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INSURANCE CONCEPTS QUIZLET OVERVIEW WITH QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS 2026-27 LATEST VERSION
• A fundamental measure of the loss exposure assumed by an insurer
a. CORRECT: Exposure Unit
b. Utmost Good Faith
c. Annuity
d. Loss Prevention
• Why does the law of large numbers enable insurers to make predictions about
losses?
a. CORRECT: Insurers have large numbers of independent exposure units
(cars & houses of all their insureds, for example) they can predict the
number of losses that all similar exposure units combined are likely
to experience.
b. Insurance that covers a business or a non-profit organization against
loss exposures arising out of the ownership, maintenance, or use of
automobiles
c. If the insured has large assets or unique exposures such as a horse or
swimming pool, the umbrella policy provides additional (higher)
limits of protection than are available under regular homeowners
and auto policies.
d. loss avoidance, loss prevention, loss reduction or risk transfer
• For a loss to be fortuitous, the insured cannot have control over whether or
when a loss will occur.
a. Utmost Good Faith
b. CORRECT: What makes a loss fortuitous?
c. What is claim build-up?
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d. Homeowners Policy
• How does insurance function as a system of both transferring and sharing the cost
of losses.
a. CORRECT: The potential financial consequences of certain loss
exposures are transferred to an insurer, which, in turn, pays for the
covered losses and, in effect, distributes the costs of losses among all
insureds (all insureds share the cost of a loss).
b. A fundamental measure of the loss exposure assumed by an insurer
c. loss avoidance, loss prevention, loss reduction or risk transfer
d. The intentional exaggeration of a loss in an otherwise-legitimate claim
INSURANCE CONCEPTS QUIZLET OVERVIEW WITH QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS 2026-27 LATEST VERSION
• A fundamental measure of the loss exposure assumed by an insurer
a. CORRECT: Exposure Unit
b. Utmost Good Faith
c. Annuity
d. Loss Prevention
• Why does the law of large numbers enable insurers to make predictions about
losses?
a. CORRECT: Insurers have large numbers of independent exposure units
(cars & houses of all their insureds, for example) they can predict the
number of losses that all similar exposure units combined are likely
to experience.
b. Insurance that covers a business or a non-profit organization against
loss exposures arising out of the ownership, maintenance, or use of
automobiles
c. If the insured has large assets or unique exposures such as a horse or
swimming pool, the umbrella policy provides additional (higher)
limits of protection than are available under regular homeowners
and auto policies.
d. loss avoidance, loss prevention, loss reduction or risk transfer
• For a loss to be fortuitous, the insured cannot have control over whether or
when a loss will occur.
a. Utmost Good Faith
b. CORRECT: What makes a loss fortuitous?
c. What is claim build-up?
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d. Homeowners Policy
• How does insurance function as a system of both transferring and sharing the cost
of losses.
a. CORRECT: The potential financial consequences of certain loss
exposures are transferred to an insurer, which, in turn, pays for the
covered losses and, in effect, distributes the costs of losses among all
insureds (all insureds share the cost of a loss).
b. A fundamental measure of the loss exposure assumed by an insurer
c. loss avoidance, loss prevention, loss reduction or risk transfer
d. The intentional exaggeration of a loss in an otherwise-legitimate claim
