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Life & Health
WA Life Insurance Study
Term | Definition |
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Applicant or proposed insured | A person applying for insurance |
Broker | An insurance producer not appointed by an insurer and is deemed to represent the client |
Insurance Policy | A contract between a policy owner (and/or insured) and an insurance company which agrees to pay the insured or the beneficiary for loss caused by specific events |
Insured | The person covered by the insurance policy. This person may or may not be the policyowner |
Insurer (Principal) | The company who issues an insurance policy |
Policy Owner | The person entitled to exercise the rights and privileges int he policy |
Premium | The money paid to the insurance company for the insurance policy |
Reciprocity/Reciprocal | A mutual interchange of rights and priveleges |
Risk | The uncertainty or chance of a loss occurring |
Pure Risk | Situations that can only result in a loss or no change, no opportunity for financial gain. The only risk that is insurable. |
Speculative Risk | The opportunity for either loss or gain. These are not insurable. |
Hazard | Classified as physical hazards, moral hazards, or morale hazards |
Physical Hazards | Individual characteristics that increase the chances of the cause of loss. |
Moral Hazards | Tendencies towards increased risk. Involve evaluatin the character and reputation of the proposed insured |
Morale Hazards | Arise from a state of mind that causes indifference to loss, such as carelessness |
Peril | Causes of loss insured against in an insurance policy |
Life Insurance | Insures against the financial loss caused by the premature death of the insured |
Health Insurance | Insures against the medical expenses and/or loss of income caused by the insured's sickness or accidental injury |
Property Insurance | Insures against he loss of physical property or the loss of its income-producing abilities. |
Casualty Insurance |