Insurance EXAM 2026/2027 PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND A
NEW UPDATED STUDY GUIDE ACCURATE EXAM APPROVED
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INSURANCE - Underwriting
An insurance company issues a policy when it believes you have a
certain level of "risk" or chance of a claim. Underwriting is the process
the company uses to decide whether to accept or reject an
application. Companies do
not make their underwriting guidelines public because they are
considered to be trade secrets.
INSURANCE - Unearned Premium
The insured's remaining premium equity in his policy; that part of the
policy premium that has not been "used up."
INSURANCE - Annuity
contract sold by insurance companies that pays a monthly (or quarterly,
semiannual, or annual) income benefit for the life of a person (annuitant), for the
lives of two or more persons, or for a specified period of time.
,INSURANCE - Binder
temporary insurance contract providing coverage until a
permanent policy is issued.
INSURANCE - Reinsurance
form of insurance that insurance companies buy for their own
protection, "a sharing of insurance." An insurer (the reinsured)
reduces its possible
maximum loss on either an individual risk or a large number of risks
by giving (ceding) a portion of liability to another insurance
company
(reinsurer).
,CONTRACTS - Aleatory Contract
A contract in which the performance of either party's obligation
depends on an uncertain event
INSURANCE - Benchmark Rate(s)
The rate set annually by the Commissioner of Insurance by line, relative
to which the flexibility bands and statutory rate limitations apply.
INSURANCE - Churning
Can occur when an agent persuades a consumer to borrow against
an existing life insurance policy to pay the premium on a new one.
INSURANCE - Dividend
The amount of money an insurance company may decide to distribute
to policyholders.
INSURANCE - Insurable Interest
A financial interest in the property insured, prerequisite to a valid
contract of insurance. In life insurance, a person's or party's interest,
financial or
emotional, in the continuing life of the insured.
, INSURANCE - Misrepresentation (Material)
A significant misstatement in an application form. If a company
had access to the correct information at the time of application, the
company might not have agreed to accept the application.
INSURANCE - Rated Policy
A policy issued at a higher premium to cover a person classified as a
greater-than-average risk, usually due to impaired health or a
dangerous occupation.
INSURANCE - Redlining
Refusal by an insurance company to underwrite or to continue to
underwrite questionable risks in a given geographical area.
INSURANCE - Surplus Lines
Insurance coverage not available from an admitted company in the
regular market; thus a surplus lines broker/agent representing an
applicant seeks coverage in the surplus lines market from a
nonadmitted insurer according to the insurance regulations of a
particular state.