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SSPFL9Insurance and Risk Management

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

Appears in: Social Studies, High School

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Expectations

  • SSPFL9.a

    Define insurance as an agreement where one party agrees to pay for another’s damage or loss in exchange for payment.

  • SSPFL9.b

    Define risk as it relates to various assets (i.e. your person, property, or investments).

  • SSPFL9.c

    Describe various types of insurance including automobile, health, life (whole and term), disability, and property.

  • SSPFL9.d

    Review and describe the basic components of a sample automobile, health, and property insurance policy.

  • SSPFL9.e

    Analyze different methods for obtaining health insurance including through an employer, private purchase, Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA), and through various health insurance exchanges.

  • SSPFL9.f

    Analyze the costs and benefits associated with different types of insurance, including copays, deductibles, premiums, shared liability, and asset protection.

  • SSPFL9.g

    Define insurability and explain why insurance rates can vary.

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