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Types of Life Policies Flashcards

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How soon can income payments begin in an immediate annuity?

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No later than 1 year from the time of annuity purchase

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What type of insurance policy is Life Paid-up at Age 65?

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Limited-Pay Whole Life

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What type of life insurance policy offers pure death protection?

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Term

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What are two phases of annuity?

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Accumulation and annuitization (or pay-in and pay-out)

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What type of life insurance offers an applicant a cash value element?

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Permanent Insurance (usually, whole life)

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What are the two classifications of annuities according to the time when annuity payments begin?

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Immediate and Deferred

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In flexible premium payment annuities, the term flexible refers to what?

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Amount of Premium

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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 a life insurance policy. What type of contract does this person have?

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Annuity

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In variable universal life insurance, to what policy component does the term “variable” refer?

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Cash Value and Death Benefit

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What happens to the cash value when a whole life insurance policy matures?

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Cash value is paid to the policy owner

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What type of license(s) is/are required to sell variable annuities?

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A life insurance license and a securities license

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If the annuitant dies before the annuitization period starts, what will the beneficiary receive?

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Either the amount paid into the annuity of the cash value, whichever is greater

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What happens to the premium in an annually renewable term life policy?

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The premium increases with each renewal

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What does the term “level” refer to in level term insurance?

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Face Amount

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15
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When would a 20-pay whole life policy endow?

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When the insured reaches age 100

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16
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A policy states that it will pay a specified face amount if the insured dies during the 20-year premium-paying period and nothing if death occurs after the 20-year period. What type of policy is this?

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20-year level term

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When does an adjustable life policy accumulate cash value?

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When the premiums paid are more than the cost of the policy

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If an annuity provides a set amount of income for two or more persons with the income ceasing upon the first death, what type of annuity is that?

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Joint Life Annuity

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19
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What type of life insurance is best suited to cover a mortgage?

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Decreasing Term

20
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What are the death benefit options in universal life policies?

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Option A- level death benefit, and Option B-increasing death benefit

21
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Whole life insurance policies mature when the insured reaches the age of 100. If the owner of a whole life policy (the insured) dies at age 80, and there are no outstanding loans on the policy, what portion of the death benefit will be paid to the beneficiary?

A

The full death benefit

22
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A whole life policy that requires that the policy owner only pays premiums for a specified number of years is known as what kind of policy?

A

Limited-pay whole life

23
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Regarding annuity payments, what is the difference between the annuitant and the beneficiary of an annuity?

A

The annuitant receives payments from the annuity during the annuitization period; the beneficiary receives benefits after the annuitant’s death.

24
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Whole life policies provide protection until the insured reaches what age?

A

Age 100

25
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In a joint life policy, when is the death benefit paid?

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Upon the first death

26
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With a single premium deferred annuity, when will the annuity payments become available?

A

No sooner than 1 year after the annuity purchase

27
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What type of premium is charged on a straight life policy?

A

A level premium for the life of the insured

28
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An individual has just borrowed $10,000 on a 5-year note from his bank. The note is due in installments. What type of life insurance policy would be best suited to this situation?

A

Decreasing Term

29
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The death protection component of a universal life policy is expressed as what type of coverage?

A

Annually Renewable Term

30
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Can a business or a corporation be an annuitant?

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No, an annuitant must always be a natural person.

31
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How long will a life annuity with a 15-year period certain pay?

A

For the life of the annuitant unless he/she dies within the first 15 years of the annuitization period; then the payments will last for 15 years.

32
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What policy component must decrease in decreasing term insurance?

A

Face Amount

33
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What is the purpose of establishing the target premium for a universal life policy?

A

To prevent the policy from lapsing

34
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If the annuitant dies during the accumulation period, who will receive the annuity benefits?

A

Beneficiary

35
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Whose life expectancy is taken into consideration in an annuity contract?

A

Annuitant

36
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In what type of life insurance policies can the policy owner skip premium payments without the policy lapsing?

A

Universal Life

37
Q

Who receives income payments from an annuity?

A

Annuitant

38
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What universal life option has a gradually increasing cash value and a level death benefit?

A

Option A

39
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What type of annuity is suitable for someone who wants to select the benefit option that will pay the largest amount only for as long as the annuitant lives?

A

Straight Life

40
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Who bears the investment risk in a fixed annuity?

A

The insurer

41
Q

Mortality tables are used by insurance companies to predict what?

A

Life expectancy and the death rates for specific groups of individuals.

42
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In annually renewable term policies, what is the annual premium based upon?

A

The insured’s attained age

43
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In an annuity, the accumulated money is converted into a stream of income during which phase?

A

Annuitization period

44
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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?

A

Flexible premium deferred annuity

45
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How is the premium determined in a joint life insurance policy?

A

The premium is based on the average age of the insureds.

46
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What type of whole life insurance policies only requires a payment of premium at its inception, and in addition to providing insurance protection for the life of the insured, endows at the insured’s age 100?

A

Single Premium Whole Life

47
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If there is no named beneficiary for the annuity benefits, to which entity will the benefits be paid?

A

Annuitant’s estate

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