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INSURANCE 3. Do you have insurable interest over your fiancé?

Atty. Efren Vincent M. Dizon 4. Do you have insurable interest over the life of the mortgagor/creditor?
*Intel from 2I, 2S, 2B, 2E, 2F, 2G, and 2J (AY 2017-2018) and intel from last year (AY 5. Explain insurable interest over property.
2016-2017) 6. You bought an apple for ₱25. Do you have insurable interest over it?
a. How about the seller?
General Provisions (Secs. 1-2) b. How about the unpaid seller, assuming you have not yet paid for it?
1. What is insurance? c. What if it got lost?
2. What does “doing an insurance business” mean? d. What if undelivered?
3. How does insurance work? e. What if your future boyfriend delivered it?
4. Is the premium lower than what you’ll get? f. You bought the apple for ₱25 and sell it for ₱40, how much is your insurable
5. Elements of insurance. Explain each. interest?
6. Who assumes the risk? g. You plant the seed from the apple. The tree grew and produced several
7. Characteristics of insurance. Explain each. baskets worth of apples. You sell it for ₱5000. How much is your insurable
interest?
Chapter I. The Contract of Insurance 7. You bought 3 mangoes for ₱15 each: 1 for you to eat; 1 to sell for ₱20; and 1 to
Title 1. What May Be Insured (Secs. 3-5) be planted and your expected harvest is 30 baskets worth ₱5000.
1. What may be insured? a. Do you have insurable interest (explain for each mango)?
b. How much is the insurable interest? To what extent?
Title 2. Parties to the Contract (Secs. 6-9) c. Can you insure profit?
1. The class will each give 1 peso, the proceeds of which would go to whoever fails d. Will your answer be the same if there is a potential buyer?
the class. Is this an insurance contract? e. What if you ordered the mangoes through phone, does the seller have
2. Contingent event vs. unknown event. Explain each and give examples. insurable interest? The buyer (you)? The carrier?
3. Can you insure lottery? f. How much is the insurable interest? To what extent?
4. How about the lottery ticket? 8. State Sec. 14.
5. Insurance vs. gambling. 9. Distinguish life and property insurance
6. Who are the parties to an insurance contract? 10. Wife insured the life of her husband. Then, they had an annulment. Thereafter,
7. Who is an insurer? the ex-husband died. Can the wife collect?
8. Who may be insured? 11. You insured a property under your name. Then, you sold the same to your
9. BF and GF deposited with a bank 10k. The person who would not break up with neighbor without endorsing the insurance. In case of loss, can you collect? Can
the other gets the 10k. Is it a contract of contract insurance? the neighbor?
10. A Filipino insures with a PH insurance company his house located at Japan. 12. With respect to the effect of a change of interest in any part of a thing insured
Japan and PH subsequently declared war with each other. The property was unaccompanied by a corresponding change in the insurance, what is the general
destroyed. Can the insured collect the proceeds from the insurer? rule and what are the exceptions?
11. Who is a public enemy? a. Give an illustration.
12. Can a public enemy be insured? Reason. 13. Supposing you are a co-owner of a business and you insured the assets of said
13. Explain the 3 rules (Connecticut, New York, US). business. During the life of the policy, you assigned half your shares to a new
14. Can a public enemy be a beneficiary? partner and the other half to the existing partner. Who may collect: you, new
15. What will happen to the insurance in case of a public enemy? partner, or existing partner?
16. Are there other parties, aside from the insurer, insured, and the beneficiary that 14. Supposing you have a business with 4 partners and you alone insured all the
will be affected by the insurance contract? incidents of the business. A year after, you sold 10% of your shares to one of
17. What is the extent of the insurable interest of the mortgagor and mortgagee, your partners, another 10% to your relative, and another 10% to a third person.
respectively, over the mortgaged property? Then, the company building caught fire and you died in that accident. Heirs sold
18. What is the reason for the extent of the mortgagor's interest? the scraps from the fire. Who can recover?
19. Can they be simultaneous? a. Can the junk shop collect?
20. Would it depend on the kind of clause? 15. You have insured car. It crashed and you died. Your heirs decided to sell the car.
Who is entitled to the proceeds: heirs, buyer, or no one?
Title 3. Insurable Interest (Secs. 10-25) 16. You are a key employee from a company. They insured your life. You were lent
1. State Sec. 10. a company car, with the ownership thereof remaining with the company. While
2. Do you have insurable interest over your brother/sister?

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going to a company related activity, you had an accident and died. Can your b. How about Sec. 30?
family collect from the company? c. How about Sec. 35?
a. Can the company collect from you? 5. Is intention material?
b. If the accident happened after you retired, can the heirs still collect the a. What is unintentional concealment? Illustrate.
proceeds? b. Are incomplete answers unintentional concealment?
17. A bought a car from you. It got into an accident. It was not fully paid. Who can c. What is the purpose for classifying concealment into intentional and
collect? unintentional?
18. A and B went on a date. A promised to pay. However, it was B who paid. Can B d. Can you raise good faith as a defense?
insure A’s life? 6. What may not be disclosed? Illustrate each.
19. A engaged the services of Freddie Aguilar to sing during his date. Can A insure a. What are matters of opinion?
the life of Freddie Aguilar? 7. What if you forgot to disclose that you have allergies?
a. Will it matter if A already paid Freddie Aguilar? a. What if it was not asked? Should you still disclose?
20. Freddie Aguilar pawned his guitar to Cebuana. Can he insure the guitar? Can b. What if the question is “are you healthy”?
Cebuana insure the guitar? c. What if you were a doctor?
a. Up to what extent, assuming that the guitar is worth ₱50K and the loan is 8. What if you did not disclose that you were involved in several accidents?
worth ₱30K? 9. Supposing you have HIV, but you did not know. Should you disclose the
b. Can Freddie Aguilar insure his finger? possibility that you have HIV because you had unprotected sex?
c. Can Freddie Aguilar’s wife insure his finger? 10. Supposing an individual has violated traffic rules thrice and already met a car
d. Supposing the marriage was already annulled. Then, Freddie Aguilar’s accident but did not disclose it upon applying for a life insurance. Is there
finger was severed. Can his ex-wife collect? concealment?
e. Supposing Freddie Aguilar has an out of town gig. It turns out that the 11. Supposing you had cancer and you did not know of such fact when you applied
organizer would not provide the guitar. So, Freddie gave his friend money for a life insurance. A month later, you died. Is there concealment?
to get the guitar back from Cebuana. His friend then delivered the guitar 12. Your boyfriend insured his car but did not disclose that he has cancer. He
from Cebuana to the venue of the gig via bus. Can Freddie, Cebuana, the figured in a car accident and died. Is the insurer liable?
friend, and the common carrier insure the guitar? 13. Your boyfriend was convicted of drunk driving. He insured his car and did not
f. How about the organizer? disclose this information. He got in a car accident. Is the insurer liable?
g. In case of loss, how much can each recover? a. What if the car was given by his company?
h. Freddie Aguilar, expected that the tickets will be sold out at the time of the b. What if it was your boyfriend’s driver that was convicted of drunk driving
concert (the aggregate amount of which would be ₱1M). as of now, 70% of before and you did not disclose the same. The driver was at fault in the
the tickets were sold. He also expects that his new songs will be sold for accident. Can your boyfriend recover?
₱5M. his guitar, which shall be used in the concert and for the songs, is 14. You are applying for a life insurance policy and you did not disclose that you
worth ₱50K. Can he insure the guitar for ₱3.05M? were bitten by a dog. You died of cancer. Can your heirs recover?
a. What if you were young when you were bitten and you cannot remember
Title 4. Concealment (Secs. 26-35) such?
Title 5. Representation (Secs. 36-48) b. What if you disclosed that you were bitten by a dog but you did not disclose
Title 7. Warranties (Secs. 67-76) that you did not get shots?
1. What is concealment? 15. Is failure to disclose the value of the property in a property insurance
a. Give an example. concealment?
b. What is its effect? Would it render the insurance contract void? Voidable? 16. You bought a car and it is not fully paid. You apply for insurance. Do you have to
2. If concealment is unintentional, what is its effect on insurance? disclose such fact?
a. What if he does not know the thing? Is there concealment? 17. Does the right to rescind apply also to the insured? Illustrate.
b. What if the person ought to know the thing? Is there concealment if the 18. What is representation? Is there an exception?
same was not disclosed? a. What is the effect of representation? Would it alter the insurance contract?
3. What must be disclosed by the parties in the insurance? b. What happens when the representation turns out to be false? Automatic
a. When is a fact material? rescission?
b. If the fact is not material, should it be disclosed? c. When does representation need to be true? What about during the
4. You procured insurance policy and you did not know you had cancer. Is the effectivity of the insurance contract?
insurer liable? d. Is representation part of the insurance contract?
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f. Must it also be material? a. Why does it affect the contract if it is not a part thereof?
g. What if stipulated? Can the insurer rescind? b. If the representation appears in the contract, does it cease to be a
h. What are the kinds of representation? Define and illustrate each. representation?
i. What is misrepresentation? 34. With respect to the effect, misrepresentation vs. warranty.
19. Representation vs. misrepresentation. Illustrate. 35. “Representations need not be absolutely true, only substantially true.” Do you
20. Misrepresentation vs. concealment. agree?
21. If I say that I am in good health when, in truth, I am terminally ill, is it a. Give an example of a substantially true representation.
concealment or misrepresentation? b. [Reciter answered, “Insured states he is in good health condition, but is
a. What if you have no knowledge that you are terminally ill? actually suffering from fever at the time.”] What if it is dengue but fully
22. You were asked if you were healthy but you were actually suffering from an recovered?
illness. Is there misrepresentation? c. What if it is cancer but fully recovered, i.e., cancer-free?
a. What if you know that there is something wrong but did not know the exact d. What if the foregoing were, instead, warranties?
sickness, and then you still answered that you are healthy. Is there 36. “Not all representations in the contract are warranties.” Do you agree?
misrepresentation? a. If you fail to inform, misrepresentation or concealment?
b. What if you said you are healthy but you have cough? b. If the misrepresentation is included in the contract, is it a breach of
23. Can concealment be a misrepresentation and vice versa? warranty?
24. Representation vs. concealment. 37. What are the kinds of warranty?
25. “I will not paint my house black”: representation or warranty? 38. You are asked if you are healthy, you said yes, but you are actually suffering
a. If the house is already black, is it concealment? Is the insurer not liable? from a terminal illness but you did not know. You died from such illness. Your
b. [Reciter answered “Warranty.”] Why? Is it promissory? Is it expressed? heirs then brought the case before the court. Can the insurer rescind?
c. Is a promise to do a future act a warranty? a. What is the incontestability clause?
26. Are all warranties stated in the contract? b. What does “last reinstatement” mean?
a. What is the effect of a breach of warranty? c. Does renewal bar the period?
b. Will the insurer be liable? d. What is reinstatement?
c. Regardless of materiality? e. Is it the same as renewal?
d. Is the insurer entitled to rescission? f. If you made a misrepresentation but there were several renewals, what is
27. Give an example of misrepresentation. the effect?
a. [Reciter answered, “‘I am straight,’ but I am actually gay.”] When will this be g. When do we start the counting of the 2-year period?
material in an insurance? h. If you renew it annually, can there still be incontestability?
b. Will such entitle the insurer to rescind? i. “If we can just renew it, then it will never prescribe.” True or false?
c. [Reciter answered, “In health insurance…”] If you are tested and the result j. There was a misrepresentation regarding health on a property insurance.
is negative, will that be material? Can the insurer contest?
28. Give an example of a warranty.
29. Give an example of a representation. Title 6. The Policy (Secs. 49-66)
a. [Reciter answered, “In a life insurance, you were actually diagnosed with 1. When does the insurance become effective?
ulcer, but said you were not”] In the example given, is it not concealment? 2. What is a policy?
b. What if he is not a doctor? a. Is the policy necessary in a contract of insurance?
c. Are opinions representation? b. Is the contract of insurance consensual?
30. Warranty vs. concealment. c. If there is already a meeting of the minds, but the policy is yet to be printed,
a. If the warranty is: “I will not paint the house black,” will the breach thereof is there no coverage yet?
entitle the insurer to rescind? d. So, is it not yet perfected?
b. Even if immaterial? e. So, is the meeting of the minds only a contract to insure?
31. What are the kinds of representation and give examples of each. f. Is the policy required to be signed?
a. [Reciter answered, “Diagnosed with cancer, then answered no, but actually g. Is it binding if it is not signed?
yes.”] Is this not concealment? 3. What is a cover note?
32. Insured told that insurer that the house will never be leased. Then, it was a. What is the purpose of the cover note?
leased. Is it misrepresentation or breach of warranty? b. Why is it binding?
a. Is the insurer liable? c. What are its contents?
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e. Is it a receipt? a. Does this mean that in an open policy, you can collect the present value of
f. Is it voluminous or merely a single page note? the property?
g. What are included in the cover note? b. Is there a limit if it is an open policy?
h. Exceptions? 8. Supposing only 50% of the property is lost, and the value of the entire property
i. Warranties? increased 5x at the time of the loss? Discuss the liability of the insurer.
j. Must it state that the premium has already been paid? a. For example, you insured your property. The limit is ₱2M. The value of the
k. For a cover note to be valid, must premium first be paid? property increased from ₱1M to ₱5M. 50% of the house got destroyed; thus,
l. [Reciter answered, “No.”] So even if you did not pay anything, you can the loss is ₱2.5M. Can you recover ₱2M or ₱2.5M?
already claim? b. What if it is under a valued policy?
m. Does the insured only pay the premium upon the issuance of the policy? c. What if it is under an open policy?
n. Do you have to pay a different payment for the cover note? d. What if it is under a running policy?
o. For a cover note to be valid, must it be signed? 9. Supposing that at the time you applied for the policy, the value of the property
p. If there is already a meeting of the minds, but there is no policy yet, is there is ₱3M, and thereafter, the value increased to ₱5M, but half of the property got
already a contract of insurance? lost. For how much can the insurer be liable?
q. What if there is no cover note yet? a. What if it is under a valued policy?
4. Is the cancellation of the cover note necessarily the cancellation of the insurance b. What if it is under an open policy?
contract? c. What if it is under a running policy?
a. Can a cover note be cancelled? 10. You insured a property worth ₱3M. After 7 months, it was lost, and its value at
b. What are the grounds therefor? the time of such loss was ₱5M. How much is the liability of the insurer?
c. Prior to the issuance of the policy, can you cancel? a. What if it is under a valued policy?
d. Can the insurance contract be rescinded prior to the issuance of the policy? b. What if it is under an open policy?
e. What are the grounds therefor? c. What if it is under a running policy?
5. What are the forms, contents, and kinds of policies? 11. Discuss policy cancellation.
a. Should it be in writing? a. Is the fact of having several insurance coverage a ground for cancellation?
b. What is provided in the new law? b. Why?
c. Can it be in handwritten form? Or is it required to be in imprinted form? c. Must there be a warranty that there are no other insurance coverage?
d. What if the policy has handwritten provisions? d. Give an example of Sec. 64(d).
e. If there are inconsistencies between the handwritten and the printed, which
prevails? Title 8. Premium (Secs. 77-84)
f. Basis? 1. What is premium?
g. What if marginal notation? 2. What is the effect of non-payment of premium?
h. What must be contained in the policy? 3. How is premium computed?
i. What is the effect if one of those enumerated in Sec. 51 is lacking? 4. Supposing you are talking to a life insurance agent, and out give a check. The
j. What is the effect if the policy is signed but one of those enumerated in Sec. agent then stepped out to hand the check to the cashier. Then, the agent got the
51 is missing? policy and gave it to you for signing. However, you decided not to push through.
k. What are the kinds of policies? Can you still withdraw?
6. What is a rider? 5. Is it not payment as far as you are concerned? Is it not the fact that there is
a. What is an endorsement? already a binding contract?
b. What is a clause? 6. What if instead of a check, you gave cash?
c. Are they part of the contract? 7. What is sufficient cause in Sec. 80(b)? Give an example.
d. If attached or cross-referenced, in case of inconsistency, how will you 8. Does it matter if the payment was done in cash or in check?
reconcile? 9. Was there already exposure to the risk?
e. Should a rider be signed? 10. Can you ask for the return of the payment if you rescind?
f. Should an endorsement be signed? 11. Supposing you insured a water bottle which is worth ₱1M with A for ₱500K
g. Should a clause be signed? (₱5K premium), with B for ₱500K (₱6K premium), and with C for ₱300K (₱4K
7. Supposing you bought 5 Rolex watches which you then insured for an indefinite premium). Can there be a return of premium? If yes, for how much?
value. The price of the watches then increased 10x. Discuss the liability of the 12. What if the policy with A has a provision that the insured cannot procure
insurer. another insurance policy from another insurance company, will there still be a
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13. What if there is already a loss?
14. Can you recover if the rescission was your fault? Title 12. Reinsurance (Secs. 97-100)
15. Is there always a refund in rescission? Even if there is fraud or default? 1. Distinguish among overinsurance, double insurance, reinsurance, and
retrocession.
Title 9. Loss (Secs. 85-89) 2. Supposing you have a property worth ₱1M. You insured the same with 2
1. You procured a life insurance on your life and a property insurance for your insurers, each for ₱1M. How much can each insurer reinsure?
house and the properties therein. Then, due to your negligence (you had a 3. Are you reinsuring the property or the liability?
bonfire inside your house), the house was gutted by fire. You then tried to save 4. Can there be another reinsurer? Can there be double reinsurance?
your things. You managed to save some on your first entry to the burning house. 5. How much can the retrocessionaire reinsure?
However, on the second, the door fell on you and injured your leg. When you 6. Can there be double retrocession?
came out of the house, the firetruck ran over you leading to your death. Is the 7. Can the insured collect directly from the reinsurer?
insurer liable? Property insurance? Life insurance? 8. Can the insured collect directly from the retrocessionaire?
a. If the insurer is not liable, can there be a return of premium? Property
insurance? Life insurance? Chapter II. Classes of Insurance
Title 1. Marine Insurance
Title 10. Notice of Loss (Secs. 90-94) Sub-Title 1-A. Definition (Sec. 101)
1. You insured your house against fire. It got burned, and as a result, a family 1. What is marine insurance?
member dies. You notified 40 days after the death. Can the insurer deny? 2. What is a vessel?
a. Suppose you are required under the policy to report within 10 days and you 3. What is hull insurance?
failed to do so, are you not justified? 4. What are the kinds of marine insurance?
b. If there is a stipulated period and the delay is justified, can the insurer still 5. What are the kinds of marine policies?
be held liable? 6. What is inland marine?
c. Will your answer be the same if it is life insurance? 7. What can you insure?
2. What if the insured dies and leaves no heirs? Who will give notice under life 8. What other risk?
insurance? 9. What are the clauses that cover the risk insured against?
a. What if he has heirs but such heirs were not indicated as beneficiaries 10. Perils of the ship vs. perils of the sea.
under the life insurance policy?
3. Supposing A loaned B money. In order to secure the loan, B mortgaged a house Sub-Title 1-B. Insurable Interest (Secs. 102-108)
to A. A insured said house and his life, and on the latter, he designated B as 1. Discuss everything about insurable interest.
beneficiary. The house burned and A died. B did not know that he was the 2. What is insurable interest in marine insurance?
beneficiary, and found out about the same 10 years after A’s death. Can B still 3. What if there is a charter party?
claim? 4. What are the kinds of charter?
a. Supposing all pieces of evidence were lost? 5. Who has insurable interest in a bareboat charter? To what extent?
4. What is a notice of loss? What is its purpose? 6. A vessel is chartered; charterer leased for cargo, to be sold at ₱500K. Then,
5. Is this applicable for all kinds of insurance? goods are subject of respondentia. Vessel is for ₱100M. Who and up to what
6. Is notice necessary in life insurance? extent are the parties’ insurable interest?
7. Instances of waiver 7. A vessel was chartered for ₱1M. A, B, and C each has cargoes on board, valued at
8. Form of notice ₱500K, to be sold at the port for ₱1M. the shipowner expects a profit amounting
to ₱1M. Half of the values were the subject of a respondentia loan, while the
Title 11. Double Insurance (Secs. 95-96) other half were subject to bottomry loan. What is the extent of the insurable
1. Illustrate over insurance and double insurance. *Example: House worth ₱10M: interests of each of the parties?
A - ₱10M (collected ₱9M) 8. What if charterer promised to pay the value of the vessel in case of loss? What is
B - ₱5M (collected ₱3M) the insurable interest?
C - ₱2M (collected ₱2M) a. What if there is no promise?
D - ₱2M (collected ₱1.5M) 9. What is loan on bottomry?
E - ₱1M (collected ₱500K) 10. What is loan on respondentia?
If the insured collected ₱16M, how should the ₱6M be returned?
a. Will there be a return of premium? Sub-Title 1-C. Concealment (Secs. 109-112)
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2. Is concealment a ground for rescission in marine insurance? g. How would you answer the question without computation?
h. How much is the loss?
Sub-Title 1-D. Representation (Secs. 113-114) 2. Vessel worth 100M, owned by X, insured for 75M. Cargo A worth 100K,
1. Discuss representation. expected to be sold for 150K, both amounts insured for 50% of their respective
values. Cargo B worth 200K, expected to be sold for 250K, both amounts
Sub-Title 1-E. Implied Warranties (Secs. 115-122) insured for 75% of their respective values. Cargo C worth 300K, expected to be
1. What are implied warranties? sold for 400K, both amounts insured for 90% of their respective values. Pirates
2. What is the effect if there is a breach of an implied warranty? attacked. Crew 1 and Crew 2 successfully warded them off. Both crew members
3. When is a ship seaworthy? were insured for a total of 500K. in the course of the attack: Crew 1 and Crew 2
got injured; a portion of the vessel (¼ of the ship) was damaged; the anchor,
Sub-Title 1-F. The Voyage and Deviation (Secs. 123-128) worth 500K was damaged; and Cargo C was jettisoned.
1. What is deviation? a. Discuss the liability of the insurer.
2. When is there deviation? b. How would you answer the question without computation?
3. When do you know if it is within its course? What is the basis? c. How much is the loss?
4. What if there is no agreed route?
5. What are the kinds of deviation? Title 2. Fire Insurance (Secs. 169-175)
6. Give an example of an improper deviation. 1. What is fire insurance?
7. What is the effect of improper deviation? 2. What if your property got struck by lightning, can you claim?
8. Supposing the vessel changed route because according to PAGASA, there is a 3. Must all risks result to fire, such that if there is no fire, then there is no claim?
typhoon. There is no typhoon. There was a loss. Can the insured recover? 4. Lightning struck the antenna, damaging the TV, but there was no fire. Is the
9. If there is an improper deviation, does it automatically avoid the policy? insurer liable?
10. What are proper deviations? 5. An earthquake occurs, resulting to the collapse of a building. The building’s
rubbles burned. The building is worth 1M, and the rubble is worth 50K. What is
Sub-Title 1-G. Loss (Secs. 129-139) the liability of the insurer?
1. What is an average? 6. Are the allied risks automatically covered?
2. What are the kinds of averages? Give an example for each kind. a. Give examples of allied risks.
3. What is jettison? b. Must there be fire?
4. What is the procedure for jettison? c. Is fire caused by typhoon, covered?
5. What are the requisites for general average? d. If typhoon only, covered?
6. Can the wages of the seamen and crew be insured? 7. What is friendly fire?
8. What is hostile fire?
Sub-Title 1-H. Abandonment (Secs. 140-157) 9. Friendly fire vs. hostile fire.
1. What is abandonment? 10. What if kitchen got burned?
2. What are the requisites for abandonment? 11. You insured an expensive cigar. If you light it, is it friendly fire?
3. What is the procedure for abandonment? a. While puffing the cigar, the curtains burned.
12. What is the effect of double insurance on fire insurance?
Sub-Title 1-I. Measure of Indemnity (Secs. 158-168) 13. What is the effect of underinsurance on fire insurance?
1. Vessel owned by A was chartered by B for the value of 500K. B leased to C for a. What if co-insurance is stipulated?
100K, leased to D for 50K, and leased to E for 50K. C's cargo (3M with expected
profit of 4M); D's cargo (4M with expected profit of 5M); E's cargo (6M with Title 3. Casualty Insurance (Sec. 176)
expected profit of 7M). The vessel was attacked by pirates. Damages/Expenses: 1. What is casualty insurance?
100K(each) life insurance of 2 crews who died in defending; 5M payment to 2. What is an accident?
repair; and 100K for the damage of anchor during the attack a. Is it the same as a fortuitous event?
a. What are included in GAL? 3. Someone stabbed you at the back, covered?
b. If the anchor is insured, how much will the insurer pay? 4. Bitten by an insect and died, covered?
c. What is the interest of B? 5. Not a professional, you joined an MMA class and got your leg broken, covered?
d. Do A and B have the same interest? 6. You joined a boxing match and got injured. Is the insurer liable?
e. What if C's cargo was jettisoned? 7. You have a car. You hit a tree thereby damaging the car. Is the insurer liable?
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Title 4. Suretyship (Secs. 177-180) the passengers in both cars either dying or suffering injuries. Discuss the
1. What is suretyship? liability.
2. Suretyship vs. guaranty. a. Is it material if either or both of the car(s) is a(are) common carrier(s)?
3. Suretyship vs. insurance. b. Will it matter that it is a third person?
4. What is Bancassurance? c. Can non-passengers collect?
d. Even if it is the fault of the other vehicle?
Title 5. Life Insurance (Secs. 181-186) 6. Supposing there was a road trip (4 passengers and 1 driver). An accident occurs
1. What is life insurance? leading to all of them getting injured.
2. What makes it different from other kinds of insurance? a. Are all injuries covered?
3. Does it cover accident insurance? b. How about the driver?
4. How do we determine if the insurance is life insurance or casualty insurance? 7. A insured the life of her son, B, designating herself as beneficiary. A acquired a
a. You insured yourself so that you can recover if you lose your finger. Life or loan from C. In consideration of such loan, A assigned the life insurance policy in
casualty? favor of C. A and B went for a drive in A’s car, which has a compulsory motor
b. You insured yourself against physical injuries. Life or casualty? vehicle liability insurance. A was driving while B was in the passenger seat.
c. You commit suicide but was unsuccessful. Life or casualty? Then, A intentionally crashed the car with a bus filled with passengers. Also
d. Life insurance vs. casualty insurance. caught in the accident were a person riding an electric bike and a person riding
e. Is there materiality in distinguishing between the two? a carabao. All except the bus passengers died.
5. Is health insurance life insurance? a. Assuming all insurable interests are insured, discuss the liability of the
6. What are the kinds of life insurance? insurers.
7. Temporary life insurance vs. permanent life insurance. b. To whom shall each go against?
8. What if beneficiary assisted in the commission of the suicide of the insured? Is
the former entitled to receive the proceeds? Chapter X. The Insurance Commissioner (Secs. 437-441)
9. Supposing you insured your life for 1M, designating your son as your 1. What are the powers of the insurance commissioner?
beneficiary. You borrowed money from someone and endorsed the policy to 2. Is the jurisdiction exclusive or concurrent?
him without informing the insurer. After 3 months, you commit suicide. Who is 3. Can the commissioner give penalties?
entitled to the proceeds? 4. What is the ceiling?
a. Should the insanity exist prior to the policy or is it immaterial?
b. What is the rule on insanity and suicide?
c. Regardless of the period?
d. Will it be material if you are already diagnosed as insane prior to procuring
the policy?
10. You insured the life of your son, designating yourself as beneficiary. You then
used the policy to secure a loan. Your son got sick, and was put on life support.
You decided to withdraw the life support. Is the insurer liable?

Title 6. Microinsurance (Secs. 187-188)


1. What is microinsurance?

Chapter III. The Business of Insurance


Title 10. Variable Contracts (Secs. 238-246)
1. What is variable insurance?

Chapter VI. Compulsory Motor Vehicle Liability Insurance (Secs. 386-402)


1. What is a compulsory motor vehicle liability insurance?
2. What is a motor vehicle?
3. Are all vehicles required?
4. Regardless of whether it is public or private?
5. Supposing a car had a collision with another car, resulting: to one of them
turtling; to hitting a carabao with a rider; to hitting a bicycle with 2 riders; to all

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