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ACORD Form Number 1 – Purpose and Some Important Fields

Primary Purpose – The ACORD 1 form: Property Loss Notice, is used to document the personal lines property losses including Homeowners, Dwelling Fire, Inland
Marine, Commercial Property, Flood, Wind and others, happened to the insured locations so as to file a claim.

It is important that all of the agent’s clients file the insurance claims immediately after an incident occurs. Any delay in filing a claim can delay the claims process and the time it takes to receive funds.

In case a customer does not want to […]

Purpose and some important Fields of Acord 27 form

(Evidence of Property Insurance)
ACORD 27 form provides information about the coverage statement for mortgagees and loss payees who provide mortgages or loans on the residential property, personal property, or small commercial properties and are named in the policy.

This form reveals the requirements of mortgagees and its primary concern is the amount of insurance sufficient to cover the amount of the loan. Additionally, space is provided in the Coverage and Remarks sections of the form to include any additional information that may be required […]

STARR has a full form in insurance. It is Share, Transfer, Avoid, Reduce and Retain. STARR is related to Risk Management. One can share risk (like group insurance so that risk is divided among the members and loss of individual goes down), transfer risk (like buying a comprehensive insurance policy and transfer the risk to insurance company), avoid risk (like living without the article to be insured), reduce risk (by taking appropriate measures so that risk of loss goes down – for example by following traffic rules while driving) and retain the risk (which means not buying an insurance policy and […]

Avoiding Risk is very different from Reducing Risk. Let’s understand it with an example. Suppose James has a car and has an insurance policy for it. James double checks everyday that the car is in perfect condition. He ensures that air pressure in the tires is appropriate, brake oil, engine oil, oil filter, front and back lights, car battery etc are always well maintained. James also drives the car following all the traffic rules to the best of his ability and remains extra vigilant to avoid accident even if someone else on the road makes mistake. What is James […]

In Insurance, a Hazard is something that increases the risk of occurrence of loss. For example driving recklessly, living near the forest that catches fire every summer, bad intentions to claim insurance are examples of different types of hazards. Moral hazards are intentional claims with bad intent like projecting higher than actual loss, intentionally burning poor crop to claim insurance etc. Morale hazards are which increase the risk due to unsafe acts of the person although person is not intentionally trying to cause the damage to claim money from insurance company. Morale hazards arise out of an insured’s indifference […]

Risk is the uncertainty that a loss may occur. Pure Risk mean it is certain that gain cannot be made out of the situation – only loss or no loss will occur. Like death in accident is a pure risk. Speculative risk is that a loss, no loss or gain – all 3 are possible. Like in gambling or stock market investments all 3 are possible so risk in these is an example of speculative risk. Pure risk can be insured by speculative risk cannot be insured […]

Anybody who produces sales of insurance products is a Producer or Insurance Agent. But based on their mode of working, they can be classified into different types.

Independent Insurance Producers

Independent Insurance Producers are not bound to selling insurance products of a single insurance company. They generally sell insurance products of several insurance companies and get commission for each sale from the insurance company. They figure out the best product for their client irrespective of the insurance company and suggest the same. At renewal time also they look for the best option for their client and may switch […]