Insurance WAEC

Engineering Insurance

Gbogbo ọrọ náà

Behind every factory, every high rise going up in Lagos and every power station humming in the background sits a class of cover most people never notice: engineering insurance. It is what pays when a steam boiler bursts, when a generator seizes, or when a half built bridge is swept away in a flood. Ordinary fire and burglary policies deliberately leave these risks out, so a whole family of engineering policies grew up to fill the gap.

In this lesson you will meet the main types: boiler and pressure plant, machinery breakdown, contractors' all risks and erection all risks. You will learn exactly what each one covers, why an inspection engineer keeps calling on the insured, who actually buys these policies, and how to work an engineering claim through average and an excess. Master it and you hold marks that many candidates simply leave on the table.

Ebumnobi

  1. Identify the types of engineering insurance, including boiler, machinery and contractors' all risks
  2. Explain the scope of cover under each type of engineering policy
  3. Explain the role of periodic inspection in engineering insurance
  4. Identify the typical buyers of engineering insurance

Maapụ uche

E seela isiokwu a ka ị hụ otu echiche si ejikọta.

Kaadị ncheta

Omume ncheta ngwa ngwa n'ihe a na-anwale n'isiokwu a.

Akwụkwọ Ọmụmụ

A palm oil mill outside Aba runs a steam boiler day and night. One morning the boiler bursts, wrecking the plant and stopping production for weeks. The owner reaches for his fire policy and is told, politely, that it does not respond: a standard fire policy pays for fire, and the bursting of a boiler by its own steam pressure is a different peril that fire cover specifically excludes. What he needed was an engineering policy. Engineering insurance is the branch built for machines and construction, the risks that fire and burglary cover leave untouched, and it is examined in WAEC as one of the non-life products every candidate must be able to name and explain.

Nnyocha Ọmụmụ

Ekele diri gi maka imecha ihe karịrị na Engineering Insurance. Ugbu a na ị na-enyochakwa isi echiche na echiche ndị dị mkpa, ọ bụ oge iji nwalee ihe ị ma. Ngwa a na-enye ụdị ajụjụ ọmụmụ dị iche iche emebere iji kwado nghọta gị wee nyere gị aka ịmata otú ị ghọtara ihe ndị a kụziri.

Ị ga-ahụ ngwakọta nke ụdị ajụjụ dị iche iche, gụnyere ajụjụ chọrọ ịhọrọ otu n’ime ọtụtụ azịza, ajụjụ chọrọ mkpirisi azịza, na ajụjụ ede ede. A na-arụpụta ajụjụ ọ bụla nke ọma iji nwalee akụkụ dị iche iche nke ihe ọmụma gị na nkà nke ịtụgharị uche.

Jiri akụkụ a nke nyocha ka ohere iji kụziere ihe ị matara banyere isiokwu ahụ ma chọpụta ebe ọ bụla ị nwere ike ịchọ ọmụmụ ihe ọzọ. Ekwela ka nsogbu ọ bụla ị na-eche ihu mee ka ị daa mba; kama, lee ha anya dị ka ohere maka ịzụlite onwe gị na imeziwanye.

  1. Which policy covers the sudden bursting of a steam boiler in a factory? A. Fire and special perils insurance B. Boiler and pressure plant insurance C. Fidelity guarantee insurance D. Marine hull insurance Answer: B
  2. Contractors' all risks insurance is bought mainly by: A. Private motorists B. Building and civil engineering contractors C. Life assurance offices D. Poultry farmers Answer: B
  3. A power company installing a new gas turbine at its generating station should take out: A. Erection all risks insurance B. Burglary insurance C. Personal accident insurance D. Fidelity guarantee insurance Answer: A
  4. A machine is insured for 30,000,000 naira under a machinery breakdown policy with an excess of 1% of the sum insured. A breakdown costs 1,000,000 naira to repair. How much will the insurer pay? A. 1,000,000 naira B. 970,000 naira C. 700,000 naira D. 300,000 naira Answer: C
  5. The periodic inspection that accompanies engineering insurance is mainly intended to: A. Increase the premium each year B. Prevent loss and meet the legal duty to examine the plant C. Help the insurer avoid paying every claim D. Replace the need for a proposal form Answer: B