dangerous or hazardous operations,
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the **severity** (amount of loss). This works in different ways – (a) If the amount of loss is very high, and the probability of its occurrence is small, the cost of the risk would be low as such instances may be very few. (b) Even if the amount of loss is small, if the probability of its occurrence is very high, the c...
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Diagram 6:
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to the prospect to enable the prospect to decide on the best cover that would bein his or her interest”.If the proposal and other connected papers are not filled by the customer, a certificate may be incorporated at the end of proposal form from the customer that the contents of the form and documents have been fully e...
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G.
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India?I. PM Jan Arogya Yojana - Ayushmaan Bharat II. PM Fasal Bima Yojana III. PM Suraksha Bima Yojana IV. All of the above**Summary**Insurance is risk transfer through risk pooling.Commercial insurance business as practiced today started at the Lloyd’sCoffee House in London.An insurance arrangement involves the follow...
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Summary
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scarcity and its ownership or possession by someone. **Insurance of assets**Insurance provides protection only against financial losses arising from unexpected events and not natural wear and tear, of assets due to usage overtime.We must note that **insurance cannot protect an asset from loss or damage** . An earthqua...
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Insurance of assets
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On this basis one may identify three types of risk events or situations: **Critical**Where losses are of such a magnitude; that may result in total loss or bankruptcy. Losses can be critical when the accident results in significant and22severe impact, disability, damage to equipment and the environment, which may be r...
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Critical
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under the policy, such claims are clearly fraudulent and could be justifiably rejectedA classic instance of moral hazard is purchasing insurance for a factory and then burning it down to collect the insurance amount or buying health insurance after onset of a major ailment.24**c)** **Legal hazard** is more prevalent in...
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Legal hazard
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because of a principle known as the “Law of large numbers”. It states that the larger the size of the pool of risks, the actual average of losses would be closer to the estimated or expected average loss.**c)** **Insurance Companies to remain Solvent:**If the pools of risks and the premium pools created are not suffici...
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Insurance Companies to remain Solvent:
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b) Risk c) Hazard d) Risk pooling e) Offer and acceptance f) Lawful consideration**Answers to Test Yourself****Answer 1** - The correct option is II.28#### CHAPTER C-0 3## PRINCIPLES OF INSURANCE**Chapter Introduction**In this chapter, we discuss the principles, based on which the mechanism ofinsurance works.a) Utmost ...
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Answers to Test Yourself
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of premium and the terms and conditions. The insured has an obligation to fully and accurately disclose all facts that are material to an insurancecontract.Whether an undisclosed fact was material or not would depend on the circumstances of the individual case and could be decided ultimately only in a court of law. The...
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Example
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answers were incomplete.**b.** **Duty to Disclose:** In the case of insurance contracts, the duty to disclose ispresent throughout the entire period of negotiation until the proposal is accepted and a Life Insurance policy is issued.Once the Life Insurance policy is accepted, there is no further need to disclose any ma...
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Duty to Disclose:
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(c) the date of revival of the policy or (d) the date of the rider to the policy,whichever is later.33The insurer needs to communicate the reasons on which the policy is questioned in writing to the insured or his/ her legal representatives, nominees or assignees.The expression "fraud" means any act committed by the in...
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B.
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insurance, insurable interest should be present both at the time of taking the policy and at the time of claim with some exceptions like marine policies inwhich case it must exist at the time of claim.35In case of fire and accident insurance, insurable interest should be present both at the time of taking the policy an...
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C.
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