3.14.20 Flashcards
policyowner
the person entitled to exercise the righrts and privileges int the policy
pays premiumn to the insurance company
insurer (principal)
the company who issues an insurance policy
issues policy to the policy owner
pays benefit to beneficiary
two kinds of risk
pure and speculative
pure
loss
speculative
gain or loss
adverse selection
insuring of risks that are more prone to losses than the average risk
law of large numbers
want more people so that there’s a larger pool of people to split costs between
agent/producer
a legal rep of an insurance company, agents or broker
insurance is really just…
a transfer of risk.
beneficiary
received benefit upon insured’s (policy owner) death
insurable interest must only exist…
at the time of application
insurable interest
the possibility of losing money or something of value in the event of loss
4 elements of a legal contract
agreement
consideration
competent parties
legal purpose
agreement
offer and acceptance
consideration
applicant - representations and premium
competent parties
legal age
mentally competent
not under the influence of drugs and alcohol
legal purpose
not against public policy
difference between warranty + representation
warranty - undeniably true
rep - not guaranteed to be true
misrep - accidentally not true
solicitation of insurance
an attempt to persuade a person to buy an insurance policy
how to make correction on application
one line through, insured’s initials, new answer
difference between premium receipt and conditional receipt
when policy is made
premium receipt - when it is issued with the application
conditional receipt - letting them know this is based on if we do it exactly as applied for, we will backdate