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What is Pure Risk?
What is Pure Risk?
- A chance of gain with a chance of loss
- A method for spreading individual risk
- A chance of loss with no chance for gain (correct)
- A financial interest in life or property
What is Speculative Risk?
What is Speculative Risk?
- A chance of loss with no chance for gain
- May result in either gain or loss (correct)
- A chance of loss involving personal income
- Insurance to protect against claims
What is Economic Risk?
What is Economic Risk?
May result in gain or loss because of changing economic conditions.
What is Insurance?
What is Insurance?
What is Insurable Risk?
What is Insurable Risk?
What is Insurable Interest?
What is Insurable Interest?
What is Personal Risk?
What is Personal Risk?
What is Property Risk?
What is Property Risk?
What is Liability Risk?
What is Liability Risk?
What is Premium?
What is Premium?
What is Indemnification?
What is Indemnification?
What is Risk Management?
What is Risk Management?
What is Risk Shifting?
What is Risk Shifting?
What is Risk Avoidance?
What is Risk Avoidance?
What is Risk Reduction?
What is Risk Reduction?
What is Risk Assumption?
What is Risk Assumption?
What is a Deductible?
What is a Deductible?
What are Exclusions?
What are Exclusions?
What is a Renter's Policy?
What is a Renter's Policy?
What is a Homeowner's Policy?
What is a Homeowner's Policy?
What is Comprehensive Coverage?
What is Comprehensive Coverage?
What is Replacement Value?
What is Replacement Value?
What is Liability Coverage?
What is Liability Coverage?
What is an Uninvited Guest?
What is an Uninvited Guest?
What is an Attractive Nuisance?
What is an Attractive Nuisance?
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Study Notes
Risk Types
- Pure risk: Involves a chance of loss without any possibility for gain.
- Speculative risk: Can result in either financial gain or loss, often associated with investments.
- Economic risk: Linked to changes in economic conditions, may lead to either gain or loss.
Insurance Concepts
- Insurance: Method for distributing individual risks among a large group, making losses more manageable.
- Insurable risk: Type of pure risk that affects many individuals, with predictable loss amounts.
- Insurable interest: Financial stake in a person’s life or property; loss or harm causes financial impact on the insured.
Personal and Property Risks
- Personal risk: Involves potential loss affecting income and living standards.
- Property risk: Concerns potential loss or damage to tangible property.
- Liability risk: Arises from actions that result in injury or damage, affecting others' rights or properties.
Insurance Financial Terms
- Premium: Fee paid to an insurance company for assuming specific risks.
- Indemnification: Process of restoring the insured to their pre-loss financial state.
Risk Management Strategies
- Risk management: Organized approach to minimize financial losses from pure and insurable risks.
- Risk shifting: Involves purchasing insurance to transfer potential financial losses to the insurer.
- Risk avoidance: Reduces potential loss by avoiding actions that could lead to risks.
- Risk reduction: Implements measures to decrease the frequency or severity of potential losses.
- Risk assumption: Accepting responsibility for the financial consequences of a risk.
Insurance Policy Details
- Deductible: The amount paid by the insured before the insurance coverage takes effect.
- Exclusions: Specific items or conditions that are explicitly not covered by an insurance policy.
- Renter's policy: Insurance that provides coverage for renters against property loss and liability claims.
- Homeowner's policy: Insurance designed to protect property owners from various property and liability risks.
Coverage Types
- Comprehensive: The broadest level of coverage available under a homeowner’s policy.
- Replacement value: The cost to replace an item, without considering depreciation or actual cash value.
- Liability coverage: Protection against claims resulting from bodily injury or property damage to others.
Legal U.S. Terms
- Uninvited guest: Individuals presumed to have permission to enter a property, such as solicitors or delivery personnel.
- Attractive nuisance: A potentially hazardous condition or object that is appealing to children, necessitating extra caution for property owners.
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