Fundamentals of Managing Risk and Insurance

This book offers readers a basic understanding of risk, insurance and its management in non-technical terms for an individual, a business or the home. This knowledge makes individuals or businesses conscious of the fact that a loss can occur in almost any activity and often helps to avoid the shock and disbelief that comes about as and when a loss occurs. By understanding these concepts, one can forecast potential losses and not only find ways to minimise their impact but also reduce the losses and their effects when they occur. Every purchaser of an insurance product needs a basic knowledge of insurance: the benefits of the product purchased, the principles that govern the insurance product, the implicit benefits of insurance policies, the regulations that govern insurance contract between the purchaser and the insurance company. This knowledge does not only assist readers with access to the full benefit of the product purchased and better participants on the insurance market but understand the value of the insurance. It also provides the intricacies involved in the management of claims and why some claims for certain products purchased are delayed. It solves the paucity of work that explains the work that insurers perform to a person with little or no knowledge of insurance but discusses other avenues for investment for insurance companies.