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MASSACHUSETTS LIFE AND HEALTH INSURANCE EXAM
Actual Qs and Ans - Expert-Verified Explanation -Guaranteed passing score -100 Questions and Answers
-Format: Multiple-choice / Flashcard
Question 1: Legal Contract
Answer:
Consideration, Legal Purpose, Offer (Made by Insured), Acceptance, Competent Parties
Question 2: waiver
Answer:
voluntary giving up of a right
Question 3: Classes of Life Insurance Policies
Answer:
- Individual vs. Group
- Term vs. Permanent
- Participating vs. Non-participating
- Fixed vs. Variable
- Industrial & Home Service
Question 4: Backdating
Answer:
Usually no more than 6 months
Question 5: Insurance
Answer:
Transfer of Risk
Question 6: Admitted or Authorized
Answer:
state requires the insurance company to have a certificate of authority
Question 7: warranty
Answer:
guaranteed to be true
Question 8: fraud
Answer:
intentional act to cheat another
Question 9: Non-admitted
Answer:
unauthorized-insurance company not required to have a Certificate of Authority from the state
Question 10: Effective Date of coverage
Answer:
- Terms of conditional receipt is issued
- Substandard and pays additional premium - date of policy issue
- No receipt - policy issue date if premium paid at delivery
Question 11: aleatory
Answer:
not equal value - small premium for a large amount of coverage
Question 12: A- CANHAM Risks
Answer:
Affordable
Question 13: Modified Premium Whole Life policy
Answer:
Same as WL but premium low for 1st 3-5 yrs., THEN has one-time premium increase- levels off afterwards
Question 14: Term features
Answer:
renewable (No new application required, new preium based upon attained age
Question 15: Underwriting Sources of Information
Answer:
application, medical exams, physicians statement, AIDS Testing, Medical Information Buereau, Consumer Reports, Investigative Reports
Question 16: Statement of Good Health
Answer:
Required if no premium with application, if health changed- agent can't deliver policy
Question 17: STARR
Answer:
Method of handling risk
Question 18: Insurance Company Locations
Answer:
Domestic, Foreign, and Alien
Question 19: concealment
Answer:
failure to disclose known facts
Question 20: Physical Hazard
Answer:
Hazard that can be seen
Question 21: Increasing Term
Answer:
-death benefit increases -premium increases
Question 22: Business Uses of Life Insurance
Answer:
buy sell funding (cross purchase, entity purchase) key person executive bonus deferred compensation
Question 23: Law of Large Numbers
Answer:
The larger the group, the more accurate losses can be predicted
Question 24: Variable Policies
Answer:
Life insurance plus investments, must have securities license too, investments in separate account *Owner can lose money
Question 25: M- CANHAM Risks
Answer:
Measurable
Question 26: Moral Hazard
Answer:
A belief that intentionally causing a loss is acceptable
Question 27: Fraud and False Stataments
Answer:
Fine and or imprisonment (10-15 years) *Embezzlement included