While summers bring warmth and sunshine, they do present a trying time for your field and warehouse employees. Here are a few steps to take to ensure safety and optimal productivity for your employees during summers. Insure your air conditioning machinery Most of India experiences extremely high temperatures in summers. It becomes almost impossible to […]
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How to increase fire insurance adoption of homes and small businesses?
SME and home insurance products have a large potential market. An easy-to-understand product that is attractively priced will help drive adoption Published in MoneyControl, Feb 24, 2021 || Written By – ABHISHEK BONDIA What is more risky to insure – 100 warehouses having inflammable chemicals in 100 drums each or one warehouse with 10,000 drums of […]
How does underinsurance impact fire insurance claim settlement?
Underinsurance refers to inadequate insurance coverage of the policyholder. In this article, we’ll get to know how does underinsurance impact fire insurance claim settlement. If a policyholder is underinsured, it will result in economic losses for him/her in the event of a claim far exceeding any premium savings that might have resulted from underinsurance. Therefore property […]
How does fire insurance claim settlement vary between reinstatement clause and market value policies?
We have discussed below the two bases of claim settlement that can be opted in a fire insurance claim settlement : Market value basis – the default one and Re-instatement value basis To explain how does the claim settlement works in the above cases under Fire Insurance, let us start with an example […]
About the relevance of the designation clause in fire insurance policy?
Designation of property is the most important clause in a fire insurance policy. As per fire insurance policy wordings, designation of property clause is defined as – For the purpose of determining, where necessary, the item under which any property is insured, the insurers agree to accept the designation under which the property has been entered in […]
How important is fire insurance for your business?
Although you may take every precaution and use the latest technology to ensure the safety of your business premises, you cannot completely rule out the possibility of an accident. Thus, fire insurance is both essential and recommended for your business. Why is fire insurance important? To understand the importance of fire insurance for your office […]
Type of useful covers you can add to your Fire Insurance Policy
Apart from the perils that are covered by the standard fire insurance policy, you can opt for add-on covers with your fire insurance policy to cover additional risks upon payment of the additional premium amount. The type of covers available with a fire insurance policy is as follows: Damage caused to the stock lying in […]
What is covered under a Fire Insurance Policy?
A fire insurance policy covers all properties— moveable or immovable, against various perils. The fire insurance policy has been renamed as the standard fire and special perils policy. So, in this article, we must discuss what is covered under a Fire Insurance Policy. Some of the properties covered under a fire insurance policy are: Building: […]
How to file claims under a Fire Insurance policy in India?
If a misfortune befalls, take the following steps immediately: Inform losses or damages immediately to the insurance company so that a competent surveyor can come to ascertain total losses Give the estimated figures of damages Give full corporation to surveyors by giving them all the necessary documents for assessment of the loss Corporate with the […]
Fire Insurance Policy- A Savior during Fire Damage
The start neither the eventual consequence of a fire can be predicted or known; because of which it is difficult to be prepared before hand for a fire or its consequences; and the only thing a person can do is to get protected to a certain limit by getting financial protection before hand through an […]