Textbook Review Flashcards
When binding coverage, limits on amounts which the brokers can bind are?
a. The maximum the insurer has capacity
b. The maximum the broker will entertain
c. A control on the intermediaries’ binding power
d. Control on the insurers coverage limits
c. A control on the intermediaries’ binding power
Premiums held in the brokerages trust account belong to
a. The Insurer
b. The Broker
c. The Regulator
d. The Insured
a. The Insurer
Who are the physical links between the insurer and consumer?
a. Underwriters
b. Intermediaries
c. Managing general agents Incorrect
d. Principles
b. Intermediaries
Offer and Acceptance forms which element of a legal contract under common law?
a. Genuine Intent
b. Consideration
c. Agreement
d. Capacity to Consent
c. Agreement
Who is responsible for overseeing privacy legislation in a province or territory
a. OSFI
b. Superintendent of Insurance
c. Ombudsperson
d. The insurer
c. Ombudsperson
Subrogation Is?
a. Process of reducing the amount of the loss
b. Carrying the specified amount of insurance required for full loss recovery
c. Process to recover a loss paid out from liable party
d. The reduction in value of property
c. Process to recover a loss paid out from liable party
This element is of an insurance contract states you have something to loose if the object ceases to exist
a. Utmost Good Faith
b. Insurable Interest
c. Contribution
d. Subrogation
b. Insurable Interest
Solvency is?
a. The ability to sell the companies assets
b. The ability to meet long-term financial commitments
c. The ability to provide a return on investments
d. The Stability of short-term financial commitments
b. The ability to meet long-term financial commitments
In which two provinces are salaried staff adjusters required to be licensed?
a. Alberta and British Columbia
b. New Brunswick and Quebec
c. Nova Scotia and Quebec
d. Newfoundland and Manitoba
b. New Brunswick and Quebec
Casualty Insurance refers to?
a. Life insurance Incorrect
b. Auto insurance
c. Liability insurance
d. Fire insurance
c. Liability insurance
Solvency is best defined as
a. Ability to pay off all debts
b. When a company shuts down it’s operations
c. When a business is unable to meet it’s long term financial commitments
d. A business entity’s ability to meet its long term financial commitments
d. A business entity’s ability to meet its long term financial commitments
The spread of risk is achieved by?
a. Insuring a large number of risks
b. Providing capital
c. Focusing on a small number of locations insured
d. Having a single class of business transacted
a. Insuring a large number of risks
What are the four steps to remediate a privacy breach?
a. Contain, Stop, Determine, Prevent
b. Contain, Evaluate, Determine, Prevent
c. Stop, Evaluate, Determine, Prevent
d. Contain, Evaluate, Assess, Prevent
b. Contain, Evaluate, Determine, Prevent
What is the immediate cause of a loss?
a. The cause that without the cause the event would not have happened
b. Separate from the proximate cause
c. A continuous sequence of events
d. The immediate and effective cause
b. Separate from the proximate cause
What is true in regards to adjuster and agent licensing in Canada?
a. All adjusters must be licensed, All agents must be licensed
b. All adjusters must be licensed, All agents except staff agents in New Brunswick and Quebec Must be Licensed
c. All Independent adjusters must be licensed, all Agents must be licensed
d. All staff adjusters must be licensed, all agents must be license
c. All Independent adjusters must be licensed, all Agents must be licensed
Earned premium is?
a. A reserve fund
b. Premium actually exposed to loss
c. Premium that has not been used
d. Pre-paid insurance
b. Premium actually exposed to loss
Insurable risk exists?
a. Where there is a chance of profit
b. Where there is a chance of profit or loss
c. Where this is a chance of loss but not of profit
d. Where there is a chance of profit but not of loss
c. Where this is a chance of loss but not of profit
A hazard is a condition that?
a. May cause a peril to occur
b. May cause a peril to occur or make the loss more severe
c. May make the loss more severe
d. Is attributable to the human element of risk
b. May cause a peril to occur or make the loss more severe
Insurance is only concerned with pure risk, a basic test to determine if something is insurancable is to ask the following:
a. Is there a chance of loss? Is there a chance of profit?
b. Is there a chance of loss? Is there a chance of peril?
c. Is there a chance of gain? Is there a chance of risk?
d. Is there is no chance of loss? Is there no chance of gain?
a. Is there a chance of loss? Is there a chance of profit?
There are many kinds of risk, they are usually divided into what three categories
a. Pet Insurance, Life Insurance, Home Insurance
b. Home risks, Commercial risks, Life risks
c. Personal risks, Property risks, Liability risks
d. Automobile risks, Liability risks, Pet Risks
c. Personal risks, Property risks, Liability risks
A moral hazard is:
a. a hazard arising from the character of the insured
b. a hazard arising from the cost of the insureds home
c. a hazard arising from the condition of the insured home
d. a hazard arising from the integrity of the insureds home
a. a hazard arising from the character of the insured
A physical hazard is:
a. A hazard arising from physical assault
b. A hazard arising from being struck by a vehicle
c. A hazard arising from the integrity of the insured
d. A hazard arising from the condition of the object
d. A hazard arising from the condition of the object
The Definition (Key-Term) of Indemnify States
a. Returns money if you do not use your insurance
b. Helps you get out of debt
c. Provides compensation for loss or expenses incurred
d. Is not related to insurance
c. Provides compensation for loss or expenses incurred
Risk can be spread by
a. Insuring small volumes of business
b. Writing the same type of risk
c. Making your policy wordings difficult to be read and limiting claims
d. Writing diverse types of risks, in many locations across Canada
d. Writing diverse types of risks, in many locations across Canada
General Insurance is also known as
a. P&C
b. P&U
c. E&O
d. Auto
a. P&C
Casualty Insurance is related to
a. Pet Insurance
b. Life Insurance
c. Injury Insurance
d. Liability Insurance
d. Liability Insurance
Unearned Premium
a. Can be spent, or invested by an insurer as it is profit
b. Must be available to refund to policyholder if policy is cancelled
c. Is used to pay claims
d. Makes up the working capital of an insurer
b. Must be available to refund to policyholder if policy is cancelled
Mutual Insurance Companies
a. Are owned by private corporations
b. Are designed to make profits
c. Are owned by policyholders
d. Are not common in Canada
c. Are owned by policyholders
Capacity is defined as
a. The measure of an insurers ability to issue contracts of insurance
b. The amount of money an insurance company has
c. The maximum amount of policies an insurance company can issue
d. The classes of business an insurer writes
a. The measure of an insurers ability to issue contracts of insurance