Insurance Planning 11% Flashcards
Pure Risk
Insurable
Speculation risk
Gain or loss on investment
Fundamental Risk
Impersonal group risk (recession
Particular risk
Personal (your disability)
Static risk
Caused by other than changes in the economy (earthquake)
Dynamic risk
Caused by changes in the economy
Peril
a cause of a financial loss (fire, theft, collision, hurricane
What must be true for a risk to be insurable?
- there must be a large number of homogeneous exposures
- risks must be measurable and determinable
- losses must be accidental as to the insured
- losses cannot be catastrophic to the insurer
Principle of indemnity
cannot make a profit to make whole
Insurable interest
for life: at inception and for property: at the inception and at the time of loss
Contract is personal
cannot be transferred or assigned without the consent of the insurer with the exception of life insurance
Contract of adhesion
ambiguities are changed to the writer/insurer, a take it or leave it contract. No negotiating approved as is for sale in state by the state insurance commissioner
Contract is unilateral
one promise only and made by the insurer and conditional (conditioned on the insured paying premiums)
The statute of limitations for tort decisions
2 years up to 3 for property damage
Tort Law- Comparative Negligence
If both the plaintiff (injured party) and the defendant contribute to the circumstances that result in injury then the damages are adjusted to reflect their respective percentage of fault
Tort Law -Contributory Negligence
If the injured party contributes in any way to the circumstances that result in injury, then the injured party cannot collect any damages
Agency Law
An Agency and agent binds the principal if in course and scope of agenecy, may result from express, implied, or apparent authority
Insurance is Regulated by:
NAIC - National Association of Insurance commissioners) policy group - State
Insurance is rated by
A.M. best (A++-S), Moody’s (Aaa-B3), S+P (AAA-B)
Variable Life
investment decisions are made by insured, agent must have insurance license and securities license to sell, guaranteed death benefit and possible equity investment
Universal Life
Flexible premiums adjustable death benefit, only need insurance license to cell
A- benefit is the greater cash value or death benefit
B- sum of cash value + death benefit
Needs Approach
The present value of dependents needs, including last medical, funeral, adjustment period, mortgage payment fund, dependency cost of living, education fund, and retirement fund
Human Life Approach
the present value of income expected less taxes and decedent consumption
Capitalized Income Approach
Decedent’s income (less taxes and consumption) divided by the inflation adjusted investment rate
Life Insurance Loans Taxation
Taxable if Modified Endowment Contract (MEC) and only to extent earnings are withdrawn as loans
MEC
Fails the 7 pays test all single premium insurance policies are these, does not affect taxation of death benefits
Premiums - Life Insurance Taxation
Not tax deductible for personal or business insurance, except group-term insurance
Paid up Additions
purchases additional insurance each year for insured regardless of health or occupation