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Fire Insurance Underwriting
• The term underwriting is broadly used to denote – the principles and practices concerning the fixing of rates, – the acceptance or rejection of the risks, – the total amount of acceptance, – the amount of retention for insurer’s own account and – treatment of the balance through reinsurance.
• Factors enter into underwriting– The production of well spread and large volume of
business– Selection of the risk– Limits to be retained– Reinsurance of surplus
• Features of risk, influencing the underwriting decisions
– The physical nature of the risk• Construction • Size of risk • Processes and occupancy• Goods-class
– Fire Protection arrangements• Fire extinguishing appliances• Fire brigade facilities• Sprinkler installations
– Retention is arrived with• Probable maximum loss (PML) for a class of risk &• Maximum amount of loss (MAL) the insurer is prepared to incur
Total loss