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Which of the following best describes term life insurance?
Provides coverage for a specified period without cash value
Accumulates cash value and dividends
Offers permanent coverage with loans
Guarantees index-linked growth
Term life insurance provides pure life coverage for a limited timeframe with no cash accumulation. It's the simplest form of life insurance and purely focuses on the death benefit. Because there is no savings component, premiums remain lower than permanent policies. Learn more.
What type of hazard involves intentional acts like arson or vandalism?
Physical hazard
Moral hazard
Legal hazard
Morale hazard
A moral hazard arises from dishonest or illegal acts such as arson, because it increases the chance of loss through an insured's wrongdoing. Physical hazards are conditions of the property or environment. Morale hazards stem from carelessness. Learn more.
Insurable interest in a life insurance policy must exist at what point?
At the beneficiary designation
At the time of claim
At policy inception
At the end of the contestability period
In life insurance, insurable interest must be present at the time the policy is issued to prevent wagering on lives. It is not required at the time of death or claim. This principle ensures the purchase is legitimate. Learn more.
Which of the following is considered a pure risk?
Risk of winning the lottery
Risk of premature death
Risk of starting a business
Risk of investment gain
Pure risks involve situations that only present the possibility of loss, such as premature death. Speculative risks, like investing or starting a business, include potential gains. Pure risks are generally insurable. Learn more.
What is a peril in insurance terms?
A reduction in policy benefits
A policy exclusion
The cause of a loss
The insured's level of carelessness
A peril is the specific cause of loss insured against, such as fire, windstorm, or theft. Hazards increase the chance of that peril occurring. Exclusions remove coverage for certain perils. Learn more.
Which clause prevents an insurer from contesting statements after a period of time?
Free look clause
Suicide clause
Grace period clause
Incontestability clause
The incontestability clause bars the insurer from challenging the policy after typically two years, except in cases of fraud. It provides certainty to the policyowner. Free look allows cancellation shortly after purchase. Learn more.
What does the grace period provision do?
Allows extra time to pay premium without lapse
Waives the incontestability clause
Permits policy change after issue
Lets the insured adjust the death benefit
The grace period gives the insured a specified window (often 30-31 days) to pay a late premium without losing coverage. It prevents immediate policy lapse. Interest may accrue on the overdue amount. Learn more.
Who is the beneficiary in a life insurance policy?
Person designated to receive the death benefit
Medical examiner ordering tests
Company actuary calculating reserves
Underwriter assessing risk
The beneficiary is the individual or entity named to receive the policy proceeds upon the insured's death. Beneficiaries can be primary or contingent. They have no rights until the insured dies. Learn more.
What is the primary purpose of a waiver of premium rider?
Reduces premiums after policy anniversary
Increases death benefit on key events
Extends coverage free of charge after one year
Waives premiums if insured becomes disabled
A waiver of premium rider ensures that if the insured is disabled for a specified waiting period, future premiums are waived and the policy remains in force. It protects coverage during disability. Learn more.
The incontestability period typically lasts for how long?
Four years
One month
Six months
Two years
Insurers generally cannot contest misstatements after two years of policy issuance. This promotes stability for policyholders. Fraudulent misrepresentations may still be challenged. Learn more.
Who owns the rights and responsibilities under a life insurance policy?
The beneficiary
The policyowner
The insurer
The insured's heirs
The policyowner holds legal rights: paying premiums, naming beneficiaries, and making changes. The insured may differ from the owner. Beneficiaries only receive proceeds. Learn more.
What is subrogation in insurance?
Beneficiary's secondary claim right
Automatic policy reinstatement
Insurer's right to recover from a third party
Waiver of claims after payout
Subrogation lets the insurer seek reimbursement from a responsible third party after paying a claim. It prevents insureds from collecting twice. It keeps premiums lower. Learn more.
The face amount of a life insurance policy is:
Policy loan amount
The death benefit stated in the policy
Cash surrender value
Total premiums paid
The face amount is the sum payable upon death of the insured, as specified in the policy. Premiums and cash value are separate. It sets the basis for coverage. Learn more.
Which policy type accumulates cash value over time?
Whole life insurance
Accidental death policy
Credit life insurance
Term life insurance
Whole life insurance provides lifetime coverage and builds guaranteed cash value. Term offers no savings. Other limited policies focus solely on death benefit. Learn more.
Risk pooling in insurance refers to:
Investing premiums for higher yield
Spreading losses among many insureds
Bundling multiple policies for discount
Combining life and health coverage
Risk pooling aggregates premiums from many to cover the losses of the few, stabilizing costs. It's fundamental to insurance. Investment does not constitute pooling. Learn more.
What is the main purpose of life insurance?
Cover routine medical expenses
Offer tax-advantaged savings
Provide financial protection on death
Fund retirement income
Life insurance's core function is to replace income or provide a death benefit to beneficiaries. While some policies have savings, protection is primary. Health expenses are covered by health policies. Learn more.
Which of the following describes a mutual insurer?
Operates only in one state
Under government regulation exclusively
Owned by policyholders who share profits
Traded on a stock exchange
A mutual insurer is owned by its policyholders; any surplus may be returned as dividends. Stock insurers are owned by shareholders. Mutual status affects dividend treatment. Learn more.
The entire contract provision includes:
Application only
Medical exams only
Policy wording and attached riders
Underwriting guidelines
The entire contract clause binds the policy and any endorsements or riders into one document, preventing outside documents from altering coverage. It ensures clarity. Learn more.
Which rider allows premium waivers if the insured becomes totally disabled?
Accidental death rider
Guaranteed insurability rider
Waiver of premium rider
Accelerated death benefit rider
The waiver of premium rider suspends premium payments during qualified disability, keeping coverage in force. Other riders serve different purposes. Learn more.
A contingent beneficiary is:
Name of the insured upon reinstatement
Second in line if the primary dies
Appointed to manage the trust
Always receives half the proceeds
A contingent beneficiary receives benefits only if the primary beneficiary is not alive at the insured's death. It ensures proceeds distribution. Learn more.
In universal life, the corridor requirement ensures:
Interest rates remain guaranteed
Cash value cannot exceed face amount
Death benefit exceeds cash value by a margin
Policy loans do not exceed premium
The corridor provision keeps UL policies from being treated as investment contracts for tax purposes by requiring the death benefit to stay above the cash value. Learn more.
An absolute assignment of a life policy means:
Ownership transfers permanently to assignee
Only death benefit rights are assigned
Policy lapses at assignment
Assignee can't change beneficiary
An absolute assignment transfers all legal rights of policy ownership, including cash values and beneficiary control. It's irrevocable unless reassigned. Learn more.
Group life insurance conversion allows a former employee to:
Extend employer coverage at group rates
Combine cash values with another plan
Purchase individual policy without evidence of insurability
Maintain same beneficiary indefinitely
Conversion rights let employees leaving a group plan buy an individual policy within a specified period without medical underwriting. Premiums may be higher. Learn more.
An aleatory contract is characterized by:
Periodic premium resets
Unequal value exchange dependent on chance
Guaranteed cash value
Nonbinding endorsements
Aleatory contracts depend on uncertain events, with one party's performance contingent on a loss. Insurance premiums may be small but benefits large. Learn more.
Why is insurable interest required at policy inception?
To prevent wagering on another's life
To set premium rates accurately
To guarantee benefit payment
To ensure policyowner residency
Requiring insurable interest ensures a legitimate interest in the insured's survival, discouraging speculative purchases. It's a legal safeguard against wagering. Learn more.
The suicide exclusion typically lasts:
Forever
One year
Two years after policy issuance
Six months
Most life policies exclude suicide within the first two years, refunding premiums but not paying the death benefit. After that period, suicide is covered. Learn more.
How is cash surrender value determined?
Accumulated cash value minus surrender charges
Face amount minus paid premiums
Total dividends paid
Policy loan balance
The cash surrender value equals the policy's accumulated cash value less any surrender charges or outstanding loans. It's the amount paid on policy termination. Learn more.
Net single premium is the:
Premium including loading for expenses
Premium after lapse
Single premium needed to fund a policy with no expenses
Annual renewable term premium
Net single premium is the lump sum needed to fund future benefits based solely on mortality and interest assumptions, excluding expenses. Insurers add expense loads separately. Learn more.
Standard risk classification indicates the insured is:
Above average mortality risk
Below average mortality risk
Average life expectancy with normal rates
Uninsurable
A standard risk classification means the insured is neither substandard nor preferred, qualifying for normal premium rates. Rates reflect average mortality. Learn more.
Morbidity rates in health insurance measure:
Frequency of sickness or injury
Insurance fraud incidence
Policy lapse percentage
Rate of death
Morbidity refers to the incidence of illness or disability in a population and is crucial for pricing health products. Mortality relates to death. Learn more.
How do mortality tables affect universal life policy charges?
They cap the maximum premium payment
They set the policy's interest crediting rate
They define the surrender charge schedule
They determine the mortality cost deducted from cash value
Universal life insurers deduct a mortality charge based on age and mortality tables from the policy's cash value each month. Interest credits and surrender charges are separate. Learn more.
The corridor requirement in life insurance is designed to:
Maintain tax treatment by keeping death benefit above cash value
Limit policy loans to cash value
Cap premium increases
Guarantee premium stability
Tax codes require a minimum corridor between death benefit and cash value in universal life to avoid classification as an investment contract. This preserves favorable tax treatment. Learn more.
In life insurance, the reserve is:
Liability set aside to pay future benefits
Premium rebate for policyholders
Cash value available for loans
Fee charged for policy issuance
Reserves are actuarially determined liabilities representing the insurer's obligation for future policy benefits. They ensure solvency. Cash value is policyholder equity, not reserve. Learn more.
Net level premium method:
Spreads cost to yield level premiums over policy life
Requires a single lump sum
Adjusts premiums annually with experience
Charges highest premium in first year
Net level premium calculates a constant premium that, when invested, fund future benefits and reserves without explicit expense loading. Other methods vary premium over time. Learn more.
Partial surrenders in universal life reduce:
Only mortality charges
Policy loan interest
Premium obligations
Cash value and potentially death benefit
A partial surrender withdraws part of the cash value, which may lower the death benefit if it breaches the corridor. Mortality charges and loans are separate. Learn more.
Life policy loans are generally:
Automatically forgiven at death
Secured by the policy's cash value
Tax-free only if repaid within year
Charged at the same rate as dividends
Policy loans use the cash value as collateral and accrue interest. They do not require credit checks. Outstanding loans reduce the death benefit. Learn more.
The Medical Information Bureau (MIB) is used to:
Offer discounted clinic services
Share applicants' underwriting data among insurers
Provide medical exams to policyholders
Underwrite group health plans only
The MIB is a clearinghouse of underwriting data insurers use to detect misrepresentation and assess risk. It helps maintain underwriting accuracy. Learn more.
A moral hazard differs from a morale hazard because it involves:
Carelessness due to attitude
Intentional wrongdoing by the insured
Physical property defects
Legal restrictions on coverage
Moral hazards involve intentional risk-taking or fraud, while morale hazards arise from indifference or carelessness. Physical hazards are property conditions. Learn more.
A risk retention group is:
A government-backed pool
A captive insurer regulated by one state
An insurer owned by its policyholders to retain liability risk
A mutual life insurer
Risk retention groups allow similar businesses to pool liability risks under member ownership. They're regulated under the Liability Risk Retention Act. Learn more.
Under COBRA, group health coverage must be offered to:
All retirees regardless of plan
Only those with preexisting conditions
Employees and dependents after qualifying events
Only employees with ten years of service
COBRA requires employers to extend group health benefits to employees and their dependents after termination, reduction in hours, or other qualifying events, typically up to 18 months. Learn more.
HIPAA portability prohibits group health plans from:
Imposing exclusions for preexisting conditions beyond six months
Offering conversion rights
Charging older enrollees higher premiums
Terminating coverage for nonpayment
HIPAA limits preexisting condition exclusions to six months and provides credit for prior coverage. It doesn't address age-banding or nonpayment terminations. Learn more.
Minimum participation for a group life plan to be tax-qualified is usually:
At least 75% of eligible employees
100% of eligible employees
50% of eligible employees
25% of eligible employees
To maintain favorable tax status, group life plans typically require at least 75% participation among eligible employees. This avoids adverse selection. Learn more.
How does the Modified Endowment Contract (MEC) test affect life policies?
Removes cash value growth restrictions
Allows unlimited premium payments
Increases death benefit tax exemption
Subjects distributions to LIFO taxation and penalties
A policy that fails the 7-pay test becomes a MEC, causing loan and withdrawal distributions to be taxed on a LIFO basis and penalized if the insured is under age 59½. Learn more.
A 1035 exchange allows policyholders to:
Assign cash value as collateral
Cancel policy without surrender charges
Transfer cash value between policies tax-free
Convert term to whole life with gain deferral
Section 1035 of the tax code permits tax-free exchanges of life insurance or annuities if certain conditions are met, allowing basis carryover. It prevents immediate tax on gains. Learn more.
How does MEC status impact loans and withdrawals?
Distributions are taxed as income first and may incur penalties
Loans convert to withdrawals automatically
Loans become tax-free until death
Withdrawals reduce the death benefit only
Because MECs are treated as investment vehicles, funds withdrawn are taxed first on gain (LIFO) and under-59½ penalties may apply. Non-MEC loans are generally tax-free. Learn more.
Per capita beneficiary designation means proceeds are:
Invested until claims are filed
Paid entirely to the eldest beneficiary
Paid equally to each living beneficiary
Divided per relation degree
Per capita directs that only surviving designated beneficiaries split proceeds equally. If one predeceases, shares are reallocated among survivors. Learn more.
In variable universal life, the mortality charge is:
Paid as a single upfront fee
Only charged upon policy lapse
Based on published mortality tables and subtracted monthly
A fixed percentage of cash value annually
VUL policies deduct a mortality charge each month, determined by age and mortality tables, from the separate account. This charge covers the cost of insurance. Learn more.
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Study Outcomes
Understand policy fundamentals -
Grasp the core components and purposes of health and life insurance policies covered in the 3.03 quiz: health and life insurance 3 to build a solid foundation.
Identify risk categories -
Distinguish between pure, speculative, and other risk types to strengthen your analysis in our insurance hazard identification quiz.
Apply hazard identification techniques -
Use proven methods to detect and evaluate potential hazards in insurance scenarios, reinforcing concepts from the insurance hazard identification quiz.
Evaluate policy provisions -
Analyze common policy clauses, riders, and endorsements to understand their impact on coverage, premiums, and client outcomes.
Interpret exam-style questions -
Develop strategies to decode and respond effectively to questions in the life and health insurance practice quiz and health and life insurance practice exam.
Gauge certification readiness -
Assess your preparedness for professional exams by completing the free, scored 3.03 quiz: health and life insurance 3 and reviewing instant feedback.
Cheat Sheet
Policy Types & Classification -
Distinguish between term and whole life insurance by noting that term provides pure protection for a set period, while whole life combines lifelong coverage with cash-value growth. Use the mnemonic "Term Covers Temporary, Whole Lasts Forever" to recall that only whole life accumulates a savings component (Insurance Information Institute).
Premium Calculation Components -
Understand that a gross premium includes the net premium (mortality cost minus interest) plus expense loading: Gross = Mortality + Expenses - Interest credits. For example, if mortality is $500, expenses $50, and expected interest $20, gross premium is $530. This formula aligns with actuarial standards (Actuarial Standards Board).
Risk Types & Hazard Identification -
Know the three pure risk categories - physical, moral, and morale hazards - and practice spotting them on an insurance hazard identification quiz. Remember "PMM" (Physical, Moral, Morale) to classify risks, such as a slippery roof (physical) or misstatement on an application (moral).
Key Policy Provisions Mnemonic -
Memorize DICE for the four foundational provisions: Declarations, Insuring agreement, Conditions, Exclusions. This trick helps on any life and health insurance practice exam to quickly outline a policy's legal framework (NAIC).
Underwriting & Rating Factors -
Review major underwriting criteria - age, gender, health history, occupation, and hobbies - as they determine risk class and premium level. For instance, a 40-year-old nonsmoker in a low-risk job generally pays lower rates on the 1980 CSO mortality table.
