Insurance Offers Consumers
Question: Property Risks
Answer: Risking financial losses if your property is damaged, destroyed, or stolen
Question: Personal Risks
Answer: Illness, injury, disability, or death of a family member can result in the loss of that person’s income, as well as added expenses such as medical bills and funeral costs
Question: Liability
Answer: Legal responsibility to pay someone who has suffered an injury or loss caused by you
Question: Insurance
Answer: Purchased protection that guarantees to pay you in the event of certain specific losses.
Question: Transferring Risk
Answer: Any one’s person’s financial risk by sharing the risk among a large group of people
Question: Indemnity
Answer: Restoring the insured person to the financial position he/she was in before the loss occured
Question: Insurable Interest
Answer: Having a financial stake in the life or property being insured
Question: Policy
Answer: Written agreement between the policyholder (consumer purchasing insurance) and the insurance company
Question: Exclusions
Answer: Specific risks not covered by a policy
Question: Endorsements
Answer: Sometimes called riders; attachments to a standard insurance policy that add or take away coverage