Definitions Flashcards
Aletory
A term that describes the fact that both parties of a contract may NOT receive the same value.
Decelerations page
The insuring agreement of any insurance policy.
HO3
Homeowner’s Insurance
HO6
Condominium Insurance
ACV
Actual Cash Value, replacement cost minus depreciation
HO4
Renter’s Insurance
Open Peril
all perils except those specifically excluded
PAP value basis for damages
Actual cash value
CPL policy
Comprehensive personal liability (not avail through PAPs)
CPL exclusions
Intentional acts e.g. slander, defamation, libel
HO5
Highest level of building and personal property coverage (HO3 + HO15-no longer avail)
PAP
Personal auto policy
Inland marine insurance
Covers goods in transit
aka Personal Property Floater
Statement of Financial Position
Assets (cash, invested, use) = Liabilities + Net Worth
Cash Flow Statement
Inflows and Outflows
Dividend Scale
BOD updates annually to determine how much money can be paid to policy owners
General account
Holds cash value for traditional whole life policy
Mortality cost
cost of insuring a person, which increases at an accelerating rate
Modified endowment contract
MEC is an insurance contract that fails the ‘7-pay test’ and has too much premium paid, and subjects loans and withdrawals to taxes and penalty; all single premium contracts are MECs.
Life insurance
Provides a death benefit to beneficiaries for people who ‘die too soon’ (pays when dead)
Annuity
Provides a lifetime stream of income in case you ‘live too long’ (pays while alive)
NAIC
National association of insurance commissioners
Regulation XXX
NAIC law to ensure insurance company solvency by requiring higher reserves for term premium guarantees for more than 5-years
1035 Exchange
cash value policy can be exchanged for another policy, annuity or LTC
MOOP
maximum out-of-pocket (health insurance)
SPIA
single premium immediate annuity
Qualified annuities
payment made with pre-tax dollars inside a qualified plan
Non-qualified annuity
payment made with after-tax dollars outside of qualified plan
Contestable clause
2 year period after policy issue when the insurance company can contest the policy
Suicide clause
1-2 year period after policy issue when the insurance company can contest the policy if death by suicide; need only return cumulative premiums less debt
1035 Exchange
- Life insurance -> life policy, annuity or LTC
- Endowment -> endowment, annuity, or LTC
- Annuity -> annuity or LTC
Morbidity
measure of the rate of disability
Mortality
measure of the rate of death
Participating policies
Policies on which dividends are paid
Automatic payment loan
APL protects a coverage lapse due to non-payment if adequate cash value
Irrevocable beneficiary designation
Owner must get permission from beneficiary to do anyting other than stop premiums
Per stripes (sounds like burpees)
Stated share to PRIMARY beneficiaries, then stated shares that would go to predeceased heirs remains within their family unit divided among SECONDARY beneficiaries
Per capita
100% to surviving PRIMARY beneficiaries