1: Insurance Basics for Life and Health Flashcards

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Insurance is defined as the ___________ of risk.

A

transference

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2
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Risk is defined as the “_________ or possibility of a loss.”

A

chance

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3
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In life insurance, an insured’s risk is ___________ _______

A

premature death

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4
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Insurance takes that large uncertain financial risk, and for a relatively minimal ____, passes the responsibility to the insurer.

A

fee

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5
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Once the insurer accepts the _____, it then spreads that _____ among other insureds with like exposure.

A

risk, risk

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6
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Insurance then becomes the “_____” paying for the few.

A

many

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7
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Risk has now been defined as the “____________ or chance of a loss.”

A

possibility

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8
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There are 2 types of risk: one type is ________, while the other is not.

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insurable

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9
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The first type of insurance is referred to as “______ risk”

A

pure

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10
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In a pure risk, there is only a

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possibility of loss

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11
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Examples of pure risk:

A

death, sickness, house burning down

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12
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The second type of insurance is ________ risk

A

speculative

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13
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With a speculative risk, an individual has the chance to _____ or lose.

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gain

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14
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The insurance companies never insure speculative risks; they ONLY insure ______ risks.

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pure

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15
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When Jill purchases an insurance policy, she is _________ risk from herself to the insurance company.

A

transferring

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16
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If Jill chooses not to expose herself to the risk, the risk can be ________

A

avoided

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17
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By ________ the risk, the chance of it occurring is less.

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reducing

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18
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When Jill _______ the risk or a portion of the risk, she is willing to pay for the loss, when and IF it occurs.

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retains

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19
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When a risk is ______, Jill assumes a portion of the risk in relationship to her invested portion.

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shared

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20
Q

________ means that Jill takes the risk she is personally responsible for and ________ it to another party, who then assumes the risk.

A

transferring, transfers

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21
Q

A _______ is defined as a cause of a loss.

A

peril

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22
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Perils are two things:

A

accidents and sickness

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23
Q

Premature death, medical expenses and disabilities are caused by _______

A

perils

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24
Q

Hazards increase the _________ of a loss

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chance

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A hazard makes the risk ______ likely to occur.
more
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3 TYPES OF HAZARDS
physical hazard, moral, morale
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these hazards are physical in nature. you can see, touch or smell them. the ice in the above example is a _______ hazard. smoking is also this type of hazard.
physical
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A ________ hazard is based on a person's values or ethics.
moral
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a policyholder might attempt to create a loss on purpose in order to take advantage of the insurance company is an EXAMPLE of what hazard?
moral
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This hazard increases the chance that a company might have to pay a claim.
moral
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This hazard deals more with carelessness or irresponsibility.
morale
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Morale hazard: Someone who lives an unhealthy lifestyle or takes unnecessary risks may increase the chance of a ______
loss
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the LAW OF LARGE NUMBERS is a concept that states the _______ numbers used to a establish a statistic, the more accurate it will be.
more
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The chance of heads turning up in a coin toss is?
50/50
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Statistics would be much more accurate after how many coin tosses?
100
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Because insurance companies have access to statistics on large numbers of our population, they can adequately predict an insured's chance of death at a ________ age or the chance that a house might burn to the ground.
specific
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The LAW OF LARGE NUMBERS is used to adequately ___________ and _________ risk.
predict, anticipate
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Lloy's is a company that insures by:
spreading risk over a group of investors
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Lloyd's of London is the original ______
Lloyd's
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Whereas Lloyd's is not considered is not considered to be an insurance company, they do _______
insure
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Lloyd's specialize in what type of situations:
unique, hard
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Stock companies are companies owned by who?
stock or shareholders
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The policyholder does not normally participate in receiving any
divisible surplus
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STOCK companies both the product and company are referred to as
nonparticipating
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Stock companies do not generally pay what to the policyholders?
dividends
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Mutual companies owned by its
policyholders
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Since each policyholder has an ownership interest in the company, when the company makes a _______, it pays it out to the policyholder as a ________ surplus.
profit, divisible
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IN mutual companies, since the policy owner is receiving the dividend, this is referred to as a ____________ product or company.
participating
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The dividend from a participating product is defined as a
return of premium
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The GROSS premium of the insurance contract is determined by 3 SOURCES:
risk, interest and expenses
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For example, if fewer people had claims than the company expected in the current year, the company may not need as much as it collected and as a result has a ________ surplus.
divisible
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Any dividend returned to the policyholder will not be what?
taxed
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A fraternal is a nonprofit entity that organized under what type of system?
lodge
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It has a large enough membership that the organization is able to provide insurance protection to WHO?
its own members
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Dividends can be project, but NEVER what?
guaranteed
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Reinsurance is between what?
Insurers
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Occasionally an insurance company will need to spend its risk beyond its own policyholders is known as what?
ceding company
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If a risk is larger than the company is comfortable with, it may seek out a reinsurer known as?
assuming company
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A reinsurance treaty is the agreement between the ___________ and the _________ company.
ceding, assuming
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The four elements of a legal contract are
competent parties, legal purpose, offer and acceptance, consideration
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In a legal binding contract, each party must be ______ competent
legally
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The intent of the contract itself must be for a _____ purpose
legal
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For offer and acceptance, the offer is most typically made by who?
the applicant
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The first party to offer full "__________" as part in the transaction makes the offer.
consideration
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Agreement then results when an offer is
made and accepted
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Counter offers occur when an applicant what that is REJECTED
application and premium
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In the insurance transaction contract, CONSIDERATION is defined as something of value exchanged between who
each party of the contract
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In the insurance transaction the applicant gives what 2 things of value:
premium and information on the application
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In exchange for the applicant's consideration, the company gives the promise to
pay
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A warranty is a ________ or a guarantee
promise
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A representation is the truth to the best of who's knowledge?
applicant
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A misrepresentation is a
mistruth or a lie
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A material statement is something that had the insurance company been aware of, the information would have
affected how or IF the policy was issued
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concealment is the hiding or withholding of the
truth
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Insurable interest the
financial or emotional interest
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Insurable interest must exist at the time of the
sale
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Consent is established by obtaining a
signature on the application
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Based upon contract law, a contract does not go into effect until after the ___________ is complete
agreement