Question

Answer the following question:
Define Fire Insurance. Explain the various types of fire insurance policy.

Answer 1

A fire insurance contract is defined as “an agreement, whereby one party in return for a consideration undertakes to indemnify the other party against financial loss which the latter may sustain by reason of certainly defined subject-matter being damaged or destroyed by fire or other defined perils up to an agreed amount.

The Standard Fire Policy has four sections.

Since the Standard Fire Policy insures only against fire and lightning, the extended coverage endorsement can cover the additional perils of windstorm, hail, riot, civil commotion, vehicle and aircraft damage to the insured property, explosion, and smoke damage.