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COMMERCIAL LINES 101 CE 2025| BRAND NEW
ACTUAL EXAM WITH 100% VERIFIED QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT SOLUTIONS| GUARANTEED VALUE
PACK| ACE YOUR GRADES.
Insurer - (answers)The insurance company
Named Insured/Insured - (answers)The policyholder
Financial Definition of Insurance - (answers)A financial agreement involving the
redistribution of financial losses
Legal Definition of Insurance - (answers)A contractual agreement in which one
party (the insurer) agrees to compensate or indemnify another party (the insured)
for fortuitous losses
Loss Pooling - (answers)the sharing of total losses sustained by a few members of
the insured group
Payment of Accidental or Fortuitous Losses - (answers)Allows the insurer to more
accurately predict future losses
Transfer of Risk - (answers)Involves the transfer of risk from the insured to the
insurer which is normally a larger entity more financially able to absorb the loss
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Indemnification - (answers)The act of an insurer compensating the insured for a
covered loss with the goal to put the insured back in the same financial position
he or she was in prior to the loss
Loss - (answers)The basis of a claim for damages under the terms of the policy
Planned Losses - (answers)Include expenses such as depreciation on a piece of
factory equipment or on a commercial vehicle
Is insurance designed to cover planned losses or accidental losses? -
(answers)Accidental losses
Direct Loss - (answers)An insurable loss that is the immediate result of a covered
cause of loss (fire to an office building)
Indirect Loss - (answers)An insurable loss that is a consequential result of a direct
loss (expenses entailed in renting other commercial property because of a fire to
your office building)
Peril - (answers)The cause of the loss
Named Perils Policy - (answers)The policy specifically lists the covered perils
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All Risks Policy - (answers)Provides broader protection and covers any accidental
loss, subject to a host of policy exclusions
Exclusion - (answers)A policy provision that identifies losses that are not covered
Hazard - (answers)A condition or conditions that increases the probability of a
loss
Physical Hazard - (answers)A physical condition or situation that increases the
possibility of loss (outdated or frayed wiring in a factory)
Moral Hazard - (answers)Intentional acts committed by the insured that either
create or exaggerate a loss and is measured by the character of the insured and
the circumstances surrounding the subject of the insurance
Morale Hazard - (answers)Implies an indifference to loss simply because the
existence of insurance (a way to mitigate this hazard is to insist on high
deductibles)
Proximate Cause - (answers)A substantial factor in setting events in motion that
cause a loss
Risk - (answers)The uncertainty arising from the possible occurrence of given
events (also referred as the insured or the property to which an insurance policy
applies)
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Pure Risk - (answers)The risk involved in situations that present the opportunity
for loss but no opportunity for gain (generally insurable)
Speculative Risk - (answers)The uncertainty about an event under consideration
that could produce either a profit, no change in a financial position, or a loss
(generally create risks that did not previously exist so is generally uninsurable)
Risk Classification - (answers)Insurers place their applicants for insurance in well-
defined homogeneous classes based on the probability of loss
Tort - (answers)A civil wrong, other than breach of contract or a criminal act,
giving rise to legal liability (can result from negligence, intentional acts, or strict
liability)
Liability - (answers)The obligation to pay a monetary award for injury or damage
caused by ones negligence
Negligence - (answers)The failure to use a reasonable degree of care under a
given set of circumstances
The Four Elements of Negligence - (answers)A duty owed to a plaintiff, an
unintentional breach of that duty by the defendant, an injury or damage suffered
by the plaintiff, and a sufficient causal connection between the defendants
unintentional negligence and the plaintiffs injury of damage
COMMERCIAL LINES 101 CE 2025| BRAND NEW
ACTUAL EXAM WITH 100% VERIFIED QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT SOLUTIONS| GUARANTEED VALUE
PACK| ACE YOUR GRADES.
Insurer - (answers)The insurance company
Named Insured/Insured - (answers)The policyholder
Financial Definition of Insurance - (answers)A financial agreement involving the
redistribution of financial losses
Legal Definition of Insurance - (answers)A contractual agreement in which one
party (the insurer) agrees to compensate or indemnify another party (the insured)
for fortuitous losses
Loss Pooling - (answers)the sharing of total losses sustained by a few members of
the insured group
Payment of Accidental or Fortuitous Losses - (answers)Allows the insurer to more
accurately predict future losses
Transfer of Risk - (answers)Involves the transfer of risk from the insured to the
insurer which is normally a larger entity more financially able to absorb the loss
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Indemnification - (answers)The act of an insurer compensating the insured for a
covered loss with the goal to put the insured back in the same financial position
he or she was in prior to the loss
Loss - (answers)The basis of a claim for damages under the terms of the policy
Planned Losses - (answers)Include expenses such as depreciation on a piece of
factory equipment or on a commercial vehicle
Is insurance designed to cover planned losses or accidental losses? -
(answers)Accidental losses
Direct Loss - (answers)An insurable loss that is the immediate result of a covered
cause of loss (fire to an office building)
Indirect Loss - (answers)An insurable loss that is a consequential result of a direct
loss (expenses entailed in renting other commercial property because of a fire to
your office building)
Peril - (answers)The cause of the loss
Named Perils Policy - (answers)The policy specifically lists the covered perils
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All Risks Policy - (answers)Provides broader protection and covers any accidental
loss, subject to a host of policy exclusions
Exclusion - (answers)A policy provision that identifies losses that are not covered
Hazard - (answers)A condition or conditions that increases the probability of a
loss
Physical Hazard - (answers)A physical condition or situation that increases the
possibility of loss (outdated or frayed wiring in a factory)
Moral Hazard - (answers)Intentional acts committed by the insured that either
create or exaggerate a loss and is measured by the character of the insured and
the circumstances surrounding the subject of the insurance
Morale Hazard - (answers)Implies an indifference to loss simply because the
existence of insurance (a way to mitigate this hazard is to insist on high
deductibles)
Proximate Cause - (answers)A substantial factor in setting events in motion that
cause a loss
Risk - (answers)The uncertainty arising from the possible occurrence of given
events (also referred as the insured or the property to which an insurance policy
applies)
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Pure Risk - (answers)The risk involved in situations that present the opportunity
for loss but no opportunity for gain (generally insurable)
Speculative Risk - (answers)The uncertainty about an event under consideration
that could produce either a profit, no change in a financial position, or a loss
(generally create risks that did not previously exist so is generally uninsurable)
Risk Classification - (answers)Insurers place their applicants for insurance in well-
defined homogeneous classes based on the probability of loss
Tort - (answers)A civil wrong, other than breach of contract or a criminal act,
giving rise to legal liability (can result from negligence, intentional acts, or strict
liability)
Liability - (answers)The obligation to pay a monetary award for injury or damage
caused by ones negligence
Negligence - (answers)The failure to use a reasonable degree of care under a
given set of circumstances
The Four Elements of Negligence - (answers)A duty owed to a plaintiff, an
unintentional breach of that duty by the defendant, an injury or damage suffered
by the plaintiff, and a sufficient causal connection between the defendants
unintentional negligence and the plaintiffs injury of damage
