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Difficulty: EasyElements of Insurable Risk

A restaurant owner applies for an insurance policy to cover the routine, anticipated cost of replacing their kitchen's light bulbs, which predictably burn out every few months. According to the elements of an insurable risk, why will an insurance company decline this application?

  1. The expense is expected and planned, failing the requirement that insurable losses must be accidental and due to chance.Answer
  2. B
    The situation involves a speculative risk because the owner is intentionally replacing the equipment.
  3. C
    The burned-out light bulbs represent a physical hazard rather than a covered peril.
  4. D
    The owner is attempting to practice risk retention instead of properly transferring the risk.

Answer

The expense is expected and planned, failing the requirement that insurable losses must be accidental and due to chance.
For a risk to be ideally insurable, the loss must be fortuitous, meaning it occurs by chance and is unforeseen by the insured. Routine maintenance and expected wear-and-tear, such as replacing light bulbs, are planned operational expenses rather than accidental losses. Therefore, insurance companies will not cover them.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Identify the core event described in the scenario.
The event is the routine, predictable replacement of light bulbs.
Understanding the nature of the event is necessary to evaluate it against insurability criteria.
2
Compare the event to the mandatory elements of an insurable risk.
An insurable risk must involve a loss that is accidental, unforeseen, and due to chance.
Insurance is designed to cover unexpected financial losses, not planned operational budgets.
3
Determine why the application would be rejected.
Because the bulb replacement is anticipated and inevitable, it is not accidental and therefore uninsurable.
Expected maintenance costs violate the requirement that losses must be fortuitous.

Key Concept

Elements of an Insurable Risk - Accidental and Due to Chance
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