Florida Claims Adjuster Exam Questions
and Correct Answers
Severability - Correct Answer: Insurance applies separately to each insured as if other insureds did not
exist.
Abandonment - Correct Answer: Property insurance policies usually contain a(n) __________ clause,
*stating the insured cannot dump damaged property on the insurer and demand its full value.*
Insurable Interest - Correct Answer: One wherein economic loss would be suffered from an adverse
happening to the subject.
Liberalization - Correct Answer: States that if the insurer adopts a revision which would broaden
coverage without additional premium within some period of time prior to the policy period or during the
policy period, the insured receives the benefit of such broadened coverage..
Doctrine of Proximate Cause - Correct Answer: States that when there is an unbroken connection
between an occurrence and damage that grows out of the occurrence, then the resultant damage is all a
part of the occurrence.
Actual Cash Value - Correct Answer: The Loss Settlement Valuation that subtracts an allowance for
depreciation
Warranty - Correct Answer: A policy condition, either based on information in the insured's application
or inserted by the insurer
Conditional Contract - Correct Answer: The Insurer's responsibility to pay for a property loss may be
conditioned on the insured having used reasonable means to avoid the loss, to protect the property
against further loss, and to give the insurer proof of the loss is defined as?
Under Mechanical Breakdown Coverage, *new cars are eligible for service up to:* - Correct Answer: 36
Months/36,000 Miles
,Used vehicles: 12 Months/12,000 Miles
If financial responsibility doesn't exist at the time of an accident, what happens? - Correct Answer: The
legally valid claims of others must be satisfied (10/20/10)
The owner and operator must provide certification of future responsibility for future accidents
As to required proof for future accidents by purchase of auto liability insurance, the insurer must make a
filing (Form SR-22) certifying that coverage is in effect, and this certification must remain on file for
__________ years - Correct Answer: 3
The Business Automobile Policy includes all of the following coverage forms except: - Correct Answer:
The Trailer Interchange Coverage Form
Personal Injury Protection, or PIP, has a __________ per person, per accident limit. - Correct Answer:
10,000
Used to insure businesses engaged in selling, servicing, repairing, parking or storing automobiles: -
Correct Answer: Garage Coverage Form
The following examples are referred to as __________ liability limits: 25/50/25 or 10/20/10. - Correct
Answer: Split
10/20/10 =
10,000 per person injured
20,000 all injuries combined
10,000 property damage
Example of straight liability limit = $30,000
Jeremy has a not at fault accident. If he has PIP with a $1,000 deductible, how much can he expect his
PIP coverage to pay toward his medical bills that total $3,000? - Correct Answer: $1,600
,3000 (bills) - 1000 (deductible) =
2000 x .80 (eighty percent)
Frank has a not-at-fault accident, he has basic PIP, no deductible and Med pay of $5,000. How much will
his Med Pay contribute to medical bills of $15,000? - Correct Answer: $5,000
Medical Payment limits apply per person; Frank will receive full amount towards medical bills.
Which of the following is not one of the rating factors for a Homeowner's Policy? - Correct Answer: Age
& Gender of Insured
On a Homeowner's Policy, covers items that are not permanently attached to the dwelling. This is
defined as: - Correct Answer: Other Structures
Examples include sheds, fences, pool houses, detached car ports, etc.
A lender has an insurable interest in a home and finds protection in the: - Correct Answer: Mortgagee
Clause
Mortgagee - Homeowner's policy
Loss Payee - Automobile policy
Which of the following forms is "all-risk" on the dwelling policy? - Correct Answer: DP-3, or the Special
Form
When the basic liability limits provided by the policy are insufficient for an insureds needs, two coverage
forms are used to provide the additional amounts of coverage:
A. Excess Liability
B. Umbrella
C. Both A & B
D. None of the Above - Correct Answer: Both A & B
, Which of the following is not covered under Coverage C, Personal Property?
A. A fire breaks out in the residence and an overnight guest loses his clothes in the fire
B. A fish dies because he has been left alone for a week without food
C. The insureds daughters tennis racket is stolen from her locker
D. The insureds suitcase and clothing, valued at $1,500, are stolen from his hotel - Correct Answer: B. A
fish dies because he has been left alone for a week without food
Animals are listed as an "exclusion" under a Homeowner's policy.
All of the following are eligible for a Homeowner's Policy, except?
A. An apartment tenant
B. A condominium owner
C. Four-family dwelling owner-occupant
D. A business condo owned by a local insurance company - Correct Answer: D. A business condo owned
by a local insurance company
Commercial property is not eligible for a Homeowner's policy.
Which of the following are characteristics of Homeowner's Insurance?
A. Protects against economic loss to residences and household property and legal liabilities
B. Owner-occupants of 1-4 family dwellings
C. Renters who maintain residential occupancy in any type of building
D. All of the Above - Correct Answer: D. All of the Above
Also included: personal, non-business risk, no more than 2 roomers/boarders, condominium unit owners
and cooperative apartment occupants
and Correct Answers
Severability - Correct Answer: Insurance applies separately to each insured as if other insureds did not
exist.
Abandonment - Correct Answer: Property insurance policies usually contain a(n) __________ clause,
*stating the insured cannot dump damaged property on the insurer and demand its full value.*
Insurable Interest - Correct Answer: One wherein economic loss would be suffered from an adverse
happening to the subject.
Liberalization - Correct Answer: States that if the insurer adopts a revision which would broaden
coverage without additional premium within some period of time prior to the policy period or during the
policy period, the insured receives the benefit of such broadened coverage..
Doctrine of Proximate Cause - Correct Answer: States that when there is an unbroken connection
between an occurrence and damage that grows out of the occurrence, then the resultant damage is all a
part of the occurrence.
Actual Cash Value - Correct Answer: The Loss Settlement Valuation that subtracts an allowance for
depreciation
Warranty - Correct Answer: A policy condition, either based on information in the insured's application
or inserted by the insurer
Conditional Contract - Correct Answer: The Insurer's responsibility to pay for a property loss may be
conditioned on the insured having used reasonable means to avoid the loss, to protect the property
against further loss, and to give the insurer proof of the loss is defined as?
Under Mechanical Breakdown Coverage, *new cars are eligible for service up to:* - Correct Answer: 36
Months/36,000 Miles
,Used vehicles: 12 Months/12,000 Miles
If financial responsibility doesn't exist at the time of an accident, what happens? - Correct Answer: The
legally valid claims of others must be satisfied (10/20/10)
The owner and operator must provide certification of future responsibility for future accidents
As to required proof for future accidents by purchase of auto liability insurance, the insurer must make a
filing (Form SR-22) certifying that coverage is in effect, and this certification must remain on file for
__________ years - Correct Answer: 3
The Business Automobile Policy includes all of the following coverage forms except: - Correct Answer:
The Trailer Interchange Coverage Form
Personal Injury Protection, or PIP, has a __________ per person, per accident limit. - Correct Answer:
10,000
Used to insure businesses engaged in selling, servicing, repairing, parking or storing automobiles: -
Correct Answer: Garage Coverage Form
The following examples are referred to as __________ liability limits: 25/50/25 or 10/20/10. - Correct
Answer: Split
10/20/10 =
10,000 per person injured
20,000 all injuries combined
10,000 property damage
Example of straight liability limit = $30,000
Jeremy has a not at fault accident. If he has PIP with a $1,000 deductible, how much can he expect his
PIP coverage to pay toward his medical bills that total $3,000? - Correct Answer: $1,600
,3000 (bills) - 1000 (deductible) =
2000 x .80 (eighty percent)
Frank has a not-at-fault accident, he has basic PIP, no deductible and Med pay of $5,000. How much will
his Med Pay contribute to medical bills of $15,000? - Correct Answer: $5,000
Medical Payment limits apply per person; Frank will receive full amount towards medical bills.
Which of the following is not one of the rating factors for a Homeowner's Policy? - Correct Answer: Age
& Gender of Insured
On a Homeowner's Policy, covers items that are not permanently attached to the dwelling. This is
defined as: - Correct Answer: Other Structures
Examples include sheds, fences, pool houses, detached car ports, etc.
A lender has an insurable interest in a home and finds protection in the: - Correct Answer: Mortgagee
Clause
Mortgagee - Homeowner's policy
Loss Payee - Automobile policy
Which of the following forms is "all-risk" on the dwelling policy? - Correct Answer: DP-3, or the Special
Form
When the basic liability limits provided by the policy are insufficient for an insureds needs, two coverage
forms are used to provide the additional amounts of coverage:
A. Excess Liability
B. Umbrella
C. Both A & B
D. None of the Above - Correct Answer: Both A & B
, Which of the following is not covered under Coverage C, Personal Property?
A. A fire breaks out in the residence and an overnight guest loses his clothes in the fire
B. A fish dies because he has been left alone for a week without food
C. The insureds daughters tennis racket is stolen from her locker
D. The insureds suitcase and clothing, valued at $1,500, are stolen from his hotel - Correct Answer: B. A
fish dies because he has been left alone for a week without food
Animals are listed as an "exclusion" under a Homeowner's policy.
All of the following are eligible for a Homeowner's Policy, except?
A. An apartment tenant
B. A condominium owner
C. Four-family dwelling owner-occupant
D. A business condo owned by a local insurance company - Correct Answer: D. A business condo owned
by a local insurance company
Commercial property is not eligible for a Homeowner's policy.
Which of the following are characteristics of Homeowner's Insurance?
A. Protects against economic loss to residences and household property and legal liabilities
B. Owner-occupants of 1-4 family dwellings
C. Renters who maintain residential occupancy in any type of building
D. All of the Above - Correct Answer: D. All of the Above
Also included: personal, non-business risk, no more than 2 roomers/boarders, condominium unit owners
and cooperative apartment occupants
