General Flashcards
In which contract is only one party legally bound to the contractual obligations after the premium is paid to the insurer?
Unilateral
What word do you automatically associate consideration with?
Premium
What is a licensed individual who negotiates insurance contracts with insurance on behalf of the applicant?
A Broker
Who determines the probability of loss and sets premium rates?
Actuarial department
Who’s responsible for the selections of risk and rating that determines actual policy premiums?
Underwriting
Who’s responsibilities include fiduciary duty to the insurer and all respect especially when heavily premiums for insurance policies or application?
Producer
What’s the type of authority that is written into the producers contract?
Express
Whats the type of authority the public assumes the producer has?
Implied
Not wearing a seatbelt is considered what type of hazard?
Morale
What are the 5 underwriting condition?
Age Gender Tobacco Preexisting conditions Hazardous occupation
The cost sharing between the customer and the company stated as the percentage of the claim amount paid after the deductible is met?
Co insurance
The initial amount paid by the customer before the insurance benefits applies?
Deductible
When an agent misleads the public in an advertisement, who is held accountable?
The insurer and the agent
Who pays for any reports or medical exams required as part of the underwriting process for insurance?
The company
Which type of plan emphasizes preventative medicine and early treatment with prepaid routine medical exam, stress management and diagnostic screening techniques?
HMO
Which coverage has the freedom to choose any service provider in the us?
PPO
What combines HMO & PPO?
POS
An insurance company has a participating policy and the dividends are taxable this is an example of a what company?
Stock insurance
This regulatory association promotes uniformity of insurance rules across states but has no legal authority to enforce the rules. It is what?
NAIC
What are the necessary elements of a legal contract?
Consideration
Agreement
Acceptance
An office that was set up to monitor the insurance industry to try to tailor it to me traditionally undeserved communities and was parts of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street reform was what?
Federal insurance office
A customer should never gain from a loss, only be returned to their original state, is called what?
Principal of indemnity
What is not a government sponsored health plan?
Medicare Advantage
What rider waves the elimination period if the insured is hospitalized during the elimination period!
Hospital confinement rider