Free Disability Income Insurance Practice Questions

Connecticut Accident & Health exam — 48 practice questions.

Subtopics: Elimination period, Benefit period, Definition of disability, Residual disability, Presumptive disability, Probationary period, Recurrent disability, Business overhead expense, Short vs long term, Own occupation, Any occupation, Elimination period effect, COLA rider, Future increase option, Benefit limits, Waiver of premium, Short-term disability, Social insurance offset, Disability buy-sell, Key employee DI, Social Security disability definition, Probationary period DI, Relation of earnings to insurance, Partial disability benefit, Group long-term disability, Accident vs sickness elimination period, Flat benefit amount, Automatic increase rider, Return of premium rider, Additional monthly benefit rider, Hospital confinement rider, Nondisabling injury benefit, Rehabilitation benefit, Survivor benefit, Catastrophic disability rider, Transition benefit, Occupational classification, Income replacement ratio, Workers compensation offset, Group LTD definition of disability, Retroactive benefit, Maximum benefit period to age 65, Disability benefit

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Sample questions & answers

1. The elimination period in a disability income policy is best described as:

A waiting period after disability begins before benefits are payable

The elimination period is the waiting period after a disability begins before benefit payments start.

2. The benefit period of a disability income policy refers to:

The maximum length of time benefits will be paid for a disability

The benefit period is the maximum length of time the policy will pay benefits for a covered disability.

3. A disability policy that pays benefits when the insured cannot perform the duties of their own occupation uses which definition?

Own-occupation definition

The own-occupation definition pays when the insured cannot perform their specific occupation, a more liberal standard than any occupation.

4. Residual (partial) disability benefits are generally designed to:

Pay a benefit proportional to lost income when the insured returns to work part-time

Residual disability pays a partial benefit proportional to the income lost when the insured works in a reduced capacity.

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Practice: Disability Income Insurance

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