Travel Insurance Tips Travel insurance can minimize the considerable financial risks of traveling: accidents, illness, missed flights, canceled tours, lost baggage, theft, terrorism, travel-company bankruptcies, emergency evacuation, and getting your body home if you die. Each traveler’s potential loss varies, depending on how much of your trip is prepaid, the refund ability of the air ticket you purchased, your state of health, the value of your luggage, where you’re traveling, the financial health of your tour company and airline, and what coverage you already have (through your medical insurance, homeowners or renters insurance, and/or credit card). Do I Need Travel Insurance? When considering an insurance plan, it’s good to know what it does and doesn’t cover. For some travelers, insurance is a good deal; for others, it’s not. What are the chances you’ll need it? How willing are you to take risks? How much is peace of mind worth to you? Take these considerations into account, ...
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Car insurance for young drivers - the key facts
Car insurance for young drivers – the key facts Young drivers’ car insurance is likely to be very expensive and as a new driver it’s good to know about different coverage levels and what affects how much you pay. Here you can find out everything you need to know about new driver car insurance, how to get the best deal and reduce your premiums. Young driver insurance tips So you’ve passed your test, you’ve chosen a car, and now all you need is insurance! If you’re driving without car insurance then you’re breaking the law. You could have your vehicle confiscated, be issued a penalty fine, and have to pay to have your car released. What’s more, if you’re uninsured and have an accident, you’ll be liable for the cost of everyone else’s injuries, their damages, compensation and repairs, even if the accident wasn’t your fault. You will lose your licence and may lose your job because of this. So whilst your car insurance may seem expensive to begin with, it’s nothing com...
Complaints of car owners against insurers and what MTIBU does
Why car owners complain about insurers and what MTIBU does How well do MTPL insurers fulfill their obligations, to whom can you complain about them, and will these complaints make a difference? These are the questions that car owners face when choosing an insurer and in case of problems with payments. Volodymyr Shevchenko, Director General of MTIBU, helped us to understand these topics. How to assess the quality of work and reliability of the insurer The MTIBU website publishes a quarterly traffic light graphic. Using a simple color display, it shows an integrated assessment of each insurer based on three main indicators: "overall performance assessment", "quality of settlement", and "level of complaints". The MTIBU also prepares detailed information on the performance of each MTPL insurer on a quarterly basis (number of contracts, amount of premiums, number and amount of claims, average payment period, number and level of complaints, etc.) This data...
Insurers and fraudsters - the confrontation continues
Insurers and fraudsters - the confrontation continues, the formats are changing How are strategies and tactics in the fight against insurance fraud changing? What threats and dangers await insurers and the insurance market in the "digital future"? These and other questions will be answered by Igor Fatyanov, Chairman of the Insurance Fraud Control Committee of the All-Union Insurance Association. How will insurance fraud and abuse of rights in automobile insurance change in connection with the development of information technology? Does digitalization work to the advantage of insurers or fraudsters? Are there examples of "high-tech" fraud that have been detected or prevented? Of course, fraudsters are mastering the digital space. The most common cases (which are now more or less dealt with) are fake websites issuing fake CMTPL policies and the use of Internet sales for fraud. I don't take cyber-risks yet, because they are not so often realized in Russia. On t...
What is insurance? In simple words, insurance is a monetary compensation that is paid by an insurance company to a person or enterprise, organization or institution of losses from a certain event that is incidental, subject to the conclusion of an agreement with the insurance company. If to speak officially, then - in accordance with Article 1 of the Law of Ukraine "On Insurance" of March 7, 1996, № 85/96-ВР, insurance – a type of civil law relations to protect the property interests of individuals and legal entities in case of occurrence of certain events (insurance cases), determined insurance contract or current legislation, at the expense of money funds, which are formed by payment of insurance payments (insurance premiums) by individuals and legal entities and income from the placement of funds of these funds; - in accordance with Article 979 of the Civil Code of Ukraine (through the definition of an insurance contract), one party (the insurer) under the insurance ...
How much are overpaying for policies?
Generosity of insurers: how much do people overpay for policies? Services for the sale of policies to insurers themselves cost 241.4 billion rubles in the first nine months of 2019. Banks earned more than others, whose commissions reached 150.5 billion rubles - the same amount as for the whole of 2018. And they were ultimately paid by insurance buyers. Consumers have a choice: they can buy a policy in the office of the insurer, on its website, from an agent or from a bank. The only difference is the price, which is made up of the basic cost of the policy and the commission of the agent selling it. It is higher with banks. For example, an accident policy with a payout in case of death of the insured of 750 thousand rubles can be bought from the insurer for 3.9 thousand rubles, while in the bank it will cost 4.9 thousand rubles. Nevertheless, Russians often buy insurance in banks. First, because banks are trusted by 88% of the population, while insurance companies are trusted by only...