Free Casualty Insurance Basics Practice Questions

Connecticut Casualty exam (series 12-CT-20) — 131 practice questions.

Practice Casualty Insurance Basics

Subtopics: Binders, Certificates of insurance, Compensatory damages, Special damages, General damages, Punitive damages, Strict liability, Vicarious liability, Absolute liability, Negligence elements, Proximate cause, Comparative negligence, Assumption of risk, Accident vs occurrence, Split limits, Combined single limit, Aggregate limit, Duty to defend, Supplementary payments, First named insured, Duties after loss, Other insurance, Underwriting purpose, Rate development, Subrogation condition, Liberalization, Policy territory, Hazard types, Claim settlement options, Cancellation pro rata, Loss payable, No benefit to bailee, Duties assignment, Negligence per se, Res ipsa loquitur, Intervening cause, Terrorism program, Bodily injury defined, Property damage defined, Insured contract, Self-insured retention, Tort defined, Battery, Libel, Nuisance, Trespass, Contributory negligence, Last clear chance, Joint and several liability, Respondeat superior, Attractive nuisance, Reasonable person standard, Burden of proof, Statute of limitations, Duty to mitigate, Nominal damages, Bailment, Hold harmless agreement, Named insured, Additional insured, Sublimit, Erosion of aggregate, Deductible, Loss reserve, IBNR reserve, Loss adjustment expense, Proof of loss, Appraisal clause, Arbitration, Short-rate cancellation, Notice of cancellation, Nonrenewal, Coverage trigger, Defense within limits, Severability of insureds, Premium audit, Retrospective rating, Schedule rating, Earned premium, Certificate of insurance, Split limits application, Intentional torts, Slander, Conversion, Invasion of privacy, Modified comparative negligence, Pure comparative negligence, Comparative negligence calculation, Legal liability sources, Criminal vs civil, Duty of care to entrants, Dram shop laws, Products liability, Occurrence vs claims-made, Claims-made tail, Common policy conditions, Legal action against insurer, Bankruptcy condition, Supplementary payments limits, Cancellation calculation, Limits calculation, Deductible types, Primary and excess, Contribution by equal shares, Contribution by limits, Duty to defend scope, Reservation of rights, Medical payments vs liability, Personal injury vs bodily injury, Claim vs suit, Negligence defenses, Extended reporting period, Retroactive date

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Sample questions & answers

1. In Connecticut, a binder for temporary property or casualty insurance may be:

Oral or written, for up to 60 days

Binders or other contracts for temporary insurance may be made orally or in writing for a period not exceeding sixty days.

2. At a Connecticut closing on a loan secured by a one-to-four family home, the lender:

Must accept a written binder as proof of hazard coverage

No person may refuse to accept a written binder from a licensed insurer or its authorized representative as evidence that hazard insurance has been procured at closing.

3. Under Connecticut law, a certificate of insurance issued on a Connecticut risk:

Cannot add rights beyond those in the policy

No person may represent that a certificate confers rights beyond the policy or warrant compliance with a contract's insurance requirements.

4. Which document is NOT a "certificate of insurance" under Connecticut's certificate law?

An automobile insurance identification card

The definition excludes a policy, a binder, an endorsement and an automobile insurance identification or information card.

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Practice: Casualty Insurance Basics

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