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Tuesday, November 11, 2014

What is an insurance contract



Insurance may be defined as a contract between two parties whereby ne party is called insurer who undertakes, in exchange for a fixed sum named premiums, to pay the other party known as insured a fix sum of money on the occurrence of certain event. However, the insurance contract involves the element of general contract and the element of special contract relating to insurance. Furthermore, the special contract of insurances compiles principles  such as, Utmost Good Faith, Insurable Interest Indemnity, Subrogation, Warranties, Proximate cause, Assignment and Nomination, return of premium. Whatsoever, to be a contract considered as valid it must include certain essentials as given below:
Agreement (offer and acceptance).
Legal Consideration.
Competent to make contract.
Free consent.
Legal object.

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