Insurance Flashcards

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Rev. Insurance 1-2 A company can neither purchase nor own a life insurance policy in which of the following circumstances? Insuring the life of a key employee, funding a stock purchase agreement, funding a non qualified deferred comp, funding a cross purchase buy sell agreement?

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Funding a cross purchase buy sell agreement.
The employer has no insurance interest in a cross a cross purchase.

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Rev insurance What is not covered under Kathy’s homeowners policy?

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Rev Ins An employee, while at work attacks a customer. The owner of the business will be held liable under which of the following? Strict, absolute, general liability or intentional tort?

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General liability. Think of absolute liability as wild animals or Workmans comp…

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Rev. In’s What would a business owner purchase to package together real property, contents and general liability protection?

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BOP Business owners policy

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Rev Ins How many employees do you need to have to have Cobra come into play?

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20 for atleast half of the prior year

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Rev Ins an employer has 15 full time and 10 part time employees. However only 9 are covered under the company health plan. Will the 9 employees be covered by cobra?

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No the 10 part timers have to make up for the 5 needed full time employees. Unlikely that it will make the 20 requirement with only 10 part timers.

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Rev Ins if an employee of a company with 28 employees voluntarily terminated but wasn’t taking the company health insurance. Would he qualify for cobra?

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No, must be participating

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Rev Ins Does cobra cover group dental and vision? Disability?

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Yes, no on disability

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Rev. Ins Client was laid off. Covered under company health plan. What are he and his family’s cobra options?

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Can continue coverage for 18 months

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Rev Ins An individual in a HSA becomes eligible for Medicare. Does she become ineligible as a participant?

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Mere eligibility for Medicare doesn’t preclude HSA contributions. An individual once enrolled in Medicare Part A and B may not contribute to a HSA

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Rev Ins Are insurance premiums qualified medical expenses?

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Only certain insurance premiums such as COBRA and qualified long term care insurance are qualified medical expenses.

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Rev Ins. A trial attorney lost his voice over a year ago. Now works as a law researcher at the firm. Mad cuz his disability policy isn’t paying out. Why?

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Loss of speech could be a presumptive disability. Could be a loss of income policy. Policy could be a modified any occ policy.

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Rev Ins which is more expensive to have on a policy. Non can or guaranteed renewable? Why

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Non can is more expensive. Guaranteed renewable can increase the premium on the class of insureds…

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Rev ins Lori age 49 needs life insurance for 25 years, then wants to borrow or withdraw the cash value from the policy over her retirement years , keeping the policy in force. Which of the following best suits her needs? Endowment, VUL, Single premium variable life, universal life

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Variable Life.

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Rev ins Martha borrowed substantially against her whole life policy. She is concerned about the reduced benefit due to the loan. Which dividend option should she elect? Paid up, extended term, reduced paid up, 5th dividend

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5th dividend. Extra one year term

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Rev ins Howie and frank enter into a cross purchase buy sell agreement for both life and disability. Current basis is $1k. Company valued at 1 million. If Howie becomes totally disabled and dies. Who gets paid and by who? Tax consequences and cost basis?

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Frank receives 500k income tax free. Franks basis would be 501k if he sold HF for 1 million. Howie would receive 500k in cash not dividends from Frank

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17
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Rev Ins How long of a waiting period does SIS have?

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5 months, but a disabled person generally must wait 12 months because social security won’t pay if disability is less than 12 months.

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18
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Rev Ins what are the 6 daily activities ADLs?

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Eating, bathing, dressing, transferring from bed to chair, using the toilet, and maintenance continence. Cognitive impairment like Alzheimer’s and strokes, brain damage would count.

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Rev ins What is the qualified long term care dollar amount limitation?

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50-61 1,760
61-70 4710

20
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Rev ins what is the look back rules for Medicaid?

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5 yr look back. Anything given away in the last 5 years is brought back as an asset. Also ineligible if have more than 700k in home equity.

21
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Rev Ins What are the dividend options?

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CRAPO
Cash, reduction of premiums, Accumulated with interest, Purchase paid up additions, one year term (5th dividend)

22
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Rev. Ins what are the non forfeiture options?

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Cash, reduced paid up insurance, paid up term/extended term

23
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Rev ins. Taxation of whole life surrender.

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Cash value above cost basis at the time of surrender.

24
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Rev Ins. Sam purchased a whole life policy years ago. Currently the policy’s values are as follows. Face amount 100k, premiums 2k, dividend 1200, cash value 35k, paid up additions 30k, cash value of paid up addition 20k.
What is his death benefit? What would his surrender amount be?

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DB = face amount + paid up additions = 130k
Surrender = cash value + cash value paid up additions = 55k

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Rev Ins. Whole life policy cash value 50k, premiums billed 35k, outstanding loan 30k, dividends reducing premium 15k. If he surrenders, what will the insurance company pay? What is the taxable amount?

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20k cash pay out (subtract loan)
30k …premiums paid less dividends received then subtracted from cash value.

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Rev. Ins What is the transfer for value rule, how does it effect taxation.

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Makes death proceeds taxable. Transfers that are not jeapordized are
1. Transfer to the insured
2. Transfer to a partner of the insured
3. Transfer to a corporation in which the insured is a shareholder or an officer
4. Transfer pursuant to a divorce agreement
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Rev. Insurance what are the rules for converting life to life life to annuity and annuity to life?

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Life - annuity ladder
Set up a ladder in your head. Can go life down to annuity, life to life, but not float up from annuity to life.

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Rev Ins. Describe when is life insurance given considered a gift and when it’s a sale?

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When gifted to family members for no consideration (money) it’s considered a taxable gift but no impact on transfer for value. When it’s sold to a family member no impact on gift taxes but does have transfer for value issues.

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Rev ins buy sell agreement. Who is owner, insured, bene.

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Stock redemption - Corp, (one of the owners), Corp
Cross purchased- one stockholder, other stockholder, 1st owner

30
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Ins. Cost basis impacts on both buy sell agreements.

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Stock redemption- Corp buys out the other shareholder, so the other owners don’t get stepped up.
Cross purchase- owner buys out the other owner so he gets a step up.

31
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Rev Ins Split Dollar plan. Owner, insured, bene?

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Endorsement - Employer, Employee, Employer first to the extent of the premiums and then the employees family.
Assignment- Employee, Employee, Employee assigns the policy. If he dies, the company gets whatever they gave/loaned the employee. Collateral assignment is much better for the employee because they have full control.

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Ins - What are the two areas of FSA? What can you put in? Carry forward?

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Healthcare- 3,200, use it or lose it. Can carry forward 640 or 2.5 month grace period.
Dependent Care-Employer “could” put money in. 5000 max deferral. For kids under 13. Hard use it or lose it.

33
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Ins. What can’t be included in a VEBA?

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Deferred comp

34
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Ins. Clients are married. Both in 60s. Will need 1 million for estate taxes. Husband has high blood pressure, diabetes and obese. Wide is healthy. What’s the best insurance policy? Adjustable life on wife, level term on wife, first to die on both using variable universal, survivorship life using a universal life policy, whole life on wife?

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Survivorship life using a universal policy.

35
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Ins what is guaranteed renewability?

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The policy owner has the right to renew the policy.

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Ins. What is a survivorship/second to die policy usually used for?

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Pay estate taxes

37
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Ins. For Medicare insurance, how could someone receive benefits if under 65?

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Potentially if disabled.

38
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Ins. Client owns apartment building FMV 1 mill. Value is 800k. Insured for 640k with 90% coinsurance requirement and 2,500 deductible. What amount of the claim is paid by the fosters in the fire damages are 102,500?

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13,888 (answer the question)

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Ins when does the 50k group life insurance exclusion from taxable income apply?

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In a non discriminatory plan

40
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Ins How is a group life policy of 120k taxed at death of insured?

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Table 1 coverage over 50k minus the amount paid would be taxable income.

41
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Ins. Can someone reassign their group term life? How would it impact estate taxes?

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Yes, if it’s over 3 years then it’s not includable in estate.

42
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Ins describe a split dollar plan.

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Life insurance arrangement under which the employer and an EXECUTIVE share costs and benefits of a life insurance policy.

43
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Ins What is BOE insurance and how does a self employed policy differ from C and S Corp?

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Policy covers ongoing costs of operating a business while the business owner is totally disabled. Could be 1-2 years. Self employed deductible as business expense and proceeds are taxable. S/C Corp can’t deduct premiums and disability income is tax free.