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A list of questions and correct answers related to life, accident, and health insurance policies. It covers topics such as annuities, reinsurance, health policy exclusions, underwriting, and different types of life insurance policies. The questions are multiple-choice and provide a brief explanation of the correct answer. The document can be useful for students studying insurance policies or preparing for an exam in this field.
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What distinguishes a deferred annuity from an immediate annuity? - Correct Answer ✅The time at which benefit payments start Cindy buys a 10-year certain annuity with an installment refund. After receiving monthly payments for 5 years, Cindy dies. How many remaining payments will the insurer make to her beneficiary? - Correct Answer ✅60 payments What is a common reason people purchase an annuity? - Correct Answer ✅To protect against the risk of outliving their financial resources What kind of annuity pays income to two annuitants until their deaths?
Which of the following statements regarding a life insurance policy dividend is TRUE? - Correct Answer ✅It is the distribution of excess of funds accumulated by the insurer on participating policies. An insured owned by its policyholders is called a - Correct Answer ✅mutual insurer An insurer enters into a contract with a third party to insure itself against losses from insurance policies it issues. What is the agreement called? - Correct Answer ✅Reinsurance What is reinsurance? - Correct Answer ✅An arrangement by which an insurance company transfers a portion of a risk it has assumed to another insurer Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of reinsurance? - Correct Answer ✅Increases the unearned premium reserve Which of the following is a contract that involves one party which indemnifies another when a loss arises from an unknown event? - Correct Answer ✅Insurance policy
What percentage of eligible employees must participate in a noncontributory group health plan before it can be put in effect? - Correct Answer ✅100% Business Overhead Expense Insurance pays for - Correct Answer ✅business expenses when a business owner becomes disabled Minimum participation standards exist for group health insurance plans in order to - Correct Answer ✅prevent adverse selection The problem of overinsurance is addressed in which health insurance provision? - Correct Answer ✅Coordination of benefits What is the purpose of the coordination of benefits (COB) provision? - Correct Answer ✅To avoid duplication of benefit payments and overinsurance when an individual is covered under more than one group health plan Who is financially liable for the payment of covered claims in a fully insured group health plan? - Correct Answer ✅Insurer The insurer has the option of terminating a health insurance policy on a date stated in the contract. What type of policy is this? - Correct Answer ✅Optionally renewable
What is an optionally renewable policy? - Correct Answer ✅A provision allowing an insurer to terminate the policy on a date specified in the contract Bruce is involved in an accident and becomes totally and permanently disabled. His insurance policy continues in force without payment of further premiums. Which policy provision is responsible for this? - Correct Answer ✅Waiver of premium provision Christine has a health insurance policy that has been in force beyond the incontestable period. The insurer has discovered that a fraudulent statement was made on the application. What would the insurer have to pay on a claim, assuming this wasn't a guaranteed renewable policy?
Which of the following statements correctly describes a contract of indemnity? - Correct Answer ✅One party is restored to the same financial position the party was in before the loss occurred Which of the following is NOT required in the content of a policy? - Correct Answer ✅Probability of loss Which statement is CORRECT when describing a contract of adhesion? - Correct Answer ✅Contract may be accepted or rejected by the insured Restoring an insured to the same condition as before a loss is an example of the principle of - Correct Answer ✅Indemnity Which course of action is the insurer entitled to when deliberate concealment is committed by the insured? - Correct Answer ✅Rescinding the contract The importance of representation is demonstrated in what rule? - Correct Answer ✅Materiality of concealment What is the price of insurance for each exposure unit? - Correct Answer ✅Rate
Which of the following is NOT an insurer policy expense? - Correct Answer ✅Premiums A beneficiary receives only the death benefit earnings in which settlement option? - Correct Answer ✅Interest option Which of these is the automatic mode of settlement for life insurance policy proceeds? - Correct Answer ✅Lump-sum A spendthrift clause in a life insurance policy - Correct Answer ✅restricts the ability of the beneficiary to sign benefits Premiums are best described as - Correct Answer ✅the amount an insured pays per unit of coverage What does the grace period allow a life insurance policy owner to do? - Correct Answer ✅Make a premium payment after the due date without any loss of coverage Which of the following does a policyowner NOT have a right to change?
A life insurance policy can be surrendered for its cash value under which policy provision? - Correct Answer ✅Nonforfeiture options In a modified endowment contract, the penalty tax imposed on premature withdrawals is - Correct Answer ✅10% A life insurance policy's limit of liability would be - Correct Answer ✅the policy's face amount Tom is shopping for a policy that covers two people and would pay the face amount ONLY when the first person dies. The type of life policy he is looking for is called a - Correct Answer ✅Joint life policy What is a joint life policy? - Correct Answer ✅It covers two or more people and pays the face amount at the first insured's death Which of the following types of life insurance combines a savings element along with a flexible premium option? - Correct Answer ✅Universal life An insurance policy written after 1988 that fails to pass the seven-pay test is known as - Correct Answer ✅a modified endowment contract
A life insurance policy where the insured can choose where the cash value can be invested is called - Correct Answer ✅variable life Scott has just purchased a new house. He is now shopping for a life insurance policy that provides a death benefit that matches the projected outstanding debt of his mortgage. Which life policy would best suit his needs? - Correct Answer ✅Mortgage redemption A life insurance policy that pays the face amount if the insured survives to a specified period of time is called - Correct Answer ✅endowment insurance Which of the following is NOT a risk classification that an underwriter would use? - Correct Answer ✅Dividend risk When an applicant applies for insurance, the process by which he insurer determines whether to issue a policy is called - Correct Answer ✅underwriting A report which is based on creditworthiness and personal characteristics that influences an insurance applicant's eligibility for life and health insurance is called a(n) - Correct Answer ✅consumer report
What does a Hospital Confinement indemnity policy pay for? - Correct Answer ✅Pays a specified daily amount while the insured is confined to a hospital Medical expense policies will typically cover which of the following? - Correct Answer ✅Injuries caused by accidents All of these are examples of cost sharing in a health insurance policy EXCEPT - Correct Answer ✅Coordination Wat is considered the most common type of specified disease insurance policy? - Correct Answer ✅Cancer Moral hazard is described as - Correct Answer ✅increased chance of a loss because of an insured's dishonest tendencies Which of the following is any situation that presents the possibility of a loss? - Correct Answer ✅Loss exposure Which of the following is a situation where there is a possibility of either a loss or a gain? - Correct Answer ✅Speculative risk
Which of these statements correctly describes risk? - Correct Answer ✅Pure risk is the only insurable risk All of the following circumstances must be met for loss retention to be an effective risk management technique, EXCEPT - Correct Answer ✅Probability of loss is unknown A situation in which there is ONLY a chance of loss or no loss is a - Correct Answer ✅pure risk Which of the following refers to a condition that may increase the chance of a loss? - Correct Answer ✅Hazard A hazard can be best described as - Correct Answer ✅a condition that may increase the likelihood of a loss occurring How are Roth IRA's treated for tax purposes? - Correct Answer ✅Non- deductible contributions and tax-free distributions Retirement plans are prevented from favoring highly compensated employees under which government regulation? - Correct Answer ✅Nondiscrimination
At what age is a surviving spouse without dependents eligible for Social Security survivor benefits? - Correct Answer ✅ 60 According to Social Security, an individual with 6 credits of coverage during the previous 13-quarter is considered to be: - Correct Answer ✅currently insured An individual that has 40 quarters of coverage, for Social Security purposes, is considered to be - Correct Answer ✅fully insured In order to be considered "currently insured" under Social Security, an individual must be credited with: - Correct Answer ✅6 quarters of coverage during the last 13-quarter period Key person insurance is intended to - Correct Answer ✅cover business losses due to the death of a key employee Which of the following pieces of information is NOT gathered during the personal financial planning process? - Correct Answer ✅An individual's civic organization memberships The Human Life Value concept is based on - Correct Answer ✅income
An insurance policy issued in California may be called a comprehensive long-term care insurance policy if benefits are provided for - Correct Answer ✅Institutional (nursing facilities) and home care According to the PPACA, an adult can be covered by a parent's health care plan until what age? - Correct Answer ✅Age 26 Kimberly is an employee on leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). What will happen to her group health coverage? - Correct Answer ✅She continues to be enrolled during the leave People with low income can be provided with medical assistance through which program? - Correct Answer ✅Medi-Cal When selling a long term care insurance rider to an applicant, a life agent must take into consideration all of these factors, EXCEPT - Correct Answer ✅Attending physician's statement In what order are people on the MRMIP waiting list allowed to enroll? - Correct Answer ✅Based on the date an individuals's application is received
What does the term "illustration" mean when used in the phrase "life insurance policy illustration", according to the California Insurance Code? - Correct Answer ✅Presentation of policy features that includes non-guaranteed elements The free-look period for life insurance policyowners age 60 or older is - Correct Answer ✅30 days An agent's attempt to stop the replacement of an existing life insurance policy is known as - Correct Answer ✅conservation Who does a life settlement broker represent? - Correct Answer ✅Individual wanting to sell their life policy to a third party Paul has an existing annuity and is sold a new one, in which the new policy holds no greater financial benefit to him than the existing contract. This is considered a(n) - Correct Answer ✅unnecessary replacement Which of the following does NOT have to be included on life insurance policy illustrations? - Correct Answer ✅Statement that all values and benefits are guaranteed
Which of the following describes a contributory group insurance plan? - Correct Answer ✅Part of the premium is paid by the employee A terminated employee that has exercised the conversion privilege is able to convert - Correct Answer ✅term insurance into permanent insurance How does underwriting differ between group life and individual life insurance? - Correct Answer ✅Medical questions must be answered on individual life insurance Tim was recently terminated from his employment and opted to change his existing group term life insurance to individual permanent life insurance. What is this process called? - Correct Answer ✅Conversion Who are the parties to the master contract in a group life insurance policy? - Correct Answer ✅Insurer and employer Which of the following does Medicare Part A NOT provide coverage for?