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Free Life Insurance Basics Practice Questions

Indiana Life exam — 79 practice questions.

Subtopics: Principle of insurable interest, Risk concepts, Adverse selection, Law of large numbers, Mortality and morbidity, Stock vs mutual, Participating policies, Warranties and representations, Insurable interest, Insurable interest parties, Personal uses, Liquidity, Human life value, Needs approach, Buy-sell funding, Key person, Term vs permanent, Separate account, Variable products licensing, Premium factors, Mortality, Interest assumption, Premium mode, Advertising, Field underwriting, Application accuracy, Sources of underwriting, Risk classification, Substandard risk, Effective date, Statement of good health, Backdating, MIB, Unfair discrimination underwriting, Group vs individual, Warranties vs representations, Disclosure statement, Estate conservation, Executive compensation, Expense factor, Declined risk, Surrender comparison index, Net amount at risk, Legal reserve, CSO mortality table, Level premium funding, Cash value accumulation, Endowment maturity, Free look period, Policy replacement rules, Twisting, Churning, Rebating, Defamation, Binding receipt, Insuring clause, Consideration clause, Owner vs insured, Stranger-originated life insurance, Suitability, Sales illustration, Producer appointment, Paramedical exam, Inspection report, Nonmedical limit, Split-dollar plan, Section 162 executive bonus, Dependency period need, Social Security blackout period, Capital retention approach, Final expense need, Insurance age, Flat extra premium, Postponed risk, Agent's report, Policy summary, Material misrepresentation

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Sample questions & answers

1. Which relationship would most clearly establish insurable interest in another person's life?

A spouse

A spouse has a clear economic and emotional interest in the continued life of the other, satisfying insurable interest.

2. The possibility of loss with no possibility of gain is referred to as what type of risk?

Pure risk

Pure risk involves only the chance of loss or no loss and is the type of risk that is insurable, unlike speculative risk.

3. Insurers guard against adverse selection primarily through which activity?

Underwriting and risk classification

Underwriting screens applicants and classifies risk so that those more likely to file claims do not disproportionately obtain coverage.

4. The law of large numbers allows insurers to do what?

Predict losses more accurately as the number of similar exposures increases

As the number of similar independent exposure units increases, predicted losses more closely match actual losses, enabling accurate pricing.

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