Insurance Flashcards
1
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Method to Control Losses: Avoidance
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- rent instead of purchasing property
- avoid buying home with a swimming pool
2
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Method to Control Losses: Diversification
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- store assets at different locations
3
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Method to Control Losses: Reduction
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- install sprinklers, smoke detectors, burglar alarm for home
- create safety programs for businesses
4
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Method to Control Losses: Retention
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- deductibles in insurance policies
- coinsurance in insurance policies
- self-insurance
5
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Method to Control Losses: Transfer
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- insurance
- hold harmless agreements/hedging contracts
- incorporation of business
6
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High loss Severity, Low loss Frequency
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- risk transfer (purchase insurance)
7
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High loss Severity, High loss Frequency
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- avoidance (insurance premiums would be prohibitive)
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Low loss Severity, High loss Frequency
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- retention or reduction (high frequency implies transfer will be costly)
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Low loss Severity, Low loss Frequency
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- retention (seldomly occurs, when they do, financial impact is minimal)
10
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Negligence: Attractive Nuisance
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- swimming pool, vacant lot
11
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Negligence: Negligence per se
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- violation of statute
- examples: school zone, crosswalk, etc
12
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Negligence: Strict Liability
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- product liability
- think firestone tires
13
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Negligence: Absolute Liability
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- worker’s compensation
- keeping wild animals
- extra hazardous
14
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Negligence: Vicarious liability/Repondeat Superior
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- principal responsible for agents
- one person is held liable for the behaviors of another
15
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Defenses: Assumption of Risk
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- skiing, stock car races
- cannot hold someone else liable for taking on
16
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Defenses: Contributory
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- jaywalking
- drunk driving
- any negligence on part of the injured party
17
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Defenses: Comparative
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- A is 20% negligent
- B is 80% negligent
18
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Defenses: Last Clear Chance
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- road rage
- had a last clear chance to avoid
19
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Property Loss Calculation
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- replacement cost x coinsurance percentage = insurance required
- [insurance carried / insurance required x loss] - deductible = amount paid by insurer
greater of that calculated and ACV is paid unless greater than 80%, then only formula is paid
*ignore land
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Insurance Requirements for Homeowners and Commercial
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- homeowners requires 80%
- commercial requires 90%
21
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Actual Cash Value
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- ACV = replacement cost - depreciation
22
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Definition of Non-cancelable (noncan)
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- can never raise the premium
23
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When to recommend Term Insurance
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- limited time for protection
- dollars available for coverage are limited
24
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When to use Limited Pay Whole Life Insurance
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- when client has a long-life expectancy
25
Capital Retention Calculation
- life insurance need = [yearly income/inflation] + first years’ income
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Actual Cash Value (ACV)
- replacement cost - depreciation
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When to use Replacement cost vs Actual Cash Value
- replacement cost = dwelling/structure
- actual cash value = personal property
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HSA Penalty (under 65)
- 20%
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Owner or S Corp
- tax free benefits
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Taxation of LTC Premiums (51-60)
- $1,790/yr
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Taxation of LTC Premiums (61-70)
- $4,770/yr.
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When to Use Limited Pay Whole-Life
- long-life expectancy while insured
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Non-Forfeiture Options (Giving up Policy)
- cash
- reduced paid up (face value is reduced)
- paid up term/extended term (policy lasts as long as cash value allows
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Taxation of Whole Life
policy face value
(+) paid up additions
(-) loans
= Policy Death Benefit
(+) one year term
= entire death benefit
35
Simultaneous Death Act
- pre decease each other
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Transfer for Value (Not a gift, sold)
- transferred to the insured
- transferred to a partner of the insured (partnership)
- transfer to corporation which insured is share holder
- transfer due to divorce agreement
- wanting to give to child, better in ILIT
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Pure Life Annuity
- periodic payment for life
- advantages:
- guaranteed income stream
- no value remains at death
- highest payout
- disadvantages:
- receives fixed payment
- cannot ask for principal back
- annuitant may day before entire principal is realized
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Exclusion Ratio Calculation (Annuities)
- monthly payment x life expectancy (in months) = expected return
- (investment/expected return) = exclusion ratio
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Principle of Indemnity
- insurer seeks to reimburse the insured for approximately the amount lost, no more and no less
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Insurable Risk
- right or relationship with regard to the insured person or property such that the insured will suffer financial loss from damage, loss, or destruction to what is insured
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Subrogation
- insurer takes over the legal rights of the insured that existed at time of loss
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Unilateral
- only one party is bounded; insured makes no promise
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Adhesion
- contract is accepted as is. Not negotiated
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Waiver of provisions
- only president, vp, secretary may alter contract. Must be accepted as is
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Aleatory
- number of dollars given up are unequal. Outcome is uncertain
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Capital Needs Approach Formula
- annual income / (rate of return - inflation)
- not real rate of return like TVM
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When is Life Insurance Policy in Force?
- when policy is delivered and premium have been collected
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Property Coverage
- is on valued basis
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Auto Insurance (Most Important for Wealthy)
- Part A and Part C
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Auto Insurance (Most important for poor and unemployed)
- part B and part D
- likely can’t afford medical payments or car repairs
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Insured Changes
- cannot complete 1035 exchange
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Nonforfeiture Options
- surrender for cash value
- reduce death benefit via paid up reduce amount
- create term policy which terminates if out lived via extended term
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If loan is mentioned along with dividend options
- choose one year/5th dividend option
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Life Settlements
- typically over age 65
- not made to terminally or chronically ill
- look for LTCG answer
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MEC Characteristics
- once a mec always a mec
- all single premiums are mecs
- distributed LIFO
- if under 59.5 also a 10% penalty
- if seven pay test is unmet and too much is paid in first 7 years
- dividends are taxed as income if received in cash, reduced premiums due, or retained to pay policy loan
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Capital Retention Formula
- yearly income/inflation + first years income
- be sure to include first years income
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Medicare Eligibility commingled with COBRA
- medicare is a 36 month event
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Increase Death Benefits Yearly
- one year term
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Calculate Economic Benefit
- take higher of actual cost and table 1
- take different between step 1 and amount paid
- multiply by 12 for annual
- multiply by life insurance amount / $1,000
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Can group health be converted to individual health
Yes
