QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS -
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An adjustable life insurance policy - Answer-insured specifies the face amount and
premium he can pay and a plan
of insurance is chalked out to provide insurance
incontestable provision/incontetable clause - Answer-that after the policy has been force
for a specified period, usually 2
or 3 years, the insurer can't use material misrepresentations in the application either to
void the policy or to deny a claim unless the misrepresentations were fraudulent.
a whole life insurance policy that is priced according to the level premium system -
Answer-pay the same premium amount each year that the policy is in force
absolute assignment - Answer-where complete transfer of rights
occurs
collateral assignment - Answer-differs from absolute because a) the collateral
assignee's rights are limited to those ownership
rights that directly concern the monetary value of the policy b) the collateral assignee
has a vested right to a policy's monetary
values, but the rights are limited c) the collateral assignee's right to the policy values are
temporary
McCarran - Ferguson Act (Public Law 15) - Answer-insurance regulation is primarily the
responsibility of the States as long as United States congress considers state regulation
to be adequate
Business overhead expense coverage - Answer-Should the owner gets disabled, still he
might incur expenses to operate his business
Presumptive Disability coverage - Answer-a stated condition that, if
present, automatically causes the insured to be considered totally disabled; thus
the insured will receive the full benefits even he resumes his original occupation
A deferred compensation plan - Answer-is a plan established by an employer to
provide income benefits to an employee at a later date, such as the
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, employee's retirement, if the employee does not voluntarily terminate the
employment before that date
insurance provision purpose - Answer-prevents an insurance company from excluding
certain type of illness or injuries from coverage
law of large numbers - Answer-the more times we observe a particular event, the more
likely it is that our observed results will approximate the "true"probability that the event
will occur
Office of the Superintendent of Insurance - Answer-In Canada, each province has
established an administrative agency to enforce the province's insurance laws and
regulations
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) - Answer-
corporations - Answer-continue beyond the death of any or all of its owners
Gross premium = - Answer-net premium + loading premium
Substandard risk - Answer-Proposed insured who have significantly greater -than
average
likelihood of loss but are still found insurable.
Standard risk - Answer-Proposed insureds that have the likelihood of loss that is not
significantly greater-than-average.
reinsurance - Answer-is the insurance that one insurance company- known as the
ceding
company-sells to another insurance company-known as the reinsurer
Under the settlement option known as the fixed-period option, - Answer-the insurer pays
the policy proceeds in installments of equal amount to the payee for a specified period
of time
Preference beneficiary clause - Answer-If the policy owner does not name a beneficiary
then
insured keeps a list of stated order of preference and proceed will be paid according to
that order.
Facility-of-payment clause - Answer-permits an insurer to make payment of all or part of
the policy proceeds either to a relative of the insured or to anyone who has a valid claim
to the proceeds