Principle of Indemnity

This one is not written up yet

The definition above is the short version. A full explanation — how it works, a worked example and the exam traps — is still being written. In the meantime the chapter below covers it in context.

Written up from the same chapter

• Beneficial nomineeA life insurance nominee who is a parent, spouse or child of the policyholder — entitled to keep the claim money in their own right instead of holding it in trust for the legal heirs.
• Co-payA fixed percentage of every admitted claim that the insured pays out of pocket — a proportional share of the loss, applied after any deductible, in exchange for a lower premium.
• DeductibleThe portion of a claim the insured bears before the insurer pays anything — a fixed rupee threshold that lowers the premium and keeps small claims out of the system.
• Insurable interestThe requirement that the person seeking insurance would suffer a monetary loss if the subject matter were lost or destroyed — the test that separates insurance from a wager.
• InsuranceThe risk-management approach that pays an explicit upfront premium to remove the downside while keeping the upside — which in derivatives means buying an option rather than selling a future.
• No claim bonusThe benefit of a lower premium in later years for each claim-free year — in motor insurance a discount of up to 50% on the own-damage premium after five claim-free years.