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Which nonforfeiture option has the highest amount of insurance protection?
Extended term
Agents selling variable life products must be registered and have what licenses?
Registered with FINRA, have a securities license, and must be license within the city to sell life insurance. SEC registration is for securities not agents
How are contributions to a tax sheltered annuity treated with regards to taxation?
Funds contributed are excluded from the employees current taxable income, but are taxable upon withdrawal
True or false
nonforfeiture values are required by state law to be included in the policy.
True. Nonforfeiture values are required by state law to be included in the policy, and cannot be altered by the policy owner. A table showing the nonforfeiture values for the next 20 years must be included in the policy
Who bears the risk in a fixed annuity
Insurance company
Who bears the risk of a variable insurance policy
Policy owner
True or false.
Surplus lines agent do not have to have a certificate of authority
True
Cash value guarantees =
Nonforfeiture options
Taxation on lump sum payments
None
The originating company that procures insurance on itself and another insurer is called?
What is the other insurer called?
Ceding insurer
The other insure is called assuming insurer = reinsurance
What Is key person insurance?
Should a key person die, the benefit is treated as a reimbursement to the business for loss of services from that key person
Who regulates consumer reports?
The federal fair credit reporting act regulates consumer reports, also known as consumer investigative reports, or credit reports
How do you cancel a life insurance license?
A license can be canceled at any time, simply by returning the license to the insurance department and requesting cancellation. A license can be reinstated by completing an application and paying a fee.
In credit life insurance:
who is the policy owner,?
Who is the beneficiary?
And who is the insured?
The creditor is the policy owner and the beneficiary
The debtor is the insured
Reinstatement provision
Allows the policy owner and opportunity to put a lapsed policy back in force, subject to providing continued insurability. The policy owner elects to reinstate the policy, as opposed to purchasing a new policy, the reinstated policy is restored to its original status
What kind of insurance maybe used to fund a buy-sell agreement?
Any form of life insurance
Reduced paid up nonforfeiture option
Provides Provides coverage for the longest period of time.
a life insurance policy nonforfeiture benefit option to use the cash surrender value of the policy to purchase a fully paid-up life permanent insurance policy for a lesser amount of coverage. The new policy coverage amount is based on the insured’s age and the policy cash surrender value. Also known as reduced paid-up insurance.
Provides protection until the insured reaches 100, but the face amount is reduced to what the cash would buy
How are annuities characterized?
By how they can be paid for:
Either a single payment (lump sum) or through periodic payments in which the premiums are paid in installments over a period of time.

Periodic payment annuities can be level in which the annuitant pays a _______ installment, or the payments can be __________, in which the amount and frequency of each installment varies
Fixed
Flexible
Who owns a mutual insurer?
Policy owners
Are accelerated benefits paid to a chronically ill insured tax free?
They are tax-free up to a certain limit. Any amount received an excess of this dollar amount must be included in the insured gross income.
True or false:
New Jersey requires a bond as a condition for licensure in surplus lines
False. New Jersey does not require a bond as a condition for licensure in surplus lines 
If an insurer and insured have a dispute about whether a particular loss is covered under a policy what system is asked to interpret the contract
Court system
Under which law does it assume that the beneficiary dies first in a common disaster?
Under the uniform simultaneous death
The law will assume that beneficiary dies first in a common disaster. This provides that the proceeds will be paid to the contingent beneficiary or to the insurance to see if none is designated
Any cash value life insurance policy that develops cash value faster than a 7- pay whole life contract is called what??
Modified endowment contract.
It loses the benefits of a standard life contract.
All withdrawls for a modified endowment contract are subject to taxation and if withdrawals are made earlier than age of 59 1/2 a ___% penalty is imposed
10%
By how many days does the discontinuance of a group insurance policy reduce the time limit for providing notice of claim or proof of loss?
0 days
Discontinuance of the group policy or contract does not reduce the required time limit for providing notice of claim or proof of loss
The Supreme Court stated that insurance is interstate commerce and is therefore subject to regulation by federal government in the decision of what case?
That U.S vs. the south eastern underwriters association
If a credit life policy lapses for nonpayment before the debt is satisfied within how many days must the creditor either refund the premium paid or applied against the debt?
60 days
What universal life option has a gradually increasing cash value and a level death benefit?
Option a
Whose life expectancy is taking into consideration for annuity
The annuitant
What does the term “level” refer to in a level term insurance?
Face amount or death benefit
What type of annuity is suitable for someone who wants to select the benefit option that will pay the largest amount only as long as annuitant lives?
Straight life
What type of insurance policy offers pure death benefit protection?
Term
In an annuity, the accumulated money is converted into a stream of income during which phase?
Annuitization period
In variable universal life insurance, to what policy component does the term “variable” refer to?
Cash value and death benefit
What type of annuity requires an agent to have a securities license
Variable annuity
What annuity settlement option provides income payments to the annuitant for the duration of his or her life, and also guarantee payment for specified number of years?
Life income with period certain 
Under a 20 pay whole life policy, in order for the policy to pay the death benefit to a beneficiary, the premiums must be paid for what time period?
For 20 years or until the insured death whichever occurs first
What are the death benefit options in universal life policies?
Option A- level death benefit
Option B - increasing death benefit (death benefit includes annual increase in cash value so death benefit increases by cash value amount)
During partial withdrawal from a universal life policy, what portion, if any, will be taxed?
Interest earned on the withdrawn cash value
What is the main reason for purchasing an annuity?
To provide an income that the annuitant cannot outlive
When does an adjustable life policy accommodate cash value?
When the premiums paid or more than the cost of the policy
What type of life insurance policy is life paid up at age 65?
Limited pay whole life
A whole life policy that requires of the policy owner to only pay premiums for specified number of years is known as what kind of policy?
Limited pay whole life
What are the two classifications of annuities according to the time when annuity payments begin?
Immediate and deferred
Interest sensitive insurance
Universal life
What type of insurance is a level fixed premium investment based product?
Variable whole life
A policy that can be modified to accommodate life changes
Adjustable life
(must provide proof of insurability)
How is the premium determined in a joint life insurance policy?
The premium is based on the average age of the insureds
How soon can income payments begin in an immediate annuity?
No later than one year from the time of the annuity purchase
Who bears the investment risk in a fixed annuity?
The insurer
The death protection component of a universal life policy is expressed as what type of coverage?
Annually renewable term
An individual has a contract that will provide him with a certain amount of income for the rest of his life. However this is not an insurance policy. What type of contract does this person have?
Annuity
Under option B in a universal life policy, what happens to the death benefit?
The death benefit increases each year by the amount of the cash value increase 
When would a 20 pay whole life policy endow?
When insured reaches 100
An annuity purchased with multiple payments that begin income payments after one year from the moment of purchase is known as what type of annuity?
Flexible premium deferred annuity
With a single premium deferred annuity, when will the annuity payments become available?
No sooner than one year after the annuity purchase
What type of whole life insurance policy only requires a payment of premium at inception, and in addition to providing insurance protection for the life of the insured, and endows at age 100
Single premium whole life
How long will a life annuity with a 15 year period Certain pay?
For the life of the annuitant unless he or she dies within the first 15 years of the new association.; Then the payments will last for 15 years
What type of annuity credit is interest based upon an index such as S & P 500?
Equity indexed annuity
(earn higher interest rates than fixed annuities, both guarantee specific minimum interest rate)
In what type of life insurance policy can the policy owner skip premium payments without the policy lapsing?
Universal life
What is the difference between a single premium and a flexible premium payment option and deferred annuity?
The number of payments that purchase the annuity
What type of premium is charged on a straight life policy?
A level premium for the life of the insured
What type of annuity can be purchased with a single premium?
Immediate annuity
What type of whole life insurance policy generates immediate cash value?
Single premium whole life
If the annuitant dies before the annuitization period starts what will the beneficiary receive?
Either the amount paid in the annuity or the cash value, which ever is greater
Insurance department can issue a certificate of license status of any producer within how many years?
4 years
Applicants license has lapsed, late renewal within how many months of expiration?
12 months
If an insurer cancels an agency contract, it must notify the commissioner and writing within how many days?
15 days
Producer must notify the commissioner within how many days of conviction of a crime?
30 days Of a conviction of a crime
How long is a temporary work Authority valid?
It expires no more than 60 days after it is issued
Closing of any branch office, they must advise the department in writing and how many days?
30 calendar days
Individual who willfully violate the act enough to constitute a general pattern will pay up to?
Up to $2500