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Free General Insurance Concepts Practice Questions

Rhode Island Accident & Health exam — 44 practice questions.

Subtopics: Indemnity, Adverse selection, Law of large numbers, Risk transfer, Risk definition, Morale hazard, Peril, Stock insurer, Mutual insurer, Admitted insurer, Foreign insurer, Consideration, Legal purpose, Competent parties, Express authority, Apparent authority, Utmost good faith, Representations, Concealment, Aleatory contract, Contract of adhesion, Pure risk, Speculative risk, Physical hazard, Moral hazard, Implied authority, Fiduciary duty, Warranty, Misrepresentation, Waiver, Estoppel, Reciprocal insurer, Fraternal benefit society, Reinsurance, Non-admitted insurer, Alien insurer, Unilateral contract, Conditional contract, Offer and acceptance, Insurable interest

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Sample questions & answers

1. The principle of indemnity in health insurance generally means the insured should:

Be restored toward their pre-loss financial position without profiting

Indemnity aims to restore the insured to the pre-loss position without allowing a profit from the loss.

2. Adverse selection in health insurance is the tendency of:

Less healthy individuals to seek coverage more than healthier ones

Adverse selection is the tendency of higher-risk individuals to seek or retain coverage more than lower-risk individuals.

3. The law of large numbers helps a health insurer to:

Predict expected losses more accurately across a large insured group

The law of large numbers improves the accuracy of loss predictions as the number of similar insureds grows.

4. Buying a health insurance policy to handle the financial risk of illness is an example of risk:

Transfer

Purchasing insurance transfers the financial consequences of the risk to the insurer.

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