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Florida 3-20 Public Adjusters State Exam
(Set 1) Exam Questions With Correct
Answers 100% Verified.
The insurer and insured agree to a specific value of insured item - Answer✔Agreed Value
Policies
Someone who has care, custody or control of another's property - Answer✔Bailee
Claim filed by policy holder against his _ - Answer✔First Party Claim
When a person who entrusts another with an object and it results in injury to someone can be
held liable for the injury to someone. Can be held liable for the injury i.e. Firearm or DWI -
Answer✔Negligent Entrustment
Hazard that results from a conscious decision made by an insured to participate in a manner or
behavior more likely to result in a loss because they have insurance - Answer✔Moral Hazard
Used to provide temporary insurance coverage until an insurance policy can be written -
Answer✔Binder
Required by lenders to guarantee that outstanding loans against a job are paid upon completion -
Answer✔Completion Bonds
The section of an insurance policy identifying the insured, endorsements, coverages, limits, and
premiums - Answer✔Declarations
Policyholder cannot transfer the policy to someone else without written permission from their
insurance company - Answer✔Assignment
An instance, behavior or environment that increases the likelihood of a loss on an insured item -
Answer✔Hazard
Actual cause or source of an incidence of destruction, injury, or loss - Answer✔Peril
An insurance company organized and domiciled outside the US - Answer✔Alien
When there is an unbroken chain of events between an occurrence and a loss, then the loss is part
of the original occurrence - Answer✔Proximate Cause
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Is proximate cause of all subsequent damages - Answer✔Original Occurance
An individual who contracts with an adjusting firm as an independent contractor and handles
claims for the insurance companies - Answer✔Independent Adjuster
Action or practice of the insured party is permitted to continue because any defense against a
continuation of said action or practice has been waived by the insurer - Answer✔Estoppel
Operate for profit, collect premiums, reserve a portion of premiums to pay claims -
Answer✔Commercial Insurers
Any person who investigates or adjusts losses on behalf of either an insurer or a self-insured -
Answer✔Independent Adjuster
The result of an insured's tort or wrongdoing. Consequences of a loss or amount or type of losses
suffered - Answer✔Damages
Requires the insured to insure the named property for a specific amount of insurance as required
by the insurance company - Answer✔Agreed Value
Physical harm to tangible property caused by peril (loss to property or person in which a covered
peril is the proximate cause of damage or destruction) - Answer✔Direct loss
The entity that is the "recipient" to the Principal - Answer✔Obligee
Insurance contracts are written on a take it or leave it basis to the policy owner. -
Answer✔Adhesion
Event or circumstance that causes damage - Answer✔Occurance
Coverage provides for payment of losses if civil authority denies access to the insured premises
due to a covered peril - Answer✔Civil Authority
Voluntary relinquishment of a known legal right - Answer✔Waiver
An insurer domiciled outside the state where it writes insurance - Answer✔Foreign
A state officer who administers the state's insurance laws and regulations -
Answer✔Commissioner
Used as a promise to accept a bid if awarded to a company - Answer✔Bid bond
Damaged property an insurer takes over to reduce their loss after paying a claim -
Answer✔Salvage
Factual statements upon which an insurance policy is based - Answer✔Representations
A contract between two parties that offer the consumer little to no leeway to negotiate the terms
of the contract - Answer✔Contract of adhesion
Publication in any media by the insured about goods or services - Answer✔Advertisements
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Florida 3-20 Public Adjusters State Exam
(Set 1) Exam Questions With Correct
Answers 100% Verified.
The insurer and insured agree to a specific value of insured item - Answer✔Agreed Value
Policies
Someone who has care, custody or control of another's property - Answer✔Bailee
Claim filed by policy holder against his _ - Answer✔First Party Claim
When a person who entrusts another with an object and it results in injury to someone can be
held liable for the injury to someone. Can be held liable for the injury i.e. Firearm or DWI -
Answer✔Negligent Entrustment
Hazard that results from a conscious decision made by an insured to participate in a manner or
behavior more likely to result in a loss because they have insurance - Answer✔Moral Hazard
Used to provide temporary insurance coverage until an insurance policy can be written -
Answer✔Binder
Required by lenders to guarantee that outstanding loans against a job are paid upon completion -
Answer✔Completion Bonds
The section of an insurance policy identifying the insured, endorsements, coverages, limits, and
premiums - Answer✔Declarations
Policyholder cannot transfer the policy to someone else without written permission from their
insurance company - Answer✔Assignment
An instance, behavior or environment that increases the likelihood of a loss on an insured item -
Answer✔Hazard
Actual cause or source of an incidence of destruction, injury, or loss - Answer✔Peril
An insurance company organized and domiciled outside the US - Answer✔Alien
When there is an unbroken chain of events between an occurrence and a loss, then the loss is part
of the original occurrence - Answer✔Proximate Cause
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Is proximate cause of all subsequent damages - Answer✔Original Occurance
An individual who contracts with an adjusting firm as an independent contractor and handles
claims for the insurance companies - Answer✔Independent Adjuster
Action or practice of the insured party is permitted to continue because any defense against a
continuation of said action or practice has been waived by the insurer - Answer✔Estoppel
Operate for profit, collect premiums, reserve a portion of premiums to pay claims -
Answer✔Commercial Insurers
Any person who investigates or adjusts losses on behalf of either an insurer or a self-insured -
Answer✔Independent Adjuster
The result of an insured's tort or wrongdoing. Consequences of a loss or amount or type of losses
suffered - Answer✔Damages
Requires the insured to insure the named property for a specific amount of insurance as required
by the insurance company - Answer✔Agreed Value
Physical harm to tangible property caused by peril (loss to property or person in which a covered
peril is the proximate cause of damage or destruction) - Answer✔Direct loss
The entity that is the "recipient" to the Principal - Answer✔Obligee
Insurance contracts are written on a take it or leave it basis to the policy owner. -
Answer✔Adhesion
Event or circumstance that causes damage - Answer✔Occurance
Coverage provides for payment of losses if civil authority denies access to the insured premises
due to a covered peril - Answer✔Civil Authority
Voluntary relinquishment of a known legal right - Answer✔Waiver
An insurer domiciled outside the state where it writes insurance - Answer✔Foreign
A state officer who administers the state's insurance laws and regulations -
Answer✔Commissioner
Used as a promise to accept a bid if awarded to a company - Answer✔Bid bond
Damaged property an insurer takes over to reduce their loss after paying a claim -
Answer✔Salvage
Factual statements upon which an insurance policy is based - Answer✔Representations
A contract between two parties that offer the consumer little to no leeway to negotiate the terms
of the contract - Answer✔Contract of adhesion
Publication in any media by the insured about goods or services - Answer✔Advertisements
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