Types of risk which can be insured;
- For a risk to be insurable it must be fortuitous (i.e. accidental and not inevitable), there must be insurable interest (i.e. a legally recognised relationship between the insured and the financial loss) and in keeping with public policy (i.e. not be contrary to what society is believes is right and proper)
Types of risk which cannot be insured;
Risks cannot be insured which are;
- Non financial (i.e. not measureable in monetary terms)
- Speculative (i.e. not undertaken for profit)
- Fundamental (i.e. outside of the control of one individual and affecting large swathes of society)
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