Lesson Notes By Weeks and Term - Senior Secondary 1

Insurance premium

Term – 3rd Term

Week: 3

Class: Senior Secondary School 1

Age: 15 years

Duration: 40 minutes of 2 periods each

Date:       

Subject:      Insurance

Topic:-       Insurance premium

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES: At the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to

  1. Define premium and premium loading
  2. State the factors affecting premium loading in non-life

INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES: Identification, explanation, questions and answers, demonstration, videos from source

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS: Videos, loud speaker, textbook, pictures

INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES

PERIOD 1-2

PRESENTATION

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY

STUDENT’S ACTIVITY

STEP 1

INTRODUCTION

The teacher reviews the previous lesson on loss adjuster and loss assessor

Students pay attention

STEP 2

EXPLANATION

He defines premium and premium loading

 

 

Students pay attention and participates

STEP 3

DEMONSTRATION

He states the factors affecting premium loading in nonlife

Students pay attention and participate

STEP 4

NOTE TAKING

The teacher writes a summarized note on the board

The students copy the note in their books

 

NOTE

INSURANCE PREMIUM

The fixed amount of money paid by the insured to the insurance Company

regularly is called “Premium”.

Insurance Company collects premium to provide security to the purpose.

Therefore an Insurance premium is the amount of money charged by a

company for active coverage.

Insurance premium are usually collected in various schedules. One can opt

to pay it monthly, quarterly, semi yearly or yearly. A policy holder who fail

to make the scheduled payment is in danger of having his Insurance policy

cancelled by the Insurance Company and this is called a “lapsed policy’.

PREMIUM LOADING

Premium loading is an amount an Insurance Company adds to the basic

premium to cover the expenses of security and maintaining the business.

 

FACTORS AFFECTING PREMIUM LOADING IN NON-LIFE

a. Age: Younger drivers are at greater risk of being involved in an accident.

Frequency of at fault accident declines with age, the improvement peaks

and frequency increases again in advance age.

b. Discounts: Most insurance Companies offer automobile insurance

discounts, though they may vary from company to company.

c. Driving Convictions: This can increase the cost of a driver’s insurance

premium. The better the driving record, the lower the premium. Driving

convictions are categorized as minor, major or criminal code. The

application premium surcharge is dependent on the number and types of

convictions.

d. Gender: female drivers have a lower frequency of collisions.

e. Limits of coverage: There are two types i.e third party liability limit higher

liability limits result in an increase in premium. The second type is

Deductibles this applies to collision, comprehensive and specific perils

coverage represents the amount of a loss for which the policy holder is

responsible before the insurance policy responds.

f. Marital Status: This can affect your insurance premium. This criterion

tends to apply to drivers under the age of 25. Others are:

  1. Occasional operators
  2. Territory
  3. Type of vehicle
  4. Use of vehicle

EVALUATION:    1. Define

  1. Premium
  2. Premium loading

2. State and explain three factors affecting premium loading in non-life

CLASSWORK: As in evaluation

CONCLUSION: The teacher commends the students positively