FInal Exam: California Life, Accident, and Health Insurance Questions & Answers Already Graded A +

What distinguishes a deferred annuity from an immediate annuity? - The time at which benefit payments start Cindy buys a 10-year certain annuity with an installment refund. After receiving monthly payments for 5 years, Cindy dies. How many remaining payments will the insurer make to her beneficiary? - 60 payments What is a common reason people purchase an annuity? - To protect against the risk of outliving their financial resources What kind of annuity pays income to two annuitants until their deaths? - Joint and survivor annuity What is a joint and survivor annuity? - Provides payments the annuity to two people. If either person dies, the same income payments continue to the survivor for life. When the surviving annuitant dies, no further payments are made to anyone. Victoria owns a life annuity and elects to receive annuity payments monthly for the remainder of her life with "ten years certain". Her annuity will make payments - for a minimum of 120 months and a maximum of the remainder of her life Which of the following statements regarding a life insurance policy dividend is TRUE? - It is the distribution of excess of funds accumulated by the insurer on participating policies. An insured owned by its policyholders is called a - mutual insurer An insurer enters into a contract with a third party to insure itself against losses from insurance policies it issues. What is the agreement called? - ReinsuranceWhat is reinsurance? - An arrangement by which an insurance company transfers a portion of a risk it has assumed to another insurer Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of reinsurance? - Increases the unearned premium reserve Which of the following is a contract that involves one party which indemnifies another when a loss arises from an unknown event? - Insurance policy What is an insurance policy? - A contract where one party promises to indemnify another against loss that arises from an unknown event What is residual disability income insurance payments based on? - The amount of the insured's income is reduced by the disability Manuel is considered to be a disabled person as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). As such, he is unable to perform any of the following life activities EXCEPT - Driving Which of the following is NOT a provision in a disability income policy? - Deductible and coinsurance provision Which of these statements is NOT true concerning recurrent disabilities? - The insurer continues coverage after a new elimination period