by Lawrence
What if I’ve only paid one premium and then write off my R140, 000 vehicle in an accident the next day? I’ve often asked myself that very same question… Or how about this question: “How would you start a brand new insurance company from scratch?” I mean think of it… You’ve placed your first ten clients on books, and In the process collected R10, 000 in premiums. Next day your first client phones in and says he’s written off his R140, 000 car R10, 000 in payments collected versus R140, 000 to be paid out! I don’t know about your business, but in our businesses it means closing the doors (…and a lot of ducking and diving)! But before we get to the theoretical version of how insurers make money, let’s go back a few thousand years, to the very beginning of the insurance industry… How they insured in the good ole days! The story goes that Chinese merchants made use of rivers to transport their goods from place to place. Now instead of putting all their worldly possessions on just one boat they would spread their wares between a couple of boats – that way, if one of them ...
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Life Insurance,
Short Term Insurance
by Lawrence
Here’s a true story…and a valuable lesson for us all! Recently Brendan got a call from one of our household insurance clients. Client: Hi Brendan, I’ve just been robbed! Brendan: Are you OK? What happened? Client: I’m fine. I woke up from an afternoon nap only to find a bunch of guys in my home. They took all my jewellery. How do I go about claiming? Brendan: No problem! I’ll send you the household insurance claim form…How much jewellery are we talking about here? Client: Oh, I reckon it’s easily R100, 000! Brendan: Shew, I didn’t know you had that much! Do you have valuation certificates for all these items? Client: No, why? Now first things first! It’s not the first time we’ve asked household insurance clients to please send us inventories and valuation certificates for jewellery. Truth be told – the vast majority of our email correspondence regarding this type of thing is simply ignored… …Heck Brendan, I’m just too busy right now! I’ll try and get the valuation done this weekend…I promise! Sound familiar? No valuations on jewellery means that neither the client or us have a leg to stand on when it comes time to handling the ...
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Short Term Insurance