Insurance and Risk Management NMIMS Solution December 2024

NMIMS Global Access
School for Continuing Education (NGA-SCE)
Course: Insurance & Risk Management
Internal Assignment Applicable for December 2024 Examination
Assignment Marks: 30
Instructions:
• All Questions carry equal marks.
• All Questions are compulsory.
• All answers to be explained in not more than 1000 words for question 1 and 2 and for question 3 in not more than 500 words for each subsection. Use relevant examples, illustrations as far as possible.
• All answers to be written individually. Discussion and group work is not advisable.
• Students are free to refer to any books/reference material/website/internet for attempting their assignments, but are not allowed to copy the matter as it is from the source of reference.
• Students should write the assignment in their own words. Copying of assignments from other students is not allowed.
• Students should follow the following parameter for answering the assignment questions.
Q1. Anita is self employed. She is thirty one years old, and is a fitness freak. She looks upon health insurance policies as useless annual drain on people’s monetary resources. Confident that she will remain fit and healthy in the foreseeable future, she has decided not to spend yearly
sums on buying a health insurance policy. Do you feel that she is doing the right thing? If not, suggest suitable types of health insurance policies that she can consider. (10 Marks) Q2. Insurance is provided on the trust basis and the facts mentioned in the proposal form. What is your understanding on the above statement with reference to the basic principles of Insurance? (10 Marks)
Q3. Jatin has recently started working with a renowned MNC after passing out of a premier B-School. A senior colleague has suggested him to take a life insurance policy. However, Jatin is not convinced with the idea of taking a life insurance policy and is unaware of the various life insurance products which are available in the market. As a friend of Jatin You need to make Jatin understand the following:
a. Explain the concept of life insurance to Mr. Jatin and highlight the importance of a having life insurance policy (5 Marks)
b. Help Jatin in explaining the various types of life insurance policies (any 4) which are available in the market. (5 Marks)
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