Module 1: Principles of Insurance Flashcards

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Abandonment

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Absolute Liability

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Acceptance

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Actual Cash Value

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Adjuster

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Adverse Selection

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Aleatory Contract

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Attractive Nuisance

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Authority

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Bilateral

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Broker

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Captive Agents

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Career Agents

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Coinsurance

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Collateral Source Rule

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Comparative Negligence

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Concealment

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Conditional

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Consideration

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Contract

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21
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Contract Disputes

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Contract Law

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liability related to the asset or activity (club membership putting certain responsibilities on client)

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Contract of Adhesion

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Contributory Negligence

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Deductible

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Doctrine of Estoppel

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Doctrine of Waiver

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Dynamic Risks

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result of changes in the economy - uninsurable

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Equitable Remedies

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30
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Federal Regulation

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Field Underwriting

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Fundamental Risks

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affect a large group of people

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Hazard

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increases the potential for loss

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Indemnifcation

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Indemnity

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Independent Agents

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Insurable Interest

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Insurable Risk

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Insurance Contracts

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Insurance Producers

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Last Clear Chance

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Law of Large Numbers

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Legal Object

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Loss Adjustment Process

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Misrepresentation

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Moral Hazard

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Morale Hazard

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Morbidity

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Mortality

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Mutual Companies

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Negligence per se offer

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Pair or set Option

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Parol Evidence Rule

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Particular Risks

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affect individuals or small groups of people

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Peril

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the cause of a loss

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Personal Contracts

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Private Insurance

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Producing General Agents (PGAs)

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Proximate Cause

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Public Insurance

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Pure Risks

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the chance of loss or no loss - no change of gain - Insurable

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Ratification

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Reformation

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Rescission

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Risk

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the possibility of a loss - or a negative deviation from a desired outcome

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Risk Control

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risk management technique that seeks to minimize the risk of loss

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Risk Financing

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Salvage

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Self-Insurance

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Social Insurance

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Speculative Risks

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both the change of loss and gain (gambling) - uninsurable

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State Regulation

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Static Risks

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results from factors other than changes in the economy - occur with regularity and can be insured

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Stock Companies

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Strick Liability

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Subrogation

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Surplus and Excess Line

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Tort Law

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liability for a loss resulting from the use of the asset or from an activity (boating accident)

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Tortfeasor

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Underwriters

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Unilateral

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Unintentional Torts

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Utmost Good Faith

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Vicarious Liability

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Void Contract

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Waiver Provision

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Warranty

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Risk Avoidance

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If you don’t want to get hurt playing football, you don’t play football

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Risk Reduction

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if you don’t want to get hurt playing football, you wear protective gear to eliminate chance of getting hurt