- 20 Marks
LPB – OCT 2019 – L3 – Q5 – Life Insurance Policies: Types, Parties, Insurable Interest & Keyman Insurance
Scenario involving a pharmaceutical company insuring a key employee's life as security for a bank overdraft; questions on policy definition, types suitable for bankers, parties involved, insurable interest justification, and impact of employee's resignation on the security.
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Life Insurance Policies-Types & Parties, Insurable Interest & Keyman Insurance.
As Executive Director/Retail, you call that 3 years ago, the CEO of Wiafe Chemists Limited (WCL), a small but growing Pharmaceutical Company, and long-standing Customer of your Kokonsa Branch of the Zenith Bank, sought your advice about whether they could ensure the life of their Chief Chemist; on whom the success of the Company largely depended. You advised that the WCL could, and they did.
Today, the CEO calls to your office and informs you that the Chief Chemist has resigned and asks about the status of their overdraft facility limit of GH¢25,000.00 covered by a Legal Assignment of the GH¢55,000.00 Life Policy over the life of the Chief Chemist.
Required: a) Define a Life Policy. b) State the types of Life Policies available to the Banker as Security for Bankers’ Advances. c) Who are the parties in a Life Policy; and how will these apply in the above scenario? d) Did the WCL have an Insurable Interest in the life of the Chief Chemist; and does the resignation of the Chief Chemist change the status/position of the Security to cause the Bank to request for another facility?
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