Which of the following describes a participating life insurance policy? -
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A participating life policy is one in which the policyowner receives dividends deriving from
the company's divisible surplus
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What type of reinsurance contract between two insurers involves an automatic sharing of
the risks assumed? -
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Under treaty reinsurance, each party automatically accepts specific percentages of the
insurer's business.
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At what point must a life insurance applicant be informed of their rights that fall under the
Fair Credit Reporting Act? -
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Upon completion of the application
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, The State Guaranty Association guarantees -
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that a claim will be paid if an admitted insurer becomes insolvent
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Dividends from a mutual insurance company are paid to whom? -
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Policyholders
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What is considered the accounting measurement of an insurance company's future
obligations to its policyowners? -
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reserves
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A group-owned insurance company that is formed to assume and spread the liability risks of
its members is known as a -
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risk retention group
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Which of the following is a syndicate established by a group of insurers to share
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, Lloyd's organization
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An agent's authority to bind an insurer to an insurance contract may be granted in the -
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agent's contract and the insurance company's appointment
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Dividends from a stock insurance company are normally sent to -
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shareholders
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Law of Large numbers -
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-insurance is based on the sharing of risks among a large group of people
-states that the larger the number of people, the more predictable the actual losses will be
-companies use this data to calculate rates
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Speculative risk -
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-involves opportunity for either loss or gain
-not covered by insurance companies
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pure risk -
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-a situation that can only result in a loss, there is no opportunity for financial gain
-only type of risk that is insurable
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treatment of risk through: avoidance -
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simply avoiding as many risks as possible
-effective but not always practical
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treatment of risk through- reduction -
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since we cannot avoid risk entirely we often attempt to lessen the possibility of a loss by
taking acting to reduce the risk
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treatment of risk through- sharing -
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when a group of individuals or businesses with similar exposures share the losses that occur
within that group
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