問題一覧
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All are true statements regarding the underwriting process, EXCEPT
AIDS and HIV virus exams can be conducted in discriminatory fashion
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Insurance policies are offered on a “take it or leave it” basis which makes them
contract of adhesion
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If a contract of adhesion contains complicated language to whom would the interpretation be in favor of?
the insured (customer)
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Which of these require…… Offer Acceptance Consideration
contract
5
Which of these types of policies may NOT have the Automati Premium Loan provision attached to it?
decreasing term
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When 3rd party ownership is involved, applicants who also happen to be the stated primary beneficiary are required to have ________
insurable interest in the proposed insured
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Who elects the governing body of a mutual insurance company?
policyholders
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Name the law that requires insurers to disclose information gathering practices and where information is obtained
Fair Credit Reporting Act
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The part of a life insurance policy guaranteed to be true is called ________
warranty
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Insurance contracts are also known as ________ because certain future conditions or acts must be met before any claims can be paid
conditional
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Who makes the legally enforceable promises in a unilateral insurance policy?
the insurance company
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Which of the following best describes a warranty?
a statement guaranteed to be true
13
The consideration clause of an insurance contract includes
the schedule and amount of premium payments
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A life insurance arrangement which circumvents insurable interest statutes is called _______
Investor-Originated Life Insurance
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A policy of adhesion can only be modified by whom?
the insurance company
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A life insurance policy would be considered a wagering contract without ______
insruable interest
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Stranger-Originated Life Insurance (STOLI) has been found to be in violation of which contractural elements?
legal purpose (insurable interest)
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Which arrangement allows one to bypass insurable interest laws?
Investor-Originated Life Insurance
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What is the consideration given by an insurer and the consideration clause of a life policy?
promise to pay a death benefit to a named beneficiary
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When must insurable interest exist for a life insurance contract to be valid?
inception of the contract
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Q purchases a $500,000 life insuranc policy and pays $900 in premiums over the first 6 months. Q suddenly dies and the beneficiary is paid $500,000. This exchange of unequal values reflect which insurance contract feature?
aleatory
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Y purchased $100,000 worth of permanent protection on himself and $50,000 worht of 10-year term coverage for his wife on the same policy. Which of thes policies did Y purchase?
a whole life policy with an other insured rider
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Insurance policy is considered an aleatory contract because _______
performance is conditioned upon a future occurrence
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In an insurance contract, the insurer is the only party who makes illegally inforcible promises. What kind of contract is this?
unilateral
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An insurance applicant must be informed of an investigation regarding his or her reputation according to the _______
fair credit reporting act
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At what point must a life insurance applicant be informed of their rights that fall under the fair credit reporting act?
upon completion of the application
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What are the types of agent authority?
express implied apparent
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A contract or one party accept or reject the terms of a contract by another party is a contract of ______
adhesion
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At what point does an informal agreement become a binding contract?
when consideration is provided by one of the parties to the contract
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J is 35 years old and looking to purchase a whole life insurance policy. Which of the following types of policies will provide the most rapid growth of cash value?
20-pay life
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What kind of life policy either pays the face value upon the death of the insured or when the insured reaches age 100?
whole life
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Which of these life product is not considered interest sensitive?
modified whole life
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Which of these policy characteristics is consistent with a straight life policy?
premiums are payable as long as there is insurance coverage in force
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Which statement about a whole life policy is true?
cash value may be borrowed against
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Variable whole life insurance can be described as:
both an insurance and securities product
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Which is true concerning a variable universal life policy?
policy owner controls where the investment will go and select the amount of premium payment
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N is a 40 year old applicant who would like to retire at age 70. He is looking to buy a life insurance policy with level premiums, permanent protection, and be paid-up at retirement. Which of these should N purchase?
30-pay life
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A 15 year mortgage is best protected by what kind of life policy?
15 year decreasing term
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A life policy that contains a monthly mortality charge as well as self-directed investment choices is called a(n):
variable universal life policy
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Who has the option to renew a renewable term policy?
insured
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Which of these types of life insurance allows the policy owner to have level premiums and to also choose from a selection of investment options?
variable life
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S, age 40, is looking to buy a life insurance policy that will allow for increase and decreases in coverage as his needs change. The policy best suited for S would be ______
universal life
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What type of policy would offer a 40 year old the quickest accumulation of cash value?
20-pay life
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What type of life policy covers two people and pays upon the death of the last insured?
survivorship
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A(n) ______ term life policy is normally used when covering an insured’s mortgage balance
decreasing
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Under a renewable term policy,
the renewable premium is calculated on the basis of the isnured’s attained age
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What kind of life insurance policy pays a specified monthly income to a beneficiary for 30 years and then pays a lump-sum benefit at the end of that 30 years?
family maintenance policy
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Which of the following is considered an element of a variable life policy?
underlying equity investment
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F needs life insurance that provides coverage for only a limited amount of time with a death benefit that changes regularly according to a schedule. What kind of policy is needed?
decreasing term policy
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At what point does a whole life insurance policy endow?
when the cash value equals the death benefit
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J is issued a life insurance policy with a death benefit of $100,000. She pays $600 per year in premium for the first 5 years. The premium then increases to $900 per year in the 6th year and remains there after. The policies death benefit also remains $100,000. Which type of life insurance policy is this?
modified premium life
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Which statement is correct regarding the premium payment for whole life policies?
premiums are payable throughout the insrued’s lifetime/coverage lasts until death of the insured
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Term insruance has which of the following characteristics
expires at the end of the policy period
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Who has the opinion to renew a renewable term policy?
isnured
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What kind of life insurance product covers children under their parents policy?
term rider
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The cash value in a(n) _______ life policy ay fluctuate to reflect changing assumptions regarding mortality cost, interest, and expense factors
universal
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A life policy with a death benefit and cash value that can fluctuate according to the performance of its underlying investment portfolio is referred to as:
variable life
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Which policy requires an agent to register with the National Association of Securites Dealers (NASD) before selling?
variable life
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P is looking to purchase a life insurance policy that will pay a stated monthly income to his beneficiaries for 20 years after he dies and a lump sum of $20,000 at the end of the 20 year period. What type of policy should P purchase?
family maintenance policy
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How long does the coverage normally remain on a limited pay life policy?
age 100
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Which provision allows the policy owner to change a term life policy to a permanent one without providing proof of good heatlh?
conversion
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A variable insurance policy:
does not guarantee a return on investment accounts
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Who benefits in Investor-Originated Life Insurance (IOLI) when the insured dies?
policy owner
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J is 35 years old and looking to purchase a whole life insurance policy. Which of the following types of policies will provide the most rapid growth or cash value?
20 pay life
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A(n) _____ life policy offers the owner investment in products such as money-market funds, long-term bonds and equities?
variable
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All of these are characteristics of an Adjustable Life policy, EXPECT:
face amount can be adjusted using policy dividends
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Under an Interest Sensitive Whole Life policy,
cash values are determined by interest rates
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Which of these life products is NOT considered interest-sensitive?
modified whole life
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Life insurance that covers an insured’s whole life with level premiums paid over a limited time is called:
limited pay life
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Which of the following policies is characterized by a flexible premium and death benefit and allows the policy owner control of the investment aspect of plan?
variable universal life
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In a 10-year term life policy contains a renewability provision, the policy will renew
without evidence of insurability
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D needs life insurance that provides coverage for only a limited amount of time while also paying the lowest possible premium. What kind of policy is needed?
level term
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Which type of policy is considered to be overfunded, as stated by IRS guidelines?
Modified Endowment Contract
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A potential client, age 40, would like to purchase a Whole Life policy that will accumulate cash value at a faster rate in the early years of the policy. Which of these statements made by the producer would be correct?
20-pay life accumulates cash value faster than Straight Life
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A Limited-Pay life policy has:
premium payments limited to a specified number of years
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The amount of coverage on a group credit life policy is limited to:
the insured’s total loan value
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A father who dies within 3 years after purchasing a life insurance policy on his infant daughter can have the policy premiums waved under which provision?
payor provision
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What does a Face Amount plus Cash Value Policy pay upon the insured’s death?
face amount plus the policy’s cash value
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K, age 45, and his wife, age 43, have 3 children. They purchase a Family policy that covers K’s wife to age 65. All of these situations will pay a death benefit EXCEPT:
K’s wife dies at age 66
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When a life insurance policy exceeds certain IRS table values, the result would create which of the following?
modified endowment contract
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S owns a life insurance policy with cash values that fluctuate according to the underlying investment performance of common stocks. Which of these policies does S own?
variable whole life
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What kind of insurance policy supplies an income stream over a set period of time that starts when the insured dies?
family maintenance policy
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P is the insured on a participating life policy. Which statement is true if P’s premiums are waived due to disability?
p will still receive declared dividends
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Which life insurance rider typically appears on a Juvenile life insurance policy?
payor benefit rider
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How are policy owner dividends treated in regards to income tax?
interest on accumulations is taxed
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The ______ is authorized to assign a life insurance policy as collateral for a loan
policy owner
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When is the face amount of a Whole Life policy paid?
when the insured dies or at the age of the policys maturity date, whichever happens first
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Which of these life insurance riders allow the applicant to have excess coverage?
term rider
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P purchases a $50,000 whole life insurance policy in 2005. One fo the questions on the application asks if P engages in scuba diving, to which P answers “NO”. The policy is then issued with no scuba exclusions. In 2010 P takes up scuba diving in a scuba related accident in 2011. What will the isnurer pay to P’s beneficiary?
$50,000 minus any outstanding policy loans
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N is covered by a Term Life policy and does not make the required premium payment which was due August 1. N dies September 15. What action will the insurer take?
claim will be denied
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In a life insurance policy, which feature states that the policy will not cover certain risks?
exclusion
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M has an insurance policy that also has an outstanding policy loan at the time of M’s death. The insurer’s will deduct the outstanding loan balance from the:
policy proceeds
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When does a Guaranteed Insurability Rider allow the insured to buy additional coverage?
at future dates specified in the contract with no evidence of insurability requried
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K owns a Whole Life policy. If K wants an increasing Death Benefit to protect against inflation, which Dividend Option should she choose?
paid-up additional insurance
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A Return of Premium Life insurance policy is:
whole life and increasing term
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Which statement is TRUE in regards to a policy loan?
past-due interest on a policy loan is added to the total debt
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B recently died and was insured with a life insurance policy for over 5 years. During the claims process, the isnurer discovered that B had understated his age by 5 years at the time of the application. In this situation, the insurer will
pay the amount that the premium would have purchased at the correct age
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Which of these types of policies may NOT have Automatic Premium Loan provision attached to it?
decreasing term
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B receives yearly dividends and interest from a participating life insurance policy. Which of theses should B include as gross income for federal income tax purposes?
interest only
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Which of these are NOT an example of a Nonforfeiture option?
life income