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* 2 elements of risk
- The likelihood (kh nng) of something happening (xy ra s c) is uncertain
(khng chc chn)
- The consequence (hu qu) if it happen is not favorable (mong i)
1.1.3.Concept of insurance
* Definition of insurance
Insurance is a contract between to parties whereby one party (insurer) agrees to
undertake the risks of another (insured) in exchange for consideration known as premium
and promises to pay a fixed sum of money to the other party on the happening of uncertain
event or after the expiry of a certain period in case of life insurance or to indemnify other
parties on the happening of an uncertain event in case of general insurance
1.1.4.Insurance contracts
- The decleration page (bn k khai thng tin)
- Policy wording (HBH tm tt)
- The insuring agreement or general insurance or conditions & exclusion (iu
khon chung)
- Extensions & modifications (iu khon b sung)
1.3.Insurance market
1.3.1.The buyers of insurance
- Individuals
- Commercial enterprises
- Government
1.3.3.The sellers
- Direct insurers (ngi Bh trc tip)
- Reinsurers (DN ti BH)
- Protection and indemnify clubs (t chc bo tr v bi thng)
- Co operatives (hp tc x) or Mutual (c phn) insurance companies (cng ty
BH tng h)
* Liability insurance
- General liability insurance (BH trch nhim tng hp)
- Directors and Officers liability insurance (BH trch nhim cho nhng ngi ch
cht)
- Employer liability insurance (BH trch nhim ca ngi ch sd vi ngi l)
- Professional liability insurance (BH trch nhim ngh nghip)
- Public liability insurance (BH trch nhim chung)
- Product liability insurance (BH trch nhim sn phm)
Chapter 4: Reinsurance
4.1.Overview
4.1.1.Concept
Reinsurance is an arrangement in which a company, the reinsurer (ngi nhn ti),
agrees to indemnify an insurance company, the ceding company (cng ty nhng ti),
against all or a portion of the primary insurance risks underwritten by the ceding company
under one or more insurance contracts
Reinsurance is the insurance of the risk assumred by the insurer
* Other definition
- Ceding company (cedant, insured, reassured): the insurer which cedes all or part
of insurance risk written to another
- The reinsurer: the insurance company that accepts the transference
- Cession (phn nhng ti): the amount of insurance risk transferred to a new
reinsurer by a ceding company
* Other concept
- Retrocession (s nhng li): a insurance transaction (s giao dch) whereby a
reinsurer the retrocedent cedes all or part of insurance risk to another reinsurer
retrocessionaire
- Retrocessionaire: the reinsurer of reinsurance company
- Retrcedent: a insurance company that buys reinsurance
A -> B -> C => B: retrocedent; C: retrocessionaire
- Retentionans (deductible, franchise, ceding companys net liability, retained line):
is the part of the risk that is not ceded and is kept for own account of the insurer
- The retention: can be given either as a percentage or an amount of the sum insured
Ex: a company retains 30% of all sum insured in the plate glass branch, an amount
of 100.000 of particularly well constructed private house fire policies
- Priority: is the maximum part of the loss incurred which is covered by the insurer
- Profit commission (hoa hng theo li): is a contractually agreed commission (hoa
hng tha thun theo H) paid by the reinsurer to the insurer in poportion (t l) to
reinsurer profits in the given reinsurance business
- Commission: is a remuneration paid by the reinsurer to the insurer for insurers
costs related to the reinsurance business (H KD TBH)
4.2.Function of Reinsurance
- Risk transfer
- Income smoothing