MI LIFE PRODUCER LICENSING REVIEW
SOLVED QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTION
●● Insurer
Answer: A company that sells insurance policies (contracts); also called
an insurance company
●● Insured
Answer: Person covered (protected) by insurance company
●● Policyowner
Answer: has all rights and privileges to the policy; may or may not be
the insured
●● Applicant
Answer: Person completing the application and usually the insured.
Applicant becomes the policyowner upon approval
●● beneficiary
Answer: a person who receiving the face amount of the policy upon the
insured's death
,●● Policy
Answer: A contract between a policyowner (and/or insured) and an
insurance company which agrees to pay the face value to the beneficiary
when the insured dies
●● Premium
Answer: Money paid to the insurer (company) for the policy
●● Death Benefit (face amount)
Answer: Amount received upon the death of the insured
●● Pure Risk
Answer: A chance of loss- Insurable
●● Speculative Risk
Answer: chance of loss or gain; not insurable
●● Loss
Answer: A reduction in the quantity, quality or value of something
●● Exposure
Answer: Amount of potential monetary losses from a particular event
(fire, accident)
, ●● Peril (Perils are in the past)
Answer: The cause of loss
●● Hazards (Future)
Answer: Increase the likelihood of a peril (Physical, Moral, Morale,
Legal)
●● Sharing
Answer: Pools of insureds with a common risk (Tavern owners)
●● Transfer
Answer: Insurance is the transfer of risk to an insurance company
(insurance policy)
●● Avoidance
Answer: Not doing (Not flying)
●● Reduction
Answer: Reducing risk (Wearing a seat belt)
●● Retention
SOLVED QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTION
●● Insurer
Answer: A company that sells insurance policies (contracts); also called
an insurance company
●● Insured
Answer: Person covered (protected) by insurance company
●● Policyowner
Answer: has all rights and privileges to the policy; may or may not be
the insured
●● Applicant
Answer: Person completing the application and usually the insured.
Applicant becomes the policyowner upon approval
●● beneficiary
Answer: a person who receiving the face amount of the policy upon the
insured's death
,●● Policy
Answer: A contract between a policyowner (and/or insured) and an
insurance company which agrees to pay the face value to the beneficiary
when the insured dies
●● Premium
Answer: Money paid to the insurer (company) for the policy
●● Death Benefit (face amount)
Answer: Amount received upon the death of the insured
●● Pure Risk
Answer: A chance of loss- Insurable
●● Speculative Risk
Answer: chance of loss or gain; not insurable
●● Loss
Answer: A reduction in the quantity, quality or value of something
●● Exposure
Answer: Amount of potential monetary losses from a particular event
(fire, accident)
, ●● Peril (Perils are in the past)
Answer: The cause of loss
●● Hazards (Future)
Answer: Increase the likelihood of a peril (Physical, Moral, Morale,
Legal)
●● Sharing
Answer: Pools of insureds with a common risk (Tavern owners)
●● Transfer
Answer: Insurance is the transfer of risk to an insurance company
(insurance policy)
●● Avoidance
Answer: Not doing (Not flying)
●● Reduction
Answer: Reducing risk (Wearing a seat belt)
●● Retention