General Insurance✓ Verified · outline & fact-checked · Sep 2026Difficulty 1/5
Which of the following involves insurable risk rather than a certain, scheduled expense?
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Why A is correct
Risk is the uncertainty concerning the occurrence of a loss. A possible hospitalization from an unforeseen illness is uncertain in whether it will occur and how much it will cost — that uncertainty is the essence of an insurable risk. Insurance exists to handle precisely this kind of future, unknown financial loss. The other items are fixed and predictable obligations that can be budgeted for; because their occurrence and amount are certain, there is no risk for insurance to transfer.
Why the other options are wrong
- B) An annual physical is a routine, scheduled expense; its occurrence and approximate cost are known, so it involves no uncertainty of loss.
- C) Rent is a fixed contractual obligation certain to recur; it is a planned expense, not an insurable risk.
- D) A car loan payment is fixed by contract and certain; it can be planned for and does not present uncertainty of loss.
Memory hook
Risk is the 'maybe' of loss. Certain, scheduled bills are budgets, not risks.