Insurance is your soldier

Yes, Insurance is your soldier to protect you from unseen consequences. Let us see the reasons.

There are certain principles, which make it possible for insurance to remain a preferred fair arrangement. The first is that it is difficult for any one individual to bear the consequences of the risks that he is exposed to.It will become bearrable when the community shares the burden.The second is that the peril should occur in an accidental manner.Nobody should be in a position to make the risk happen. In other words, none in the group should set fire to his assests and ask others to share the loss. This would be taking unfair advantage of an arrangement put into place to protect people from the accidental risks they are exposed to. The occurence has to be random, and not the deliberate creation of the insured person.

The manner in which the loss is to be shared can be determined before hand. It can be equal among all. It can also be proportional to the risk that each person is exposed to. The trader who has sent Rs.100 lakhs worth of goods on a ship will bear double the loss to be borne by another trader who has got Rs.50 lakhs worth of goods on the same ship. Current practice is to make the sharing proportional to the exposure to risk. The share could be collected from the members after the loss has occured or the likely shares may be collected in advance, at that time of admission to the group.Insurance companies collect in advance and create a fund from which he losses are paid.

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Pure Risks and Speculative Risks

Let us have a close look at Pure and Speculative risks:

The latter are in the nature of betting or gambling where the risk is, to some extent, under the control of the person concerned, while a picture is not so. It is more in the nature of an Act of God. Insurance deals with only pure risks and not speculative risks.

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Dynamic and Static Risks

Let us have a close look at Dynamic and Static risks:

Dynamic risks are caused by perils which have national consequence, like inflation, calamities, technology, political upheavals, etc. Static risks are caused by perils which have no consequence on the national economy, like a fire or theft or misappropriation. Dynamic risks are less likely to occur than static risks, but are also less predictable. Static risks are more suited to management throught insurance.

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Critical or Catastrophic risks, Financial and Non-Financial Risks

Let us have a close view about Critical or Catastrophic risks, Financial and Non-Financial Risks:

Critical or Catastrophic risks are those which may lead to the bankruptcy of the owner. It would happen if this total, like in tsunami, wiping out everything. It can also happen if the deceased person was heavily in debt. Important risks may bot spell doom, but may upset family or business finances bdaly, requiring a lot time to recover. The adverse effects of an economic recession is one such. Less damaging are Unimportant risks, life temporary illness or accidents.

Finalcial and Non-Financial Risks:

Insurance is concerned only with financial risks

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Classification of Risks in our Daily Life

Risks are classified into various types based on the damage to be caused. If we understand this then we can know when to take the insurance for our assests and for our lives:

Risks are classified in various ways:-

Critical or Catastrophic risks

Financial or Non-Financial risks

Dynamic and Static risks

Fundamental risks

Pure and Speculative risks

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