Money Insurance

Aperçu

Every trader who banks a day's takings, every school that pays its staff in cash, and every filling station that empties its tills at night faces the same quiet danger: the moment cash leaves the drawer it can be snatched, and once it is gone it is gone. Money insurance is the cover built for exactly that danger. It protects cash and cash-like documents against robbery, theft and loss, whether the money is moving to the bank, sitting on the counter, or locked in the safe overnight.

In this lesson you will learn what the policy actually treats as ‘money’ (it is far wider than notes and coins), the separate sections of cover that follow the cash from place to place, the limits and conditions that decide how much the insurer really pays, and who in the Nigerian market cannot trade safely without this policy. You will settle the calculations examiners set on carrying limits and safe limits, and learn the one distinction, money insurance against fidelity guarantee, that catches candidates every year.

Objectifs

  1. Explain what constitutes money for the purpose of a money insurance policy
  2. Describe the types of cover available, including money in transit and money in a safe
  3. Explain the limits and conditions commonly applied to money insurance
  4. Identify the typical buyers of money insurance and explain their exposure

Note de cours

A cashier at a supermarket in Ibadan is sent to the bank with the weekend takings in a bag. Two streets away a motorcyclist blocks her, seizes the bag and vanishes into traffic. The shop has lost the cash, but the wages still have to be paid and the suppliers still have to be settled. This is the risk that no burglary or fire policy quite reaches, because the money was neither in the building nor destroyed: it was in transit. Money insurance is the general-accident policy designed to follow cash wherever it goes and to pay when it is lost by robbery, theft or other accident. To use it well you must know what the policy counts as money, where it is covered, and the limits that cap the cheque.

Évaluation de la leçon

Félicitations, vous avez terminé la leçon sur Money 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. Under a money insurance policy, which of the following would NOT be treated as money? A. Currency notes and coins B. An uncrossed cheque C. Current postage stamps D. A carton of trade goods Answer: D
  2. A cashier is robbed while carrying the day's takings from the shop to the bank. Which section of the money policy responds? A. Money on the premises during business hours B. Money in transit C. Money in a locked safe out of business hours D. Personal accident Answer: B
  3. A money policy has a single carrying limit of 1,500,000 naira. An employee carrying 1,900,000 naira on one trip is robbed of the whole amount. How much will the insurer pay? A. 1,900,000 naira B. 1,500,000 naira C. 400,000 naira D. 950,000 naira Answer: B
  4. Loss of money caused by the dishonesty of a firm's own trusted employee is covered by: A. Money insurance B. Burglary insurance C. Fidelity guarantee D. Public liability insurance Answer: C
  5. Cash left overnight in business premises is usually covered by the money policy only while it is: A. On the open counter B. In a locked safe or strongroom C. In the manager's pocket D. Anywhere in the building Answer: B

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