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.4 Types of Life Insurance - Answer-Permanent, Term, Industrial, Group
.Absolute, Voluntary, Complete Assignment - Answer-Policy is given as a gift, policy
owner has no means of recovering surrendered rights
.Accelerated Benefits Rider - Answer-A life insurance rider that allows for the early
payment of some portion of the policy's face amount should the insured suffer from a
terminal illness or injury.
.Accidental Death Rider - Answer-Provides for an additional amount paid to the
beneficiary should the insured die as the result of an accident. Excludes death by self-
inflicted injury, death while committing a crime, and death as result of war.
.Accumulation at Interest Option - Answer-A dividend or settlement option under
which the policyholder allows his or her dividends or policy proceeds to accumulate
interest with the company. Although the dividends or proceeds are not generally
taxable, the interest earned is.
,.Accumulation Units - Answer-A variable annuity contract owner's interest in the
separate account prior to annuitization, bought by the net purchase payment
.Adjustable Life Policies - Answer-Policyholder can adjust face amount of policy,
amount/frequency of premium payments, period of insurance protection
.Advantages of Group Life - Answer-Lower premiums, not required to furnish proof of
insurability, employer pays all or part of the premium
.Advantages of settlement options - Answer-insurer invests the money, money is safe
with insurance company, guaranteed interest earnings
.Adverse Selection - Answer-People who are most likely to experience loss are more
likely to seek insurance than those who are not
.Aleatory Contract - Answer-a contract where the values exchanged may not be equal
but depend on an uncertain event
.Annuitant - Answer-The person who receives the payments from an annuity
.Annuities - Answer-A fixed sum of money paid to someone each year, typically for
the rest of their life.
.Annuity Unit - Answer-The number of annuity units denotes the share of the funds
an annuitant will receive from a variable annuity account after the accumulation
period ends and benefits begin. A formula is used to convert accumulation units to
, annuity units. Fixed number in amount, but payment varies.
.Applicant - Answer-Party making the application to the insurance company, may or
may not be the proposed insured
.Application - Answer-A formal request for an insurance policy that implies that the
provided information is true to the best of the applicant's knowledge.
.association obligations for any one life - Answer-300,000 in insurance death benefits,
no more than 100,000 cash surrender/cash withdrawal values, 100,000 health
insurance benefits, 250,000 present value of annuity benefits
.Assumptions about Group Insurance - Answer-The group is large, most groups will be
healthy, coverage is incidental to the occupation
.Automatic Premium Loan Provision - Answer-Authorizes insurer to automatically pay
any premium in default at the end of the grace period and charge the amount so paid
against the life insurance policy as a policy loan.
.Backdating - Answer-The practice of making a policy effective at an earlier date than
the present. Permits the insurer to be rated a year younger, premium payment dates
correspond to the income pattern of the policyholder, enables the purchase of a
policy issues to younger customers
.Beneficiary - Answer-Receives any survivor benefits payable under the annuity on
the death of the annuitant