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Test each other on insurance vocabulary checking/ clarifying practice

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Useful checking/ clarifying questions on financial and business vocabulary, particularly for the insurance industry

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Test each other on insurance vocabulary checking/ clarifying practice

Take turns asking each other questions from below. You should then tell your partner if their answer is right or why it is wrong, so please don’t ask questions that you don’t know the answer to. Please don’t look at the sheet when you are answering the questions.

Can you give me an example of a natural disaster?

Can you say auto insurance (in) another way?

How do you pronounce C, Y, C, L, O, N, E?

How do you spell /fluding/?

How many syllables does fraud have?

Is claim the same as complain?

Is the (letter) T in mortgage pronounced (or is it silent)?

What does bankruptcy mean?

What does FSA stand for?/ What is FSA short for?

What’s the difference (in meaning) between lump sum and annuities?

What’s the difference (in pronunciation) between crash and crush?

What’s the opposite of employment?

Which syllable of casualty is stressed?

Useful phrases for double checking the question and answers

Sorry, I didn’t catch

Can you say that again (more slowly)?

Can you repeat (that/ the whole thing/ the first part/ the last part)?

Did you say… (or…)?

Can I check that back?/ Can I read that back (to check)?

Ask similar questions using the prompts below, again not asking questions that you can’t answer yourself and not looking at the worksheet when your partner is asking you. 

exclusion – example?

tidal wave – (in) another way?

P, O, L, I, C, Y – pronounce?

/erthkweik/ – spell?

liability – how many syllables?

mor(t)gage/ home loan– the same?

both letter Cs in accident – pronounced?

compliance – mean?

D&O – stand for?/ short for?

audit/ auditor – difference (in meaning)?

crime (C, R, I, M, E)/ climb (C, L, I, M, B) – difference (in pronunciation)?

disability – opposite?

marine – stressed?

Useful phrases for double checking the question and answers

catch

again

repeat

say

back

Ask each other similar questions about the insurance language below

Insurance language

actuary

beneficiary

commercial insurance

commission

coverage

derivatives/ credit default insurance

Fintech

(fatal) fire

form

hacking/ hacker

health (check/ insurance/ problems)

hedging

household insurance

indemnity insurance/ professional indemnity insurance

investigation/ investigator

landslide

life expectancy

lifestyle diseases (diabetes, cancer, etc)

no claims bonus

non-life insurance/ general insurance

occupational diseases/ injuries/ fatalities

pay out

political risk

premiums

property insurance

regulation

reinsurance

small print

SME

underwriter

vandalism (graffiti, etc)

vehicle insurance

volcano

white collar crime (insider trading, etc)

 

example?

 

(in) another way?

 

pronounce(d)?

 

spell?

 

syllable(s)?

 

same?

 

mean?

 

stand for/ short for?

 

difference?

 

opposite?

 

stressed?

 

Make similar questions about the words below, this time with no help.

Emailing language

ATB

further information

look forward to

Mr

Re:

regarding

sincerely

Thank you in advance

Documents

CV/ resumé

agenda

annual report

(application/ booking/ order) form

balance sheet

business card

catalogue/ pamphlet

driving license

flier/ leaflet

guarantee/ warrantee

instructions/ manual

invoice

minutes

print out/ hard copy

questionnaire/ survey (form)

receipt

(progress) report

scan/ soft copy

Technology

air conditioner

app

AR

ATM/ cashpoint/ cash machine

charge/ recharge

copy machine/ photocopier

PIN

podcast

remote control

spam

tidy up

tweet

uninstall

vacuum cleaner/ Hoover

VR

wi-fi

Jobs and companies

CEO

R&D

receptionist

sales rep

Countries and nationalities

Brazil

Italy

Polish

Telephoning

dash/ hyphen

hold the line

postcode/ zip code

put you through/ connect you

underscore

Adverbs of frequency

rarely/ seldom/ occasionally

Offers

give you a hand/ lend you a hand

Other topics

hot desk

vaccine

 

 

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