This article explains the concept of “excess” in insurance, which is the amount policyholders pay out of pocket before their insurer covers the rest. It details different types of excess, how it affects premiums, and considerations for choosing the right excess to balance affordability and coverage.
This article explores the principle of proximate cause in Nigerian insurance, detailing its definition, significance, and application. It explains how proximate cause determines coverage, claim validity, and risk assessment, and highlights challenges such as complexity in determining it and legal interpretations. Understanding this principle is crucial for fair insurance practices.
This article provides a comprehensive guide for individuals with pre-existing medical conditions seeking insurance coverage. It covers challenges, types of insurance affected, steps to obtain coverage, tips for managing costs, and legal protections, emphasizing the importance of understanding your needs and exploring various options to find suitable coverage.
The article explains the principle of indemnity in insurance, which ensures that policyholders are compensated for their losses without financial gain. It details how indemnity works, its purpose, types, examples, and limitations. The principle aims to restore the insured to their pre-loss state, maintaining fairness in insurance practices.
This article provides parents and guardians with a comprehensive guide to insurance, covering types such as life, health, disability, homeowners, auto, and education insurance. It explains why each is important and offers tips for choosing the right coverage to ensure financial security and peace of mind for your family.
This article highlights the benefits of Group Personal Accident Insurance, emphasizing its comprehensive coverage for accidental death, disability, and income loss. It discusses how GPA insurance provides financial security, enhances employee morale, and offers cost-effective solutions for employers.
This article explains the differences between insurance brokers and agents, highlighting their roles, responsibilities, and loyalties. It outlines how brokers represent clients with access to multiple insurers, while agents represent insurance companies. The article also covers regulation by NAICOM, choosing between the two, and their respective benefits.
This article is a comprehensive guide for startups and new businesses, highlighting the importance of insurance, the types needed, and tips for choosing the right policies. It emphasizes risk mitigation, legal compliance, and business continuity, offering practical advice for securing adequate coverage and ensuring long-term success.
This article explains liability insurance, covering its definition, types, and applications. It highlights its importance for businesses and professionals in Nigeria, offering protection against unforeseen claims and legal actions. It also guides on selecting the right liability insurance to ensure financial stability and growth.
This article is a comprehensive guide for beginners on buying insurance in Nigeria. It explains the importance of insurance, outlines various insurance products, details steps to purchase insurance, and offers tips for first-time buyers, aiming to simplify the process and ensure adequate protection and peace of mind.
This article explains the key principles of insurance—utmost good faith, insurable interest, indemnity, contribution, subrogation, proximate cause, and mitigation of loss—and how they impact insurance policies, ensuring fair and effective coverage and claims settlement for both insurers and insured parties.
This article explains key insurance terms in simple language to help individuals understand and navigate insurance policies. It covers concepts like premiums, deductibles, coverage, and more, aiming to empower readers to make informed decisions about their insurance needs.
This article provides an overview of essential insurance policies for entrepreneurs, including property, goods in transit, money, all risks, motor, and liability insurance. It emphasizes the importance of consulting registered insurance brokers for tailored advice and highlights the role of Transparent Protection Limited (TPL) in assisting with insurance needs.
This article explains fidelity guarantee insurance, detailing its importance for employers, coverage specifics, benefits, and the claim process. It emphasizes the need for increased awareness among Nigerian businesses and provides information on obtaining this insurance to protect against employee fraud.
This article examines the low insurance adoption rates in Nigeria, identifies key challenges such as negative perceptions and lack of awareness, highlights the economic benefits of insurance, and proposes solutions including improved service delivery, government support, and public education to enhance the sector’s impact on the economy and personal finances.
This article emphasizes the importance and benefits of travel insurance, detailing its coverage, addressing common misconceptions about claims, and explaining factors affecting premiums. It encourages travelers to understand their policies and consult insurance brokers for a smoother claims process, with support from Transparent Protection Limited by Guarantee if needed.
This article provides an overview of essential insurance policies for SMEs in Nigeria, highlighting compulsory and recommended coverages, the importance of timely claim settlement, and the role of insurance brokers. It emphasizes the necessity of insurance for managing risks, ensuring business stability, and facilitating growth.
This article covers the essentials of travel insurance for Nigerian travelers. It explains what travel insurance is, its benefits, common exclusions, types of plans, how to choose the right policy, and tips for purchasing. It aims to help travelers make informed decisions for safe and secure journeys.
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