Chapters 1 - 7 Comprehensive (no KS) Flashcards
Pro Rata Loss Payment
Each Insurer pays their fair share
Absolute Liability
No fault
Bodily Injury Liability
Legal liability for sickness, disease or death
elements of negligence
Duty owed, duty violated, dv is proximate cause, foreseeable consequence
Punitive damages
$ paid out on top of compensatory, usually to discourage from further torts
Special damages
Bills, Loss of Income, cost to repair or replace
Loss of Consortium
Compensation for death of spouse
Gross Negligence
Dui - failure to use any sort of care
Attractive Nuisance
Attracts kids - pool, trampoline, etc.
Negligence
failure to use ordinary care
tort
wrongful act
Vicarious Liability
Parent/Child
Employee/Employer
Strict Liability
Manufacturer held liable
Limit of Liability
$ amount of coverage for specified liability loss
Comparative Negligence
Fault on all parties, damages paid out based on % of negligence
General Damages
Pain, Suffering, Mental Anguish (losses can’t be objectively calculated)
D.I.C.E.
Declarations, Insuring Agreement, Conditions & Exclusions
Lloyds of London
Underwriter Syndicates - not an insurance company
Reciprocal
group owned, risk sharing
Fraternal Benefits Society
non-profit, life & health offered to members, lodge, given faith, society, order
Insurance Agent also known as _____
Insurance Producer
NAIC stands for
National Association of Insurance Commissioners
NAIC consists of….
state and territorial insurance commissioners or regulators
FIO stands for…
Federal Insurance Office
What Act created the FIO?
Dodd Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (monitors)
McCarren- Ferguson Act of 1945
Federal Government can’t regulate Insurance where States have the authority
Governmental Based Insurance
Last Resort
Stock Insurance Company
Stockholders, taxable dividends
Mutual Insurance Company
Policyholders (members)