Insurable Interest

Bayani Gaba-gaba

You may insure your own car, but you may not insure your neighbour's. You may insure your own life for any amount, yet you may insure a stranger's for nothing at all. The rule that draws this line is insurable interest, and it is what separates a genuine insurance contract from a bet. Without it, a policy is not merely unpaid at claim time: in law it never existed.

This lesson explains what insurable interest is, the essential features the law looks for before it recognises the interest, and the one point examiners test most: the exact moment the interest must be present, which differs for life, for marine and for fire and motor cover. You will apply the rule to decide who may validly insure what, and see why a policy taken out without it is simply void.

Manufura

  1. Define insurable interest and explain why the law requires it
  2. State the essential features that must be present before insurable interest exists
  3. Explain when insurable interest must attach in life, marine and property insurance
  4. Apply insurable interest to decide whether a named person may validly insure a stated subject matter
  5. Explain the consequence of effecting a policy without insurable interest

Takardar Darasi

Suppose you could walk into an office and insure the shop across the road, a shop you do not own and have never set foot in, for ₦20,000,000. If it burned down you would collect a fortune; if it stood, you would lose only your premium. That is not insurance. It is a wager on somebody else's misfortune, and it hands you a reason to wish the shop harm. The law shuts this door with a single requirement: before anyone may insure a thing, they must stand to lose financially if that thing is damaged, destroyed or, in the case of a life, ended. That financial stake is insurable interest, and it is the first question a claims officer asks.

Nazarin Darasi

Barka da kammala darasi akan Insurable Interest. Yanzu da kuka bincika mahimman raayoyi da raayoyi, lokaci yayi da zaku gwada ilimin ku. Wannan sashe yana ba da ayyuka iri-iri Tambayoyin da aka tsara don ƙarfafa fahimtar ku da kuma taimaka muku auna fahimtar ku game da kayan.

Za ka gamu da haɗe-haɗen nau'ikan tambayoyi, ciki har da tambayoyin zaɓi da yawa, tambayoyin gajeren amsa, da tambayoyin rubutu. Kowace tambaya an ƙirƙira ta da kyau don auna fannoni daban-daban na iliminka da ƙwarewar tunani mai zurfi.

Yi wannan ɓangaren na kimantawa a matsayin wata dama don ƙarfafa fahimtarka kan batun kuma don gano duk wani yanki da kake buƙatar ƙarin karatu. Kada ka yanke ƙauna da duk wani ƙalubale da ka fuskanta; maimakon haka, ka kallesu a matsayin damar haɓaka da ingantawa.

  1. Insurable interest is best described as: A. The premium a person pays for a policy B. A legally recognised financial stake a person has in the thing insured C. The profit an insurer makes on a contract D. The affection a person feels for another Answer: B
  2. In which class of insurance must insurable interest exist only at the time of loss? A. Life assurance B. Fire insurance C. Marine insurance D. Motor insurance Answer: C
  3. A creditor lends 1,000,000 naira at an agreed interest of 200,000 naira. The maximum insurable interest the creditor has in the debtor's life is: A. 1,000,000 naira B. 200,000 naira C. 1,200,000 naira D. 800,000 naira Answer: C
  4. A policy effected without any insurable interest is: A. Valid but non-transferable B. Void and treated as a wager C. Payable only in part D. Converted into a life policy Answer: B
  5. Which of the following persons does NOT have an insurable interest? A. A husband in the life of his wife B. A dry cleaner in the clothes left in his custody C. A man in the new car of a colleague he admires D. A joint owner in the jointly owned house Answer: C

Littattafan da ake ba da shawarar karantawa

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Mai wallafa: Pearson
Shekara: 2016
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Fundamentals of Risk and Insurance
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Shekara: 2008
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Fundamentals of Insurance
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Mai wallafa: Himalaya Publishing House
Shekara: 2017
ISBN: 978-93-5097-079-9
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Tambayoyin Da Suka Wuce

Kana ka na mamaki yadda tambayoyin baya na wannan batu suke? Ga wasu tambayoyi da suka shafi Insurable Interest daga shekarun baya.

WAEC SSCE - Insurance - 2015

Tambaya 1 Rahoto

List and explain five principles of insurance.

Duba Amsa