exam queen Flashcards
AUTHORY
express
implied
apparent
AUTHORITY
Express: written in the contract.
Implied: assumed by the insurer.
Apparent: assumed by the customer also known as perceived authority. (business cards/letterhead/stationary).
Apparent Authority
assumed by the customer also known as perceived authority.
(business cards/letterhead/stationary).
Fiduciary
the agent submits a premium collected to the insurance company.
**FUNDS, money, cash, premium.
FOUR ELEMENTS OF LEGAL CONTRACT (EVERY INSURANCE POLICY).
Agreement: known as offer and acceptance. Offer- customer submits an application.
Acceptance - when the insurer issues a policy.
Consideration: both parties bring something of value. Insured- application+premium. Insurer- promise to pay a claim.
Competent properties: sound mind, old enough, and not under influence of drugs/alcohol.
Legal purpose: can not be against public policy or break the law.
Vacancy
A house is vacant when there are NO people and NO stuff.
At 61 days of being vacant, a house
will begin to lose coverage.
Unoccupancy
A house that has stuff, but NO people, however the people do intend to come back like going in a vacation
Coinsurance
a rule that says an insured needs to carry at least 80% of the replacement cost of the
home in order to have the full claim covered. If an insured carries less than 80%, the insurer will use the coinsurance equation to reduce the amount they pay for a claim
Other Insurance
a provisions in the policy that explains if there is more than one policy covering a loss, they will all need to pay a fair share of the loss to protect indemnity
Common Policy Provisions
Insured- an insured is anyone covered by the policy
First Named Insured In a Commercial(business) policy, the first named insured is the designated person
who manages the policy for the business
Named Insured- the person who bought the policy and is listed on the Declaration Page
Additional Insured -Mortgage/lien holder added via an endorsement in regard to a specific interest(mortgage/car loan)
Policy Period- states how long a policy covers an insured
Policy Territory-states where the coverage is active (US, Canada, US territories)
Policy Limits -the most amount of money the insured can collect under the policy
Cancellation-terminating an in force policy
Policy Structure
Declarations- the first page of the policy and is a policy summary of who and what is covered, by what company and for what amount
Insuring Agreement/Clause -Lists the perils insured against as well as contains the promise to pay and the parties of the contract(Parties, perils, promise, period)
Additional/Supplementary Coverage- is built in coverage to all the policies at no additional cost
Conditions- a part of the policy that lists the rules, duties, obligations, ways of behaving for both the insured and insurer
Exclusions- a part of the policy that lists what is NOT covered
Endorsements -written changes made to amend the policy, if added coverage via an endorsement, it will raise the premium
Loss Valuation- a factor in determining the premium
Replacement- the brand-new price to replace things at today’s prices. The original price paid is not Considered.
Actual Cash Value- the used value to replace things and is calculated by knowing the Replacement value
and then subtracting wear and tear(depreciation).
Functional Replacement- The modern less expensive price to make repairs like using Drywall instead of
Plaster
Agreed- A policy that sets the replacement price of an item based on a fair Valuation of the item. Agreed
is used for an item that doesn’t fluctuate much in value.
Stated- A policy that set a Maximum limit that the insurer will pay up to if they item suffers a covered
Basic Types of Construction
Fire Restive- a house that is built with material that can resist burning down for up to 2 hours. Fire resistive is the best rating.
Frame -A building that is made of wood which is flammable. Frame is the worst rating.
blanket insurance
Blanket Insurance- A single policy that covers multiple classes.
Specific Insurance
- A policy that covers a certain thing or it’s own amount of coverage.
direct loss
Direct Loss- the direct physical damage to property, which includes Proximate Cause of Loss too.
indirect loss
Indirect Loss- the losses that because of the direct loss consequences of the direct loss. A house burningdown is the direct loss, and the cost of having to stay at a hotel because of it is the indirect loss.
perils
Perils- Perils are the Causes of Loss, the reason you file a claim. A peril is the fire, lightening, wind, hail.
Insurance does not cover all possible perils.
Named Peril- A policy that will only cover perils that are named/listed on the policy. If a peril is not
named, it’s not covered.
Open Peril- A policy that will cover any perils expect what’s excluded. This is a policy that will list out
underwriting
is known as the Risk Selection Process.
Insurance is the transfer of risk so it’s important to fully access how much risk a person has to transfer. A person with multiple accidents is more likely to have more claims, so they would be transferring more risk then a person with a clean driving record.
insurable interest
Insurable Interest-You must have interest into the item/person you are insuring, meaning you get
insurance on cars you own, house your own, etc. For a person, you need to be related/married. The
memory trick is BB$. You need BLOOD, BUSINESS or MONEY to get insurance. Friends are NOT someone we have insurable interest with.
what is pure risk
Pure risk: loss of nothing. No chance of gain. Only pure risk is insurable. You get sick or you dont, your house is on fire or its not.
speculative risk?
Speculative risk: lose or gain. Like gambling. Not insurable.
handling risk
Handling Risk: I AM A STARR I share, I transfer, I avoid, I retain, and I reduce risk.
the transfer of risk
or the transfer of loss
insurance
Certificate of authority
admitted and authorized.
Allow insurers to sell in the state making them admitted and authorized.
NEVER CHOOSE CERTIFIED
owned by shareholders. Issue non participation policies. Dividends are taxed.
STOCK
owned by policy owners. Issue participating policies. Dividends are not taxed
MUTUAL
Adhesion:
the insurer writes the policy and the customer either takes it or leaves it. Insurer has stick with what they said. Insured takes all of it or not of it.
Aleatory
unequal exchange. (customer pays small monthly premium, insurer pays very large claim)
Bob pays x 1 hour 36 minutes