Insurance Knowledge
1. What is an insurance contract? The insurance contract is an
insurance agreement.signed by the policy holder and the insurance company which
stipulate the rights and obligations. 2.What is the insurer? The insurer is refers to the
insurance company which signed the insurance contract with the policy holder and
responsible to pay the claim and insurance benefit. 3.
What is policy holder? The policy holder is refers to the
person signed the insurance contract with insurance company and responsible to
pay the insurance premium. 4.
What is the insured? The insured is refers to the
person under the cover of the insurance contract. If the policy holder purchase
the insurance product for him/herself, the insured and the policy holder is the
same person. 5. What is a
beneficiary? The beneficiary is the person
appoint by the insured or the policy holder who is entitle to enjoy the
insurance benefit, the policy holder and the insured can be the beneficiary.
6.
What is insurance liability? Insurance liability is the
responsibility of the insurance company to pay the claim or the insurance
benefit when the insurance accident occurred. The liability of personal
insurance contract include: death benefit, survival benefit, disability benefit,
sickness benefit, medical payments and so on. 7. What is
liability exclusion? Exclusion of liability is the
scope of the accident which stipulates in the insurance contract that the
insurance company is not responsible for, e.g the disability or death caused by
insured as a result of a deliberate crime. 8. What is
insurance period? The period of insurance is
stipulates in the insurance contract the duration since the insurance
responsibility beginning to the termination. 9.
What is insurance premium? Premium is paid by the policy
holder when purchase the insurance products. The level of insurance premiums is
related to the insurance liability, insurance period, insurance amount, also
subject to the insured's age, gender, physical condition, occupation and other
factors. 10. What is insurance amount? Insurance amount is stipulates in
the insurance contract when the insurance accident occur, the maximum amount the
insurance company shall pay. 11. What is
cash value? Cash value is refers to the policy
value of long-term personal insurance contract, usually means when the policy
holder cancel the insurance contract, the amount refund to the policy holder by
the insurance company. 12.What is Endowment Insurance? Endowment insurance is a form of
life insurance which pays out once it matures, regardless as to whether or not
the insured is alive. Endowment insurance has both
protection and savings functions. If other conditions being equal, the savings
features of endowment insurance is more prominent than permanent life insurance.
As endowment insurance includes the death and survival benefit, if other
condition being equal, the loading of endowment insurance is relatively higher
than regular life insurance and permanent life insurance People can use endowment insurance
for things like planning for college expenses, setting aside money for
retirement, and other situations 13.What is
participating insurance? Participating insurance is a kind
of life insurance that insurance companies allocate its surplus to the
policyholders according to a certain percentage, it has the following
characteristics: First, the policyholders will
receive dividends. Participating insurance company will decided a dividend
distribution rate according to its actual operating situation each year, that
is, customers can share the benefit base on the company's operating results.
Second, the dividend distribution
method could be cash or dividend addition. Distribution of cash dividends is in
the form of direct cash surplus allocated to policyholders, insurance companies
can provide policyholders a variety of ways to receive dividends, such as cash,
premiums countervail, cumulative interest and so on. Dividend addition is
defined as to increase the sum insured every year of the entire insurance
period. Third, the dividend distribution
is uncertain. Dividends distribution level depends primarily on the situation
of actual operating results of insurance company. 14. What is
universal insurance? Universal insurance is a kind of
life insurance which set up investment accounts with guarantee profit, it has
the following characteristics: First, flexible payment method and
transparent charges. Generally speaking, after the policy holder pays the first
premium, he can irregularly pay an unfixed premium. At the same time, the
insurance company discloses all fees charged to the policy holder. Second, high flexibility,
adjustable sum insured. Funds in account can be flexible drawn under the
conditions of the contract. In accordance with the contract, the policy holder
can usually increase or decrease the amount of insurance. Third, usually set the minimum
guaranteed interest rate, settlement of investment income on a regular basis.
These products provide a minimum income guarantee, share the return on
investment with insurance company of the portion over the minimum guaranteed
income. 15. Investment
Range of Insurance Company£¿ Bank deposits and agreement
deposit, government bonds, financial bonds, AA or above grade corporate bonds,
treasury bonds repurchase and the central bank bills, real estate, and other
forms of utilization of funds allowed by the State Council. 16. How to
decide dividends distribution£¿ The company will calculate the
available distribution of dividends based on operating conditions of the year.
The Board will decide the final dividend program and announced to customers
based on the current market competition situation and the long-term development
objectives. An annual auditing will be took place by an independent accounting
firm on distribution of dividends, dividend program will also be reported to the
China Insurance Regulatory Commission for record.
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