Which of the following best describes a contract? - Answer ✔✔- Oral or written
agreements between two parties that creates an obligation to do or not to do a particular
thing
which one of the following statements best describes the standard of care an insurance
agency owes an insurance company? - Answer ✔✔- Loyalty, good faith, reasonable
care, contractual duties
Which one of the following best describes actual authority? - Answer ✔✔- When the
agency is expressly given authority in the agency contract
Which one of the following is not one of the four benefits of ethical behavior? - Answer
✔✔- Ethical behavior encourages governmental regulation
Which one of the following statements best describes how an agency operates? -
Answer ✔✔- A larger number of locations may mean that some features of the agency
be centralized
Which one of the following statements best describes agency stakeholders? - Answer
✔✔- the primary stakeholders are any group who is affected by the achievement of a
firms objective
Insurance brokers, who act on behalf of the buyer/client, differ from agents in what way?
- Answer ✔✔- Brokers do not have binding authority
Which one of the following best describes the risk management process? - Answer ✔✔-
identification, analysis, control, finance, administration
The best definition of active retention is: - Answer ✔✔- the customer knows before the
loss that he/she is financially responsible for all or part of the loss
Which of the following statements regarding the process of identifying loss exposures is
correct? - Answer ✔✔- A document review of the policy is not the best method because
it shows the limits, but not the risks
Which of the following sources of revenue for insurance agencies is typically the largest
source of income for the insurance agency? - Answer ✔✔- Commission
Which of the following is not one of the four major classes of exposure to loss? - Answer
✔✔- Loss of use