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Insurance policies are offered on a "take it or leave it" basis, which make them
a. Conditional Contracts
b. Aleatory Contracts
c. Unilateral Contracts
d. Contracts of Adhesion - Answers -✔✔ d. Contracts of Adhesion
All of these statements about Equity Indexed Life Insurance are correct EXCEPT
a. Cash value has a minimum rate of accumulation
b. If the gain on the index goes beyond the policy's minimum rate of return, the cash
value will mirror that of the index
c. The premiums can be lowered or raised, based on investment performance
d. Tied to an equity index such as the S&P 500 - Answers -✔✔ c. The premiums can be
lowered or raised, based on investment performance
P is the insured on a participating life policy. Which statement is true if P's premiums are
waived due to a disability?
a. P cannot borrow against the policy's cash value while disabled
b. P will have to pay income taxes on the amount of premiums waived
c. P will still receive declared dividends
d. P cannot assign ownership of the policy while premiums are being waived - Answers
-✔✔ c. P will still receive declared dividends
Which of the following actions require a policyowner to provide proof of insurability in an
Adjustable Life policy?
a. increase face amount
b. decrease face amount
c. increase premium-paying period
d. decrease premium payment - Answers -✔✔ a. increase face amount
Which provision prevents an insurer from changing the terms of the contract with the
policyowner by referring to documents not found within the policy itself?
a. Policy Exclusion
b. Incontestable
c. Entire Contract Provision
, d. Assignment - Answers -✔✔ c. Entire Contract Provision
K pays on a $20,000 20-Year Endowment policy for 10 years and dies from an
automobile accident. How much will the insurance company pay the beneficiary?
a. Return of premiums paid
b. Cash value plus interest
c. $20,000 death benefit
d. Face amount plus interest - Answers -✔✔ c. $20,000 death benefit
Which of the following types of organizations are prepaid group health plans, where
members pay in advance for the services of participating physicians and hospitals that
have agreements?
a. PPO
b. HMO
c. MEWA
d. POS - Answers -✔✔ b. HMO
Which of the following characteristics is CORRECT about Interest Sensitive Whole Life?
a. There is a flexible premium payment
b. There are no guaranteed minimum interest rates
c. Mortality charges do not impact the investment amount
d. Interest rates determine cash values - Answers -✔✔ a. There is a flexible premium
payment
K failed to pay a renewal premium within the time granted by the insurer. K then sends
in a payment which the insurer subsequently accepts. Which policy provision specifies
that coverage may be restored in this situation?
a. Free-look
b. Reinstatement
c. Grace Period
d. Consideration - Answers -✔✔ b. Reinstatement
Which of the following is an important underwriting principle of group life insurance?
a. Physical examinations are required
b. Everyone must be covered in the group
c. Employer must pay for the entire premium
d. The group must be formed for the purpose of getting affordable insurance - Answers -
✔✔ b. Everyone must be covered in the group