Policy

Muhtasari

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.

Malengo

  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

Maelezo ya Somo

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?

Tathmini ya Somo

Hongera kwa kukamilisha somo la Policy. Sasa kwa kuwa umechunguza dhana na mawazo muhimu, ni wakati wa kuweka ujuzi wako kwa mtihani. Sehemu hii inatoa mazoezi mbalimbali maswali yaliyoundwa ili kuimarisha uelewaji wako na kukusaidia kupima ufahamu wako wa nyenzo.

Utakutana na mchanganyiko wa aina mbalimbali za maswali, ikiwemo maswali ya kuchagua jibu sahihi, maswali ya majibu mafupi, na maswali ya insha. Kila swali limebuniwa kwa umakini ili kupima vipengele tofauti vya maarifa yako na ujuzi wa kufikiri kwa makini.

Tumia sehemu hii ya tathmini kama fursa ya kuimarisha uelewa wako wa mada na kubaini maeneo yoyote ambapo unaweza kuhitaji kusoma zaidi. Usikatishwe tamaa na changamoto zozote utakazokutana nazo; badala yake, zitazame kama fursa za kukua na kuboresha.

  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

Maswali ya Zamani

Unajiuliza maswali ya zamani kuhusu mada hii yanaonekanaje? Hapa kuna idadi ya maswali kuhusu Policy kutoka miaka iliyopita.

Swali 1 Ripoti

List and explain three types of endowment policy.