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5insurance Underwriting
Insurance Underwriting
• Meaning and Defination
• Process and types of underwriting decision
• Common types of underwriting document
• Meaning and reasons of endorsement
• Policy cancelation
• Refunding premium
Meaning Of Underwriting
• Underwriting is the process of assessing the
risk proposed to insurance with the terms and
conditions to be imposed on an insurance
contract.
• underwriter is the person on behalf of insurer
who accepts; rejects and sets terms and
conditions on proposed insurance policy.
Underwriting procedure
• It is issued in motor insurance and marine cargo under open cover and
declaration policies.
• The motor insurance act says that the motor policy shall have no effect until or
unless certificate of insurance is issued in prescribed format.
• Instead of insurance policy, certificate of insurance is the only evidence of
existence of valid insurance required by motor vehicle act acceptable to police
Authorities. Certificate of insurance contains the following information:
– Serial number
– Name and address of insured
– Date of commencement of insurance and expiry date
– Use of the vehicle
– Particulars of the vehicle
• Registration number
• Engine and chassis number
• model and make of the vehicle
• Cubic cap[city
The policy
• Endorsement governs the policy. They may limit or emphasize the risk
granted by the printed form of the policy. They may be printed, typed or
hand written on the policy it self. They are issued during the currency of
the policy to effect changes in the policy. Sometimes they are attached at
the time of issue of the policy. Usually endorsements are used during the
currency of the policy under the following circumstance:
Change in insurable interest by way of mortgage or sale of property
Change in sum insured
Change in the risk, e.g. change construction of building
Extension of insurance
Change in address
Transfer of goods to another location
Cancellation of insurance
Cancellation of policy
Once a policy is issued , it will normally continue till its expiry. However
under the following circumstance the contract is terminated:
By order of the court
By destruction of subject matter
By breach of conditions of the policy
By material alteration made by the insured with out the consent of
insurers
By payment of total loss by insurers
By mutual consent
Insurers or insured exercise their power to cancel the policy as per
authority given by cancellation clause
By assignment of insured of his entire interest in subject matter
By liquidation or winding up of the insurer
Refund of premium