Perils

Gbogbo ọrọ náà

Ask a shopkeeper what her fire policy covers and she will say fire. Ask her whether it pays when the fire brigade floods her stock with water to put out a blaze next door, and she will hesitate. The answer turns on a single word that runs through every claim ever settled: the peril, the actual cause of the loss, and whether the policy names it as covered, says nothing about it, or shuts it out.

In this lesson you will learn exactly what a peril is and how it differs from a risk and a hazard, meet the three families of peril that decide every claim (insured, uninsured and excepted), and master the doctrine of proximate cause, the rule that examiners use to ask whether a given loss is payable. Get the peril right and you can predict the insurer's answer before the claims officer opens the file.

Ebumnobi

  1. Define a peril and give examples of insured and excepted perils
  2. Distinguish clearly among a peril, a risk and a hazard
  3. Explain how the peril insured against determines whether a claim is payable
  4. Classify given events correctly as perils, risks or hazards

Akọmọ Ojú-ẹkọ

A draper in Lagos insures her shop against fire. One night a fire starts in the lock-up next door, and the fire service pours water through her doorway to stop the flames spreading. Her stock is never touched by fire at all, yet it is ruined by water. She reads her policy, sees the word fire and not the word water, and assumes she cannot claim. She is wrong, and the reason she is wrong is the whole of this topic. What a policy pays for is not decided by the immediate cause of the damage but by the peril that set the chain of events in motion, and whether that peril is one the policy insured. Learn to read the peril and you can read the claim.

Ayẹwo Ẹkọ

Ekele diri gi maka imecha ihe karịrị na Perils. 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. A peril is best described as: A. The uncertainty that a loss will occur B. A condition that makes a loss more likely C. The actual cause of a loss D. The amount payable when a loss occurs Answer: C
  2. Which of the following is an excepted peril under a standard fire policy? A. Lightning B. Explosion C. War D. Fire Answer: C
  3. A fire breaks out and the fire service uses water to put it out, ruining the insured stock. Under a fire policy, the proximate cause of the loss is: A. Water B. Fire C. The fire service D. Negligence Answer: B
  4. Which of the following is a peril rather than a hazard? A. Worn brake pads B. Storing petrol indoors C. Theft D. A watchman who sleeps on duty Answer: C
  5. A fire policy expressly excludes riot. During a riot, a mob sets the insured shop on fire and it is destroyed. The insurer will: A. Pay in full, because fire is insured B. Pay half the loss C. Pay nothing, because the proximate cause is riot D. Pay only the value of the building Answer: C

Àwọn Ìbéèrè Tó Ti Kọjá

Nna, you dey wonder how past questions for this topic be? Here be some questions about Perils from previous years.

Ajụjụ 1 Ripọtì

Explain the following terms under marine insurance:

(a)       hull policy

(b)       cargo policy

(c)       freight policy

(d)       marine perils

(e)       average