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Massachusetts Mass State Life
Insurance Exam
Which of the following describes a participating life insurance policy?
A participating life policy is one in which the policy owner receives dividends
deriving from the company's divisible surplus
What type of reinsurance contract between two insurers involves an automatic
sharing of the risks assumed?
Under treaty reinsurance, each party automatically accepts specific percentages
of the insurer's business.
At what point must a life insurance applicant be informed of their rights that fall
under the Fair Credit Reporting Act?
Upon completion of the application
The State Guaranty Association guarantees
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?
Policyholders
What is considered the accounting measurement of an insurance company's
future obligations to its policy owners?
reserves
A group-owned insurance company that is formed to assume and spread the
liability risks of its members is known as a
risk retention group
Which of the following is a syndicate established by a group of insurers to share
underwriting duties?
Lloyd's organization
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An agent's authority to bind an insurer to an insurance contract may be granted in
the
agent's contract and the insurance company's appointment
Dividends from a stock insurance company are normally sent to
shareholders
Law of Large numbers
-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
Speculative risk
-involves opportunity for either loss or gain
-not covered by insurance companies
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pure risk
-a situation that can only result in a loss, there is no opportunity for financial gain
-only type of risk that is insurable
treatment of risk through: avoidance
simply avoiding as many risks as possible
-effective but not always practical
treatment of risk through- reduction
since we cannot avoid risk entirely we often attempt to lessen the possibility of a
loss by taking acting to reduce the risk
-
treatment of risk through- sharing
when a group of individuals or businesses with similar exposures share the losses
that occur within that group
-reciprocal insurance exchange is a formal risk sharing arrangement
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Massachusetts Mass State Life
Insurance Exam
Which of the following describes a participating life insurance policy?
A participating life policy is one in which the policy owner receives dividends
deriving from the company's divisible surplus
What type of reinsurance contract between two insurers involves an automatic
sharing of the risks assumed?
Under treaty reinsurance, each party automatically accepts specific percentages
of the insurer's business.
At what point must a life insurance applicant be informed of their rights that fall
under the Fair Credit Reporting Act?
Upon completion of the application
The State Guaranty Association guarantees
that a claim will be paid if an admitted insurer becomes insolvent
Massachusetts Mass State Life Insurance Exam Massachusetts Mass State Life Insurance Exam Page 1
,Page 2 of 109 Massachusetts Mass State Life Insurance Exam Massachusetts Mass State Life Insurance Exam
Dividends from a mutual insurance company are paid to whom?
Policyholders
What is considered the accounting measurement of an insurance company's
future obligations to its policy owners?
reserves
A group-owned insurance company that is formed to assume and spread the
liability risks of its members is known as a
risk retention group
Which of the following is a syndicate established by a group of insurers to share
underwriting duties?
Lloyd's organization
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,Page 3 of 109 Massachusetts Mass State Life Insurance Exam Massachusetts Mass State Life Insurance Exam
An agent's authority to bind an insurer to an insurance contract may be granted in
the
agent's contract and the insurance company's appointment
Dividends from a stock insurance company are normally sent to
shareholders
Law of Large numbers
-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
Speculative risk
-involves opportunity for either loss or gain
-not covered by insurance companies
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, Page 4 of 109 Massachusetts Mass State Life Insurance Exam Massachusetts Mass State Life Insurance Exam
pure risk
-a situation that can only result in a loss, there is no opportunity for financial gain
-only type of risk that is insurable
treatment of risk through: avoidance
simply avoiding as many risks as possible
-effective but not always practical
treatment of risk through- reduction
since we cannot avoid risk entirely we often attempt to lessen the possibility of a
loss by taking acting to reduce the risk
-
treatment of risk through- sharing
when a group of individuals or businesses with similar exposures share the losses
that occur within that group
-reciprocal insurance exchange is a formal risk sharing arrangement
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