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Free General Insurance Concepts Practice Questions

Massachusetts Life exam — 48 practice questions.

Subtopics: Adhesion, Aleatory, Utmost good faith, Indemnity, Law of large numbers, Warranty, Concealment, Risk management, Definition of risk, Hazard, Peril, Handling risk, Retention, Insurable risk, Stock insurer, Mutual insurer, Admitted insurer, Domestic foreign alien, Consideration, Legal purpose, Competent parties, Offer and acceptance, Express authority, Apparent authority, Representations, Pure vs speculative risk, Adverse selection, Moral hazard, Morale hazard, Physical hazard, Implied authority, Fiduciary duty, Aleatory contract, Contract of adhesion, Unilateral contract, Conditional contract, Waiver, Estoppel, Reciprocal insurer, Fraternal benefit society, Reinsurance, Surplus lines insurer, Self-insurance

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Sample questions & answers

1. An insurance policy is a contract of adhesion because:

One party writes it and the other accepts or rejects it

A contract of adhesion is drafted by one party and offered to the other on a take-it-or-leave-it basis.

2. An insurance contract is aleatory because:

Values exchanged may be unequal depending on chance

Aleatory contracts involve an exchange of unequal amounts depending on an uncertain future event.

3. The principle that both parties to an insurance contract rely on honesty and full disclosure is:

Utmost good faith

Insurance contracts are based on utmost good faith, requiring honesty and full disclosure by both parties.

4. The principle of indemnity provides that an insured should be:

Restored to the financial position before the loss

Indemnity aims to restore the insured to the same financial position held before the loss, no more.

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Practice: General Insurance Concepts

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