ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔ERISA overrides any state laws regarding the regulation of retirement plans. true or
false - ✔✔true
✔✔As it pertains to group health insurance, COBRA stipulates that: - ✔✔group
coverage must be extended for terminated employees up to a certain period of time at
the employee's expense.
✔✔Group health plans that are issued on an experience-rated basis can make both
premium reductions and premium increases retroactive for 12 months. true or false -
✔✔false
✔✔What type of annuity settlement would best be used to distribute funds from the
settlement of large sums of money (such as with lawsuits and lotteries)? - ✔✔A
structured settlement annuity. decreasing level
✔✔Only ____________ policies pay dividends. - ✔✔participating
✔✔Define sliding - ✔✔Sliding occurs when an agent tells/implies that it is required for
the client to purchase specific coverages/products in conjunction with a policy being
purchased.
✔✔The _______________ bears the investment risk in a fixed annuity. - ✔✔Insurer
In a variable annuity, the insured bears the risk
✔✔Purchasers of life insurance policies are _____________, but are not necessarily
_______________ - ✔✔policyowners, policyholders
✔✔Basic surgical expense policies generally provide coverage for all of the following
EXCEPT: - ✔✔miscellaneous expenses such as lab fees and x-rays.
✔✔In order to qualify for Medicaid benefits, applicants must be at least age ____, blind
or disabled, and meet other eligibility requirements. - ✔✔65
✔✔What is the difference between medicare and medicaid - ✔✔medicare is designed
for elderly and those with chronic kidney disease
medicaid is designed for poor people :(
, ✔✔Which of the following life policies contain fixed and guaranteed mortality rates AND
fixed and guaranteed cash value? - ✔✔whole life
✔✔Protection against the unintentional lapse of a life insurance policy is afforded
through what means? - ✔✔Automatic loan provision
✔✔Medicare provides Hospice services for the: - ✔✔Terminally ill
✔✔Florida law does not limit the number or percentage of employees required to
participate in order to qualify for group health insurance. - ✔✔True, there is no minimum
to qualify for group health insurance
✔✔AD&D is the purest structure of accident insurance. true or false - ✔✔True
✔✔What type of insurance is most frequently used in group life plans? - ✔✔Annual
renewable term
A.R.T. premium increases yearly based on the insureds attainable age
✔✔Name the three basic categories of coverage upon which the life insurance world
revolves. - ✔✔Ordinary, industrial, and group
✔✔If an annuitant owns 300 annuity units and receives $1,500 a month, what is the
value of each annuity unit? - ✔✔$5
$1,500 / $300 = $5
✔✔Since contributions to a 403(b) tax sheltered annuity are made with before-tax
dollars, distributions are - ✔✔100% taxable
✔✔If an insurance company reimburses the insured for medical expenses, can the
insured deduct that amount from their federal income tax? - ✔✔No
✔✔"Capitation" as used by HMOs means: - ✔✔the amount an HMO pays to a physician
or provider in exchange for rendered medical services.
✔✔COBRA coverage is considered continuous: - ✔✔group health coverage
Cobra is used when an employee is terminated, they have 31 days to retain their group
health insurance offered by the employer. this is known as cobra