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COMMERCIAL LINES 101 CE 2025 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
1. Part Three of Workers Comp - correct answer - Provides for statutory
benefits when employees can press claims in states other than those
where they are working
2. Part Four of Workers Comp - correct answer - The insureds duties if
injury occurs
3. Part Five of Workers Comp - correct answer - Contains basic information
regarding the calculation of the policy premium
4. Part Six of Workers Comp - correct answer - Contains several conditions
such as inspection, long-term policy, transfer of your rights and duties,
cancellation, and sole representative
5. NCCI's Portfolio of Standard Endorsements is Divided into the Following
Categories - correct answer - Federal coverage endorsements, maritime
coverage endorsements, other
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coverage and exclusion endorsements, premium endorsements, etc.
6. Monopolistic State Funds - correct answer - The state fund is the only
workers compensation insurer in these states
7. The Voluntary Private Market - correct answer - Insurance companies
that are licensed to write workers compensation insurance in the state
8. Competitive State Funds - correct answer - An insurance facility
established and funded by the state that competes with insurance
companies for workers compensation business in that state only
9. Residual Market Plans - correct answer - State mandated programs in which
all insurers that write workers compensation insurance in the state must
participate
10. Exposure Base for Workers Compensation - correct answer
- Payroll
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11. Experience Modifier - correct answer - An employer specific multiplier
that measure its loss experience relative to that of other employers in the
same industry
12. A modifier of 1.0 indicates - correct answer - Average loss
experience; produces a modified premium that equals the unmodified
premium
13. A debt modifier (greater than 1.0) - correct answer - Indicates
higher than average losses and produces a correszponding
increase in premium
14. A credit modifier (less than 1.0) - correct answer - reduces the
employers premium
15. Expense Constant - correct answer - Designed to cover
administrative expenses, such as issuance, record keeping, and
auditing, that are common to all workers compensation policies,
regardless of the amount of premium generated
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16. Minimum Premium - correct answer - The lowest premium required to
issue a standard workers compensation policy for a period of 1 year
17. Premium Discount - correct answer - Acknowledges that the expenses
associated with writing an insurance policy increase at a decreasing rate as
premium increases
18. Insurer - correct answer - The insurance company
19. Named Insured/Insured - correct answer - The policyholder
20. Financial Definition of Insurance - correct answer - A financial
agreement involving the redistribution of financial losses
21. Legal Definition of Insurance - correct answer - A contractual agreement
in which one party (the insurer) agrees to compensate or indemnify another
party (the insured) for fortuitous losses
COMMERCIAL LINES 101 CE 2025 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
1. Part Three of Workers Comp - correct answer - Provides for statutory
benefits when employees can press claims in states other than those
where they are working
2. Part Four of Workers Comp - correct answer - The insureds duties if
injury occurs
3. Part Five of Workers Comp - correct answer - Contains basic information
regarding the calculation of the policy premium
4. Part Six of Workers Comp - correct answer - Contains several conditions
such as inspection, long-term policy, transfer of your rights and duties,
cancellation, and sole representative
5. NCCI's Portfolio of Standard Endorsements is Divided into the Following
Categories - correct answer - Federal coverage endorsements, maritime
coverage endorsements, other
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coverage and exclusion endorsements, premium endorsements, etc.
6. Monopolistic State Funds - correct answer - The state fund is the only
workers compensation insurer in these states
7. The Voluntary Private Market - correct answer - Insurance companies
that are licensed to write workers compensation insurance in the state
8. Competitive State Funds - correct answer - An insurance facility
established and funded by the state that competes with insurance
companies for workers compensation business in that state only
9. Residual Market Plans - correct answer - State mandated programs in which
all insurers that write workers compensation insurance in the state must
participate
10. Exposure Base for Workers Compensation - correct answer
- Payroll
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11. Experience Modifier - correct answer - An employer specific multiplier
that measure its loss experience relative to that of other employers in the
same industry
12. A modifier of 1.0 indicates - correct answer - Average loss
experience; produces a modified premium that equals the unmodified
premium
13. A debt modifier (greater than 1.0) - correct answer - Indicates
higher than average losses and produces a correszponding
increase in premium
14. A credit modifier (less than 1.0) - correct answer - reduces the
employers premium
15. Expense Constant - correct answer - Designed to cover
administrative expenses, such as issuance, record keeping, and
auditing, that are common to all workers compensation policies,
regardless of the amount of premium generated
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16. Minimum Premium - correct answer - The lowest premium required to
issue a standard workers compensation policy for a period of 1 year
17. Premium Discount - correct answer - Acknowledges that the expenses
associated with writing an insurance policy increase at a decreasing rate as
premium increases
18. Insurer - correct answer - The insurance company
19. Named Insured/Insured - correct answer - The policyholder
20. Financial Definition of Insurance - correct answer - A financial
agreement involving the redistribution of financial losses
21. Legal Definition of Insurance - correct answer - A contractual agreement
in which one party (the insurer) agrees to compensate or indemnify another
party (the insured) for fortuitous losses
