---
title: "SSEPF7: Insurance and Risk Management (Georgia Social Studies standard)"
code: SSEPF7
cite_as: Georgia Standards of Excellence, Social Studies, SSEPF7
subject: social_studies
grades:
  - high-school
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# SSEPF7: Insurance and Risk Management

Analyze how insurance and other risk-management strategies protect against financial loss.

- Subject: Social Studies
- Appears in: High School, https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/social_studies/high-school.md

## Expectations

- **SSEPF7a**: Explain why people buy insurance.
- **SSEPF7b**: Describe various types of insurance such as automobile, health, life (whole and term), disability, renters, flood and property.
- **SSEPF7c**: Explain the costs and benefits associated with different types of insurance, including deductibles, premiums, coverage limits shared liability, and asset protection.
- **SSEPF7d**: Define insurability and explain why insurance rates can vary.

## Georgia Milestones coverage

No Georgia Milestones blueprint cites this standard.

Source: Georgia Standards of Excellence, published by the Georgia Department of Education at case.georgiastandards.org.