Insurance WAEC

Benefits Of Insurance

Aperçu

Insurance looks, at first glance, like a private arrangement between one worried person and one company. In truth its good spreads far wider than that. The same premium that buys a Lagos trader a good night's sleep also helps a bank lend, keeps a factory open after a fire, pays the salaries of thousands of agents, and quietly builds the roads and bonds the whole country uses. Benefit flows outward, from the individual, to business, to the nation.

In this lesson you will learn to sort those benefits into their three tiers and defend each one. You will see how insurance manufactures the confidence to trade and to borrow, how the premiums of millions are pooled into long-term investment funds, and how a healthy insurance market feeds employment and national development. These are the marks WAEC hands out almost every year to candidates who can go beyond a bare list.

Objectifs

  1. Explain the benefits of insurance to the individual, the business and the nation
  2. Describe how insurance promotes business confidence, credit and continuity of trade
  3. Explain how insurance mobilises savings into long-term investment funds
  4. Evaluate the contribution of insurance to employment and to national economic development

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Note de cours

Ask a market woman in Aba why insurance matters and she will tell you it pays when her shop burns. She is right, but she has named only the first and smallest of its benefits. The premium she pays does not sit idle in a vault. It joins the premiums of hundreds of thousands of others, and that great pool of money lets banks lend against insured collateral, lets a manufacturer reopen after a disaster instead of closing for good, employs an army of agents and clerks, and is invested in bonds that build power stations and roads. WAEC does not want a list of four words. It wants you to trace that benefit outward through three tiers, from one person to the whole economy, and to justify each step.

Évaluation de la leçon

Félicitations, vous avez terminé la leçon sur Benefits Of Insurance. Maintenant que vous avez exploré le concepts et idées clés, il est temps de mettre vos connaissances à lépreuve. Cette section propose une variété de pratiques des questions conçues pour renforcer votre compréhension et vous aider à évaluer votre compréhension de la matière.

Vous rencontrerez un mélange de types de questions, y compris des questions à choix multiple, des questions à réponse courte et des questions de rédaction. Chaque question est soigneusement conçue pour évaluer différents aspects de vos connaissances et de vos compétences en pensée critique.

Utilisez cette section d'évaluation comme une occasion de renforcer votre compréhension du sujet et d'identifier les domaines où vous pourriez avoir besoin d'étudier davantage. Ne soyez pas découragé par les défis que vous rencontrez ; considérez-les plutôt comme des opportunités de croissance et d'amélioration.

  1. Which of the following is a benefit of insurance to the individual? A. Provision of employment for actuaries B. Generation of foreign exchange C. Peace of mind D. Investment of funds in government bonds Answer: C
  2. Insurance is said to provide a basis for credit because: A. Insurers lend money directly to traders B. A policy can be assigned to a bank as security for a loan C. Premiums are refunded when no loss occurs D. Insurers guarantee that businesses will make a profit Answer: B
  3. An insurer collects premium income of 6,000,000,000 naira and holds 30% as investable funds. How much is available for investment? A. 1,200,000,000 naira B. 1,800,000,000 naira C. 2,000,000,000 naira D. 3,000,000,000 naira Answer: B
  4. The mobilisation of savings by insurers refers to: A. Paying claims promptly to policyholders B. Charging an equitable premium for each risk C. Gathering many small premiums into a large investment pool D. Transferring risk from the insured to the insurer Answer: C
  5. Which of the following is mainly a benefit of insurance to the national economy? A. Savings through an endowment policy B. Provision of employment and capital for development C. Reduction of a family's anxiety after a death D. Continuity of a single trader's business Answer: B

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Principles of Risk Management and Insurance
Principles of Risk Management and Insurance
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Éditeur: Pearson
Année: 2016
ISBN: 978-0-13-408257-8
Description: The standard introduction to risk and insurance, covering risk management, insurer operations and the main lines of life, health, property and liability cover.
Fundamentals of Risk and Insurance
Fundamentals of Risk and Insurance
Sous-titre: Tenth edition
Éditeur: Wiley
Année: 2008
ISBN: 978-0-470-08753-4
Description: A clear account of the nature of risk and the economics of insurance, written for beginning students across life, health, property and liability insurance.
Fundamentals of Insurance
Fundamentals of Insurance
Sous-titre: Second edition
Éditeur: Himalaya Publishing House
Année: 2017
ISBN: 978-93-5097-079-9
Description: An accessible treatment of insurance in four parts: the basics of risk, insurance management, life insurance and non-life insurance.

Questions de révision

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WAEC SSCE - Insurance - 2018

Question 1 Rapport

(a) Outline three features of life assurance.

(b) State three benefits each of life assurance to the;
(i) individuals
(ii) government 
 

Détails de la réponse

(a) Three features of life assurance

  1. It is not a contract of indemnity; it pays a fixed, agreed sum on death or maturity because human life cannot be valued in money.
  2. The risk insured against (death) is certain to occur, only the time is uncertain, so the contract is bound to give rise to a claim eventually.
  3. Insurable interest need only exist at the inception of the policy, and the policy can acquire a surrender value and be used as security for a loan.

(b)(i) Three benefits of life assurance to individuals

  1. It provides financial security and support for the family or dependants of the assured on his death.
  2. It is a means of saving for retirement and other future needs.
  3. The policy can serve as collateral to obtain a loan and can meet obligations such as children's education.

(b)(ii) Three benefits of life assurance to government

  1. The premiums pooled by life offices provide long-term funds that government can borrow through bonds to finance development projects.
  2. It reduces the burden on government of caring for dependants and the aged, since families are financially protected.
  3. The industry generates employment and pays taxes, and mobilises domestic savings that aid national economic growth.
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