incidental thereto and further to amdend the Insurance Act, 1938, the Life movable and immovable, and to contract and shall, by the said name, sue or be sued. (i) control and regulation of the rates, advantages, terms and conditions that Section 43 of the LIC Act adopt certain provisions of the Insurance Act, 1938 A Contract: Insurance is a legal contract between the insurer and insured under 28 Jan 2013 Insurance Act 1938 The law enacted to control and regulate insurance business in India It has We will take up the study of the most important provisions of the Act. Insurance as a Contract - Insurrance - Lecture Notes. The insurance, thus, is a contract whereby;. Certain sum, called premium, is charged in consideration,; Against the said consideration, a large sum is guaranteed to 14 Jun 2013 The principal elements in an insurance contract are (i) an insurable interest, (ii) Under the Insurance Act 1938, a policyholder is defined as “a Its functions include, administration of the Acts relating to insurance, monitoring of Insurance Act,1938 :- An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to the Thus, its a contract between the two insurers and has no connection with the 18 Apr 2010 The definition of the life insurance contract is enlarged by Section 2(ii) of the Insurance Act 1938 by including annuity business. Since, the life
contracts and without an insurable interest all contracts of insurance are invalid. In light of the above definitions the essential features of life insurance neither the British Life Assurance Act, 1774 nor the Indian Insurance Act, 1938 defines. Under section 2(6A) Insurance Act 1938, the fire insurance business is defined some other class of business, contracts of insurance against loss by or incidental FIRE INSURANCE: (Dear learner, most of the features to be discussed in the. Policymeans the contract of Insurance entered into between the Policy Holder Section 45 of the Insurance Act, 1938 is reproduced hereunder for your ready incidental thereto and further to amdend the Insurance Act, 1938, the Life movable and immovable, and to contract and shall, by the said name, sue or be sued. (i) control and regulation of the rates, advantages, terms and conditions that
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Insurance - Insurance - Historical development of insurance: Insurance in some form is as old as historical society. So-called bottomry contracts were known to merchants of Babylon as early as 4000–3000 bce. Bottomry was also practiced by the Hindus in 600 bce and was well understood in ancient Greece as early as the 4th century bce. Under a bottomry contract, loans were granted to merchants Insurance contracts are similar to most other legal contracts; however, certain features of insurance contracts differentiate them from most other legal contracts. An insurance contract is: • Aleatory - The performance of one or both parties is contingent on the occurrence of an event that may never materialize. 1. Aleatory contract: Most contracts are commutative, I,e., each party gives up goods or services presumed to be of equal value. The insurance contract, however, is aleatory ie., the contracting parties know that the amount to be paid by each party is not equal. In the insurance policy, the insured pays the amount of the premium. z Features of commercial contract z Principles of contracts for insurance 3.2 ESSENTIALS OF COMMERCIAL CONTRACT A. Elements of General Contract 1. Offer & Acceptance 2. Consideration 3. Legal capacity to contract or competency 4. Consensus “ad idem” 5. Legality of object B. Elements of Special Contract relating to Insurance 1. Life Insurance a. Insurance Contracts. An insurance contract is a document representing the agreement between an insurance company and the insured. Central to any insurance contract is the insuring agreement, which specifies the risks that are covered, the limits of the policy, and the term of the policy. Additionally, all insurance contracts specify:
Features of Insurance. From the above explanation, we can find the following characteristics which are, generally, observed in the case of life, marine, fire, and general insurances. 1. Sharing of Risk. Insurance is a device to share the financial losses which might befall on an individual or his family on the happening of a specified event. History. Prior to the law, only the Marine Insurance Act, 1906 of England existed in British India but it only applied to marine insurance. For other insurance, the British common law was applied. This law passed in 1938 borrowed heavily from the British law and covered all sorts of insurance. The insurance contract may be divided into two forms — first life insurance contract and the second contract of indemnity. Occurring of Event The event, the death, in life insurance is certain, but the only uncertainty is the time when death will occur. Insurance - Insurance - Historical development of insurance: Insurance in some form is as old as historical society. So-called bottomry contracts were known to merchants of Babylon as early as 4000–3000 bce. Bottomry was also practiced by the Hindus in 600 bce and was well understood in ancient Greece as early as the 4th century bce. Under a bottomry contract, loans were granted to merchants Insurance contracts are similar to most other legal contracts; however, certain features of insurance contracts differentiate them from most other legal contracts. An insurance contract is: • Aleatory - The performance of one or both parties is contingent on the occurrence of an event that may never materialize.