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What do individuals use to transfer their risk of loss to a large group?

What do individuals use to transfer their risk of loss to a large group?

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G. Woods

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G. Woods, College student, Graduate, Southampton

Answered Sep 24, 2020

What individuals do is to purchase insurance so as to transfer their risk of loss to a larger group. Insurance is a policy in which an insurer agrees to compensate another against losses from specific loss, illness, death, or damage in return for the settlement of a particular premium.

It is also an economic tool particularly designed to decrease the financial effect of unpredictable circumstances and create financial safety. It functions on the rule of huge figures where subscriptions by several in the mode of premium pay for the damages of few.

When paying a premium for guiding against a particular kind of loss, you will be secured for a certain amount of money that you will get if faced with that loss. In addition, insurance policies are made use of to guide against the danger of economic losses, both huge and small, that may happen from harm to the insured or her belongings, or from responsibility for loss or harm made happen to a third party.

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Lorde Laura

Lorde Laura

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Replied on Oct 15, 2024

A large Emoji Kitchen number of people (policyholders) pay premiums, and the pooled funds are used to cover the losses of the few who experience an insured event. This is known as the law of large numbers—the more people who contribute to the insurance pool, the more predictable and manageable the risks become for the insurer.

Kelly Willy

Kelly Willy

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Kelly Willy

Answered Jul 28, 2019

Individuals purchase insurance to transfer the risk of loss to a larger group.

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