Policy

Gbogbo ọrọ náà

When a claim is disputed, nobody argues over what was said across the counter. Everyone turns to one document: the policy. It is the black and white record of the bargain, and knowing how to read it is the difference between a candidate who guesses and one who can point to the exact clause that settles the matter.

This lesson opens the policy up and shows you what each part is for. You will learn why lawyers call the policy evidence of the contract rather than the contract itself, you will meet its seven parts in the order they appear, from the heading down to the signature, and you will learn who the parties to a policy are and what each of them stands to gain or lose.

Ebumnobi

  1. Define an insurance policy and explain its status as evidence of the contract
  2. Identify the component parts of a policy: heading, recital, operative clause, exceptions, conditions and schedule
  3. State the purpose of each component part
  4. Identify the parties to a policy and explain the interest of each

Akọmọ Ojú-ẹkọ

Emeka insures his provision store in Nnewi against fire. A year later a fire started by rioters guts the shop. He files a claim, certain he is covered, and the insurer declines. Emeka is furious until his broker turns to a single page of the document and shows him one short paragraph that quietly took riot out of the cover. The paragraph was always there. Emeka had simply never read his policy. Learn how a policy is built and you can read any one of them, tell at a glance what is covered and what is not, and answer the examiner's favourite question: which part of a policy does this job?

Ayẹwo Ẹkọ

Ekele diri gi maka imecha ihe karịrị na Policy. 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. The part of an insurance policy that states the actual cover granted by the insurer is the: A. Heading B. Operative clause C. Schedule D. Attestation Answer: B
  2. Which part of a policy carries the sum insured, the premium and the period of cover for a particular customer? A. Recital B. Exceptions C. Schedule D. Conditions Answer: C
  3. An insurance policy is best described as: A. The contract itself B. Evidence of the contract C. An offer to contract D. A proposal for insurance Answer: B
  4. Which of the following is NOT a component part of an insurance policy? A. Recital B. Operative clause C. Proposal form D. Schedule Answer: C
  5. The two principal parties to an insurance policy are the: A. Insurer and the broker B. Insurer and the insured C. Insured and the beneficiary D. Broker and the third party Answer: B

Àwọn Ìbéèrè Tó Ti Kọjá

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

Ajụjụ 1 Ripọtì

List and explain three types of endowment policy.