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Blanket Medical Insurance - ANSWER -A policy that provides benefits for all
medical costs, including doctor visits, hospitalization, and drugs
Boycott - ANSWER -An unfair trade practice in which one person refuses to do
business with another until he/she agrees to certain conditions
Buyer's Guide - ANSWER -A booklet that describes insurance policies and
concepts, and provides general information to help an applicant make an informed
decision
Cafeteria Plan - ANSWER -A selection of health care benefits from which an
employee may choose the ones that he/she needs
Capital Amount - ANSWER -A percentage of the principal amount of a policy
paid to the insured if he/she suffered the loss of an appendage
Carriers - ANSWER -Organizations that process claims and pay benefits in an
insurance policy
Cease and Desist Order - ANSWER -A demand of a person to stop committing an
action that is in violation of a provision
Certificate of Authority - ANSWER -A document that authorizes a company to
start conducting business and specifies the kind(s) of insurance a company can
transact. It is illegal for an insurance company to transact insurance without this
certificate
Certificate of Insurance - ANSWER -A written document that indicates that an
insurance policy has been issued, and that states both the amounts and types of
insurance provided
, Claim - ANSWER -A request for payment of the benefits provided by an
insurance contract
Coercion - ANSWER -An unfair trade practice in which an insurer uses physical
or mental force to persuade an applicant to buy insurance
Coinsurance - ANSWER -An agreement between an insurer and insured in which
both parties are expected to pay a certain portion of the potential loss and other
expenses
Coinsurance Clause - ANSWER -A provision that states that the insurer and the
insured will share the losses covered by the policy in a proportion agreed upon in
advance
Commissioner - ANSWER -The chief executive and administrative officer of the
Insurance Department
Comprehensive Policy - ANSWER -A plan that provides a package of health care
services, including preventative care, routine physicals, immunization, outpatient
services and hospitalization
Comprehensive Major Medical - ANSWER -A combination of basic coverage and
major medical coverage that features low deductibles, high maximum benefits, and
coinsurance
Concealment - ANSWER -The withholding of known facts which, if material, can
void a contract
Conditional Contract - ANSWER -A type of an agreement in which both parties
must perform certain duties and follow rules of conduct to make the contract
enforceable
Consideration - ANSWER -The binding force in a contract that requires
something of value to be exchanged for the transfer of risk. On the part of the