{"id":670,"date":"2018-09-20T05:00:19","date_gmt":"2018-09-20T11:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.insuringky.com\/blog\/?p=670"},"modified":"2018-09-19T15:00:39","modified_gmt":"2018-09-19T21:00:39","slug":"what-is-insurance-part-2-of-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.insuringky.com\/blog\/what-is-insurance-part-2-of-2\/","title":{"rendered":"What is insurance? Part 2 of 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Understanding<\/a>\"Insurance\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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What is insurance?<\/h3>\n

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Practice Risk Avoidance at your own risk<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Individuals and business also practice a direct from risk avoidance.\u00a0 Suppose you sold your car and committed to using public transportation.\u00a0 Without a car, you have successfully eliminated your primary automobile liability exposure.\u00a0 And without the risk, you are no longer required to carry the state-mandated insurance.<\/p>\n

Businesses might opt to outsource specific functions allowing them to eliminate multiple risks ranging from property to casualty to workers \"Riskcompensation.\u00a0 Altering production methods, implementing automation, and revising policies and procedures are just a few avenues where businesses can eliminate specific risk.<\/p>\n

Risk avoidance is not a practical solution for all exposures, but it can be a very cost-effective solution when implemented correctly.<\/u>\u00a0 Those practicing this method must realize that risk avoidance may not be as simple as it appears<\/strong>.\u00a0 You may have noticed in the auto liability example above, the phrase “primary exposure.” \u00a0This suggests that there continues to be potential exposure even after the sale of the vehicle.<\/p>\n

You don’t have to own a vehicle to drive.\u00a0 People rent cars all the time.\u00a0 While it is hard to imagine a scenario where you could rent a vehicle without liability insurance if you did you would be exposed.\u00a0 A more likely scenario would be your exposure in the event you borrowed a friend\u2019s car. Coverage stays with the auto, so as long as you had permission from your friend to drive their vehicle, the policy covering the car would protect you.<\/p>\n

Borrower Beware!<\/strong>\u00a0 What auto liability limits does your friend have?\u00a0 Did you ask?\u00a0 Does it matter?\u00a0 Let’s assume that the vehicle has the minimum coverages allowed by your state.\u00a0 For us, that would be $25,000 for bodily injury for any one person, capped at $50,000 if multiple individuals are injured and $25,000 for property damage.<\/p>\n

As the driver of the vehicle, you are potentially liable for damages that exceed the vehicles policy limits.\u00a0 In this scenario, the vehicle coverages are limited, placing you in a position with significant exposure.\u00a0 In your past, this wasn’t an issue.\u00a0 When you owned an auto and had insurance, your policy extended liability protection to you even when it wasn’t your car.<\/u>\u00a0 Your decision to practice risk avoidance has triggered additional and perhaps unforeseen exposures.<\/strong><\/p>\n

There is an old saying, “You’re picking up pennies in front of a train,” or more simply said, you’re taking too much risk for only a modest reward.\u00a0 If you practice risk avoidance, you better know the train schedule.<\/p>\n

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R<\/strong>isk Reduction; Modifying exposures for everyone\u2019s benefit<\/strong><\/h4>\n

\"ReduceWhat is risk reduction role in risk management?\u00a0\u00a0 Unlike the other three methods, risk reduction is not a stand-alone method.\u00a0 It is more akin to a complimenting strategy or modification.\u00a0 Examples of risk reduction would be businesses utilizing sprinklers, keeping parking lots and sidewalk free from ice and snow, or preemptively addressing employee actions that put an organization at risk.\u00a0 Individuals performing regular maintenance on their home or auto are practicing risk reduction.\u00a0 Installing a security system or erecting a fence with a locked entry gate around a pool are also examples of individuals utilizing risk reduction techniques.<\/p>\n

When combing risk reduction methods with risk retention, the results directly benefit the individual or business.\u00a0 These actions may have one of two outcomes.\u00a0\u00a0 The installation of a sprinkler system is an action that results in lessening the loss<\/strong>.\u00a0 Steps taken to reduce risk can also lower the probability of loss<\/strong>.\u00a0 The previously mention action to address snow and ice removal would most likely reduce the potential for a loss.<\/p>\n

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Don\u2019t Fear the Loss Control Man!<\/strong><\/h4>\n

The role of Loss Control can be confusing.\u00a0 Insurance companies can be viewed as risk management consultants and as risk transfer solutions. However, a fine line exists between providing beneficial risk management counseling and becoming a deterrent to business.\u00a0 The action of an insurance companies loss control efforts can easily gauge the company’s success in balancing the two roles.\u00a0 When this group with providing risk reductions techniques for the insured they become a catalyst for change that becomes genuinely value added for both the insured and the insurer. Loss Control units aimed at creating awareness of potential risk reduction opportunities will have a positive financial impact on the insurance company, which should, in turn, have a positive effect on the insured’s cost of risk management.<\/p>\n

When you buy an insurance policy, you are purchasing much more than a risk transfer agreement.\u00a0 The insurance policy today has evolved to incorporate many aspects of risk sharing, risk retention and indirectly risk avoidance.\u00a0 The final method of risk management, risk reduction also comes into play.\u00a0 Acting primarily as an incentive, or a chance to reduce the overall cost insurance<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0So what is insurance?\u00a0 Today, insurance is a contract\/relationship between an insured and an insurer where the insurer utilizes modern risk management tools and encourages proactive steps by the insured which will lead to an increasingly efficient process of indemnifying the insured against specified peril(s).\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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