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Regarding to risks plurality, insurance conventions are in different types. To distinguish between different kinds of insurance, different methods are applicable. Generally, insurance is provided in social and commercial fields.

In most of the countries, insurance is offered in social and commercial aspects.
Social security is the duty of governments and usually social insurance companies provide this secure. Because of limit coverage which provided by social insurance, commercial insurance is offered by insurance companies.

Generally, commercial insurance is divided into these groups:

  1. Property Insurance:

    • Fire Insurance:
      This policy indemnifies damages to movable and immovable property, including residential, commercial, industrial units which caused by fire, explosion and lightening.
      In addition of the mentioned hazards, damages arise from earthquake, flood, typhoon, storm, burst pipe, water damage and subsidence, impact of external objects, glass breakage, theft and … will be covered by additional premium.

    • Marine Insurance:
      Coverage for goods in transit including export, import and domestic transportation which are loaded by land, sea and air based on the conditions and clauses mentioned in the policy.
      Different types of insurance coverage are divided into three groups:

      • Clause A:
        All risks which may cause damage in transportation process except the exclusions which are mentioned in the policy.

      • Clause B:
        The insurer will undertake the damages arise out of risks which are mentioned in the policy. (Clause B in compare with clause A offers less coverage.)

      • Clause C:
        This policy just covers the particular risks which are mentioned in the policy. (Clause C in compare with clause B offers less coverage.)
         

    • Motor Insurance:
      This type of insurance will cover physical damage and bodily injury caused by car accidents as follows:

      • Body (Hull) Policy:
        In this type of policy, damages to insured vehicle are covered.

      • Third Party Policy:
        In this type of policy, physical damage and bodily injury to third party is covered.

      • Passenger Policy:
        In this type of policy, indemnity for bodily injury on the basis of allowed capacity is covered.
         

  2. Personal Insurance:

    • Life Insurance:
      Generally, life insurance is divided into two groups:

      • Term Assurance:
        In this type of policy, in the case of insured death during the policy period the sum insured, will be paid to beneficiary.

      • Endowment Life Insurance:
        In this field, in the case of insured death during policy period, sum insured will be paid to beneficiary and in the case of insured survival at the end of the policy period, the sum insured will be paid to the insured him/her self.

    • Mortgage Protection Life Insurance (Decreasing Term Insurance):
      This type of policy covers a range of mortgage repayment periods so that in the case of insured death or permanent disability, outstanding balance of mortgage loan will be paid off by insurance company to the mortgagee.

    • Group Permanent Health Insurance:
      In this type of policy, the hospital and surgeries expenses and … will be covered in the following cases:

      • Providing expansion for eye surgery expenses with different kind of laser by the aim of eye refraction defects removal.

      • Providing all of the hospitalization and surgeries expenses arise from accident and illness.

      • Providing natural childbirth and caesarean expenses.

      • Providing paraclinic and standing surgeries expenses.

      • Providing patient transfer expenses with Ambulance which ends to hospitalization.

      These type of policies are often purchased by Organizations, Institution, Companies and … for employees and their family members.

    • Health Insurance for Passengers Left For Abroad:
      This type of policy is just purchased by the passenger left for abroad and includes following covers:

      • Payment of hospital expenses including medical care, surgeries arise from the accidents and illnesses occurrence during the trip.

      • Payment of dentistry urgencies expenses.

      • Payment of claims charges in accordance with policy clauses.

      • Guidance and assistance in the case of theft or getting lost of passenger documents.
         

    • Accidental Insurance:
      Payment of defined indemnity in the case of insured death and disability and indemnification of the medical expenses arise from accident will be covered under this policy. This policy comprises in two forms: individual and group forms.

       

  3. Liability Insurance:
    Public liability is based on this concept that each individual who cause damage to other is liable to compensate it. Therefore, each person according to his/her occupation can protect his/her liability by purchasing liability policy .This coverage is divided into three main groups:

    • Professional Liability:
      This cover arising out of professional negligence. This can arise where lawyers, accountants, doctors, insurance brokers and a whole range of professional men do or say things that result in others suffering in some sense.

    • Contractual Liability:
      This reflects to any one who as a party (within a contract) fails to fulfill his/her obligations and thus causes damage to the other party such as  liability of tenant against owner or vise versa, liability of carriers including transportation by land, air, sea,…

    • General Liability:
      This liability reflects to each natural or legal person relative to third parties which is not produced by policy conditions, nor by his/her profession like: city halls liability, fire liability and…

  4. Engineering Insurance:
    These policies will cover damages arise from construction and erection of constructive plans and other projects. The most significant types of insurance in this field are as follows:

    • Contractors All Risk Insurance

    • Erection All Risk Insurance

    • Mechanical Insurance Breakdown

    • Goods Deterioration

    • Electrical Equipment Insurance

    •  Computer Insurance
       

  5. Others:
    Particular risk relative to other types of insured activity will cover under this type of policy such as: Aviation, marine hull insurance, cash in safe and cash in transit, credit insurance and …


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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