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Insurance
JC Learning outcome
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Insurance | protection against something that might happen |
| Assurance | protection against something that will happen |
| policy (certificate of insurance) | states that your insurance now exists |
| premium | fee for taking out insurance |
| actuary | works on behalf of the insurance company to calculate the premium |
| compensation | something you receive if you suffer a loss and claim on your insurance policy |
| Principle of Insurable Interest | This means that you must benefit form the existence and suffer from its Loss. |
| Principle of Utmost Good Faith | This means that when you are applying for insurance you must give all material facts to the company |
| Principle of Indemnity | This means that you can’t make a profit from insurance. |
| Principle of Subrogation | This means that once an insurance company has paid compensation the ownership of that item passes to the insurance company . |
| Principle of Contribution | This means that if you insure the same risk with two insurance companies, they will divide the cost of the claim between them. |
| Term Policy | This is for a fixed term. |
| Whole Life Policy | This means compensation is paid when the insured person dies |