Chapter 4: Taxes, Retirement, and Other Insurance Concepts Flashcards
______ contracts may be owned by someone other than the insured. ______ is a legal term used to identify an individual or entity that is not an insured under contract, but that has a legally enforceable right under it. Most policies are written in business situations or for minors.
- Third-Party Ownership
2. Third-Party Owner
______ allow someone living with a life-threatening condition to sell their existing life insurance policy and use the proceeds when they are needed most, before their death.
Viatical Settlements
While viatical settlements are not policy options, they are ______ in which the insured sells the death benefit to a(n) ______ at a discounted rate.
- Separate Contracts
2. Third Party
There are important concepts about viaticals:
- The insureds are referred to as ______.
- Viatical settlement ______ means a person, other than a viator, that enters into a viatical settlement contract.
- Viatical ______ represent the providers.
- Viatical ______ represent the insureds.
- Viators
- Provider
- Producers
- Brokers
Viators usually receive a(n) ______ of the policy’s face value from the person who purchases the policy. The new owner continues to maintain premium payments and will eventually collect the entire death benefit.
Percentage
The term ______ refers to any financial transaction in which the owner of a life insurance policy sells a life insurance policy to a third party for some form of compensation, usually cash.
Life Settlement
In a(n) ______, the owner sells an existing life policy to a third party.
Life Settlement
The term ______ refers to any activity relating to the solicitation and sale of a life settlement contract to a third party who has no insurable interest in the insured.
Business of Life Settlement
The term ______ refers to the holder of the life insurance policy who seeks to enter into a life settlement contract.
Owner
______ is the person covered under the policy that is considered for sale in a life settlement contract.
Insured
______ is an important concept in life settlement contracts. It refers to a calculation based on the average number of months the insured is projected to live due to medical history and mortality factors (an arithmetic mean).
Life Expectancy
______ establishes the terms under which the life settlement provider will pay compensation to the policyowner, in return for the assignment, transfer, sale, or release of any portion of any of the following:
- The death benefit.
- Policy ownership.
- Any beneficial interest.
- Interest in a trust or any other entity that owns the policy.
Life Settlement Contract
______ is a person who, for compensation, solicits, negotiates, or offers to negotiate a life settlement contract. These individuals represent only the policyowners, and have a fiduciary duty to the owners to act according to their instructions and in their best interest.
Life Settlement Broker
______ is a person (other than the owner) who enters into a life settlement contract with the owner.
Life Settlement Provider
______ is issued to the sponsoring organization, and covers the lives of more than one individual member of that group. It is usually written as ______ insurance.
- Group Life Insurance
2. Annually Renewable Term (ART)
Two features that distinguish group insurance from individual insurance are:
- Evidence of ______ is usually not required (unless an applicant is enrolling for coverage outside the normal enrollment period).
- Participants (insureds) under the plan do not receive a(n) ______ because they do not own or control the *______.
- Insurability
2. Policy
Each insured participant under the group plan is issued a(n) ______ evidencing that they have coverage. The actual policy, or ______, is issued to the sponsor of the group, which is often an employer.
- Certificate of Insurance
2. Master Policy/Contract
Group insurance is written as ______ insurance.
Annually Renewable Term (ART)
In group insurance, the ______ is for the employer, and ______ are for individual insureds.
- Master Contract
2. Certificates of Insurance
Some of the characteristics of concern to a group underwriter include the following:
- ______ of the group - The group must be created for a purpose other than to obtain group insurance.
- ______ of the group - The larger the number of people in the group, the more accurate the projections of future loss experience will be.
- ______ of the group - From the underwriting perspective, a group should have a steady turnover.
- ______ of the group - Because group insurance is costly to administer, the underwriter should consider whether or not the group has the financial resources to pay the policy premiums, and whether or not it will be able to renew the coverage.
- Purpose or Nature
- Size
- Turnover
- Financial Strength
The cost of group coverage is based on the ______ of the group and the ratio of ______. The insurer will also require a minimum number of participants.
- Average Age
2. Men to Women
If an employee terminates membership in the insured group, the employee has the right to ______ to an individual policy without proving ______ at a standard rate, based on the individual’s attained age.
- Convert
2. Insurability
The group life policy can convert to any form of insurance issued by the insurer (usually ______) except for ______. The face amount or death benefit will be equal to the group term face amount but the premium will be ______; the employee usually has a period of ______ after terminating to exercise the conversion option.
- Whole Life
- Term Insurance
- Higher
- 31 Days
When converting from group life to individual life insurance, ______ is not required.
Evidence of Insurability
When an employer pays all of the premiums, the plan is referred to as a(n) ______. Under this plan, an insurer will require that 100% of the eligible employees be included in the plan.
Noncontributory Plan
When the premiums for group insurance are shared between the employer and employees, the plan is referred to as a(n) ______. Under this plan, an insurer will require that ______ of eligible employees be included in the plan.
- Contributory Plan
2. 75%
______ plans have tax advantages.
Qualified
Traditional IRAs and Roth IRAs are for individuals with ______.
Earned Income
Contributions to a traditional IRA are with ______ dollars while contributions to a Roth IRA are with ______ dollars.
- Pre-Tax (Tax Deductible)
2. After-Tax (NOT Tax Deductible)
Traditional IRA distributions are ______ while Roth IRA distributions are ______.
- Taxable
2. NOT Taxable
______ or ______ plans make it possible for self-employed persons to be covered under an IRS qualified retirement plan and able to fund their retirement programs with pre-tax dollars as if under a corporate retirement or pension plan.
- HR-10
2. Keogh
To be covered under a Keogh retirement plan, the person must be self-employed or a partner working part time or full time who owns at least ______ of the business.
10%
A(n) ______ is a type of qualified plan suited for the small employer or for the self-employed. An employee establishes and maintains an individual retirement account to which the employer contributes.
Simplified Employee Pension (SEP)
The primary difference between a(n) ______ and a(n) ______ is the much larger amount that can be contributed each year to a(n) ______ (an IRS established annual dollar limit or 25% of the employee’s compensation, whichever is less).
- SEP (Simplified Employee Pension)
- IRA (Individual Retirement Account)
- SEP
A(n) ______ plan is available to small business that employ no more than 100 employees who receive at least $5,000 in compensation from the employer during the previous year.
SIMPLE (Savings Incentive Match Plan for Employees)
Taxation on a SIMPLE (Savings Incentive Match Plan for Employees) plan are ______ on both contributions and earnings until funds are withdrawn.
Deferred
______ plans are qualified plans where a portion of the company’s profit is contributed to the plan and shared with employees.
Profit-Sharing
A(n) ______ plan or a(n) ______ is a qualified plan available to employees of certain nonprofit organizations under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, and to employees of public school systems.
- 403(b)
2. Tax-Sheltered Annuity (TSA)
______ plans are for nonprofits and public-school systems.
403(b)
Retirement Plan: ______
Eligibility: Self-employed
Who Contributes: Employer matches employee’s contributions
HR-10 or Keogh Plan
Retirement Plan: ______
Eligibility: Small employer or self-employed
Who Contributes: Employer only
SEP (Simplified Employee Pension)
Retirement Plan: ______
Eligibility: Small employers (no more than 100 employees)
Who Contributes: Employer matches employee’s contribution
SIMPLE (Savings Incentive Match Plan for Employees)
Retirement Plan: ______
Eligibility: Any employer
Who Contributes: Employer matches employee’s contribution
401(k)
Retirement Plan: ______
Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations
Who Contributes: Employer and employee
403(b) or Tax-Sheltered Annuity (TSA)
Contributions to ______ plans are limited to a maximum amount (established by the IRS).
Qualified
Life insurance can provide the funds necessary for the survivors of the insured to be able to maintain their lifestyle in the event of the insured’s death; this is known as ______.
Survivor Protection
Personal Insurance Need
Life insurance may be used to accumulate specific amounts of ______ for specific needs which guarantees that the ______ will be available when needed.
- Monies
- Money
Personal Insurance Need (Cash Accumulation)
Some life insurance policies provide ______ to the policyowner since the policy’s cash value can be borrowed against at any time and used for immediate needs.
Liquidity
Personal Insurance Need