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PCE – Part A(1) The Basic Of Insurance . Revision 01 (25/11/2011). INTRODUCTION OF INSURANCE. CHAPTER 1. UNFORTUNATE EVENTS OF RISK. Need for Income. Sources of Income. How Insurance Works?. Some forms of risk Pooling of Risk Concept of Insurance
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PCE – Part A(1) The Basic Of Insurance Revision 01 (25/11/2011)
INTRODUCTION OF INSURANCE CHAPTER 1
UNFORTUNATE EVENTS OF RISK Need for Income Sources of Income
How Insurance Works? • Some forms of risk • Pooling of Risk • Concept of Insurance • Fund Has to Meet • Fund Can Become Deficit • Premium have to be adequate in Competitive Market
The Law of Large Numbers • Large number of similar loss exposure • Loss exposure must be independent • Random or chance occurrence of losses
What is Insurance? • Protection against financial loss caused by fortuitous events • Essential features of Insurance • Economic institution • Based on principle of mutuality or cooperation • Objective is to accumulate funds to pay claims • Only certain risk can be insured
Primary Function Equitable distribution of the financial losses of the few who are insured among the many insured Secondary Functions • Cost stabilization • Stimulates business enterprise • Removes fear and worries • Reduction of losses • Means of saving • Sources of capital for investment • Provides employment for many Functions of Insurance
Classes of Insurance Life General Premature Death Motor Vehicles Retirement Ship Sickness Building Disability Liability Personal Accident
History of Insurance • Earliest Beginning of Insurance • Marine Insurance • 1706 – Amicable Society for a Perpetual Assurance • 1762 – Equitable Assurance – Level Premium System
Insurance in Malaysia • 18th Century – British System • Principal document governing the conduct of insurance business in Malaysia • Insurance Act 1963 • Insurance Act 1996
Role of an Insurance Agent • Bring financial relief (aggrieved dependents) • Bring financial relief (property loss) • Inculcate the discipline of savings • Provide other forms of insurance related services to the public.
CHAPTER 2 NATURE OF RISK & RISK MANAGEMENT
Perils Losses Fire Property Profit/ Revenue Lives (at times) Illness Future Earnings Medical Expenses Negligence Court Awards Legal Expenses Concept of Insurance
Hazard Physical Hazard Physical chance that increases the condition of loss Moral Hazard Character Defect in an individual that increases the chance of loss Wooden Construction Dishonesty Carelessness Unreasonableness Poor mechanical condition of a car Concept of Insurance
Basic Categories of Risk • Pure • (Loss or No Loss) • Speculative • (Profit, Loss or No Loss) • Fundamental (Entire Economy) • Particular (Individuals)
Methods of Handling Risk Risk Avoidance Loss Control • Loss Prevention • Loss Minimization Risk Retention Risk Transfer • Non Insurance Contract • Insurance Contract
Characteristic of Insurable Interest • Financial Values • Large number of similar risk • Pure risk only • No catastrophic losses
Characteristic of Insurable Interest • Fortuitous losses • Insurable interest • Legal and not against public policy • Reasonable Premium
CHAPTER 3 THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF INSURANCE & AN INTRODUCTION TO TAKAFUL
Principles of Insurance • Insurable Interest • Utmost Good Faith • Indemnity • Subrogation • Contribution • Proximate Cause
Fire Insurance 100K Insurable Interest Subject Matter of Insurance Subject Matter of the Insurance Contract
Insurable Interest • When Must Insurable Interest Exist? • Who Has Insurable Interest?
UTMOST GOOD FAITH Ordinary Commercial Contract Insurance Contract Uberrima Fides Caveat Emptor Disclose fully and accurately ALL MATERIAL FACTS
NON DISCLOSURE MISREPRESENTATION BREACHES OF UTMOST GOOD FAITH VOIDABLE CONTRACT UTMOST GOOD FAITH
INDEMNITY • General Insurance- Contracts of Indemnity • Life & PA are not contracts of Indemnity
SUBROGATION An insured who has indemnified an insured for a loss may exercise the insured’s rights to claim from the third party in respect of the loss
PROXIMATE CAUSE • Which amongst many cause of losses can be taken to be the dominant cause of loss?
PRINCIPLES OF TAKAFUL OPERATION TAKAFUL TABARUK MUDHARABAH
THE INSURANCE MARKET Chapter 4 CHAPTER 4
INSURANCE MARKET: MAIN COMPONENTS SELLERS INTERMEDIARIES BUYERS
MAIN COMPONENTS- BUYERS • Individuals • Association • Societies • Small Business Enterprises • Corporation • Public Enterprises
MAIN COMPONENTS: SELLERS • Life Insurer • General Insurers • Composite Insurers • Proprietary Company • Co-operative Society
MAIN COMPONENTS: INTERMEDIARIES • AGENTS • BROKERS
OTHERS COMPONENTS:SERVICE SPECIALIST • Doctors • Hospitals • Engineers • Marine and Cargo Surveyors • Loss Adjuster / Investigators • Loss Assessors
OTHERS COMPONENTS • Reinsures
Administration Electronic Data Processing (EDP) Accounting Investment Agency or Sales ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE
ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE • Marketing • Underwriting • Claims • Customer Service • Actuarial
Insurance Related Institution:Generalinsurance • Motor Insurers’ Bureau (MIB) • Insurance Mediation Bureau (IMB) • Persatuan Insurance Am Malaysia (PIAM) • Insurance Brokers’ Association of Malaysia (PIAM) • Association of Malaysia Loss Adjustor (AMLA)
Insurance Related Institution : Life Insurance • Life Insurance of Association of Malaysia (LIAM) • National Association of Malaysia Life Financial Advisors (NAMLIFA) • The Actuarial Society of Malaysia (ASM) • The Malaysian Insurance Institute (MII)
CONSUMER PROTECTION & STATUTORY REGULATIONS CHAPTER 5 AT & D- Center for Learning Excellence
SELF REGULATION OBJECTIVES: • Instill Discipline • Protection to Consumer
PIAM IBAM AMLA LIAM RELATED ASSOCIATION General Insurance Life Insurance
STATUTORY REGULATION • Enforcement of Insurance Act 1996 by Director General of Insurance • Purpose of Regulation: • Protection of Public Interest • Promotion of Fairness & Equity • Fostering of Competence • Playing a Development Role
THE COMPANIES ACT 1965 THE PRINCIPAL IS REQUIRED TO: • Prepare & submit annual accounts • Methods of valuing assets • Method of valuing liabilities • Provision for depreciation
CHAPTER 6 THE INSURANCE CONTRACT AT & D- Center for Learning Excellence
ESSENTIALS OF AN INSURANCE CONTRACT • Intention to create a legal relationship • Offer & Acceptance • Consent- Consensus Ad Idem • Consideration • Legal capacity to contract • Legality of the contract
DEFECTIVE CONTRACT • Can be classified into three fold: • VOID • VOIDABLE • UNENFORCEABLE
DEFECTIVE CONTRACT VOID • Law held to be no contract at all • Totally invalid • Cannot be enforced in a court of law