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Monday, November 5, 2007

Issues in conventional Insurance

Conventional insurance contains elements contradictory to Islamic Shariah like Uncertainty [Gharar], Gambling [Maisir] and Interest [Riba]. The insurance contract contains uncertainty due to Uncertainty whether the payment will be accepted as promised, the amount to be paid is not known and the time it will occur is not known. Any form of contract which is lopsided in favour of one party at the expense and unjust loss to the other is classified as Gharar.

When a claim is not made the insurance company may acquire all the profits whilst the participant may not obtain any profit whatsoever. The loss of premiums on cancellation of a life insurance policy by the policyholder, or the "double standard" condition of charging a customary short period in general insurance, whilst only a proportional refund is made if the insurance company terminates the cover is also considered as unjust.

In furtherance, conventional insurance involves gambling because the participant contributes a small amount of premium in hope to gain a large sum; the participant loses the money paid for the premium when the insured event does not occur and the company will be in deficit if claims are higher than contributions.

When a life insurance policyholder dies after only paying part of the premium his dependants receive a certain some of money which the policyholder has not been informed of and has no knowledge as to how and from where it has been derived.

Apart from the above, conventional insurance involves interest because an element of interest exists in conventional life insurance products - as the insured, on is death, is entitled to get much more than he has paid, insurance funds invested in financial instruments such as bonds and stocks contain and element of Riba.

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