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Free Life Accident and Health Insurance Basics Practice Questions

South Carolina Life, Accident & Health exam — 64 practice questions.

Subtopics: Risk retention, Peril, Hazard, Express authority, Application accuracy, Gross premium, Insurable interest timing, Solicitation, Underwriting sources, Insurable interest, Personal uses, Determining amount, Business uses, Viatical settlements, Classes of policies, Premium factors, Premium frequency, Producer responsibilities, Policy delivery, Company underwriting, Classification of risks, Legal concepts, Definitions of perils, Types of losses and benefits, Limited health policies, Replacing health insurance, Premium determination, Conditional receipt, Binding receipt, Insuring clause, Consideration clause, Free-look provision, Policy ownership, Third-party ownership, Mortality table, Level premium concept, Net amount at risk, Policy reserves, Living benefits of cash value, Attending physician statement, Inspection report, Declined risk, Flat extra premium, Replacement, Buyer's Guide, Controlling adverse selection, Premature death, Final expense insurance, Estate liquidity, Charitable uses, Survivorship policy, Juvenile insurance, Life settlement, Creditor insurable interest, Human life value

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Sample questions & answers

1. Deciding to keep a small, predictable loss rather than insure it is an example of:

Risk retention

Choosing to absorb a manageable loss internally rather than transferring it is risk retention.

2. In insurance terms, a peril is:

The cause of a loss, such as fire or illness

A peril is the direct cause of a loss, such as fire, accident, or illness.

3. A hazard is best defined as:

A condition that increases the likelihood or severity of a loss

A hazard is a condition that increases the chance that a peril will occur or worsens the severity of a loss.

4. The authority an insurer explicitly grants a producer in the agency contract is:

Express authority

Express authority is the authority specifically granted to the producer in the written agency agreement.

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