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Free General Insurance Concepts Practice Questions

Missouri Personal Lines exam — 58 practice questions.

Subtopics: Risk pooling, Material representation, Estoppel, Proximate cause, Exposure unit, Concurrent causation, Pure vs speculative risk, Hazard, Peril, Moral hazard, Morale hazard, Physical hazard, Law of large numbers, Risk avoidance, Risk retention, Risk transfer, Insurable interest, Indemnity, Elements of a contract, Contract of adhesion, Aleatory contract, Utmost good faith, Representation, Concealment, Warranty, Express authority, Apparent authority, Implied authority, Stock vs mutual insurer, Domestic foreign alien, Admitted insurer, Adverse selection, Reinsurance, Underwriting, Loss ratio, Rate regulation goals, Reciprocal insurer, Lloyds of London, Risk retention group, Self-insurance, Surplus lines, Fundamental vs particular risk, Loss exposure, Frequency vs severity, Unilateral contract, Conditional contract, Personal contract, Waiver, Material misrepresentation, Fiduciary duty, Commingling, Agent vs broker, Rebating, Twisting, Coercion, Defamation, Unfair claims settlement

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Sample questions & answers

1. Spreading risk among many policyholders so that the premiums of the many pay the losses of the few illustrates:

Risk pooling and sharing

Insurance works by pooling premiums from many insureds to pay the losses of the few who suffer them.

2. A representation that proves false and material may allow the insurer to:

Rescind or void the policy

A false, material representation can give the insurer grounds to rescind or void the policy.

3. When an insurer's conduct leads an insured to rely on a waived right, the insurer may later be prevented from asserting it under:

Estoppel

Estoppel prevents a party from asserting a right that it previously waived and that the other party relied on.

4. The unbroken chain of events leading to a covered loss is analyzed using the concept of:

Proximate cause

Proximate cause is the primary cause that sets in motion the chain of events resulting in a loss.

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