Free General Insurance Concepts Practice Questions
Idaho Personal Lines exam — 72 practice questions.
Subtopics: Risk avoidance, Law of large numbers, Reinsurance, Exposure unit, Concealment, Contract of adhesion, Pure vs speculative risk, Hazard, Peril, Moral hazard, Morale hazard, Physical hazard, Risk retention, Risk transfer, Insurable interest, Indemnity, Elements of a contract, Aleatory contract, Utmost good faith, Representation, Warranty, Express authority, Apparent authority, Implied authority, Stock vs mutual insurer, Domestic foreign alien, Admitted insurer, Estoppel, Adverse selection, Underwriting, Loss ratio, Rate regulation goals, Reciprocal insurer, Lloyds of London, Risk retention group, Self-insurance, Surplus lines, Catastrophic 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, Indemnity and subrogation, Distribution systems, Insurer types, Insurer ratios, Loss reserves, Rate regulation, Earned and unearned premium, Lapse
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Sample questions & answers
1. Choosing not to engage in an activity at all to eliminate its risk is an example of risk:
Avoidance
Risk avoidance eliminates a risk by not undertaking the activity that creates it.
2. The law of large numbers helps a property insurer to:
Predict aggregate losses more accurately as the number of similar exposures grows
The law of large numbers improves the accuracy of loss predictions as the number of similar insured exposures increases.
3. When a property insurer transfers part of its risk to another insurer, this is called:
Reinsurance
reinsurance is the transfer of part of an insurer's risk to another insurer to spread exposure.
4. In insurance, an exposure unit is best described as:
A unit of measure of the loss potential being insured
An exposure unit is a measure of the loss potential, such as one insured home, used in rating.
Practice: General Insurance Concepts
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