Code: 3.3.1 · Children and youth
Choosing insurance
Descriptors
Knowledge
What you can do at this level
- Kage:6-10
Understands the concept of insurance and how it works
- Kage:11-15
Realises that cost of insurance will be higher when risk is higher
- Kage:16-18
Understands and can compare different ways to increase one’s financial resilience (e.g. buying insurance, keeping sufficient precautionary savings or access to emergency funds)
- Kage:16-18digitalbecoming-an-adult
Aware of available reliable digital tools to compare and make decisions on insurance products.
- Kage:16-18becoming-an-adult
Understands when mandatory insurance needs to be taken by oneself or by a third party (e.g. one’s employer)
- Kage:16-18
Understands the concepts of policy premium and insurance claim
Skill
What you can do at this level
- Sage:11-15
Can distinguish between the different types of public and private insurance (car insurance, health insurance, travel insurance, natural disaster insurance etc.)
- Sage:16-18becoming-an-adult
Chooses between different insurance products based on relevant criteria (e.g. type of insurance, costs) and provides complete and accurate information when applying for insurance
- Sage:16-18becoming-an-adult
Analyses the proposed insurance coverage when taking an insurance
- Sage:16-18becoming-an-adult
Takes into account the conditions and coverage of insurance that would apply when applying for a job (e.g. for summer job)
- Learning outcome types
- K — What you need to know: theoretical understanding and factual information.
- S — What you can do: practical and technical abilities.