Free Life Insurance Basics Practice Questions
Massachusetts Life exam — 134 practice questions.
Subtopics: Insurable interest, Risk concepts, Premium factors, Underwriting, Beneficiary, Producer responsibility, Representations, Stranger-owned, Application signature, Minors, Underwriting limits, Insurable interest parties, Personal uses, Liquidity, Human life value, Needs approach, Buy-sell funding, Key person, Term vs permanent, Participating policies, Separate account, Variable products licensing, Mortality, Interest assumption, Premium mode, Advertising, Field underwriting, Application accuracy, Sources of underwriting, Risk classification, Substandard risk, Effective date, Statement of good health, Backdating, MIB, Unfair discrimination underwriting, Group vs individual, Warranties vs representations, Disclosure statement, Estate conservation, Executive compensation, Expense factor, Declined risk, Surrender comparison index, Net amount at risk, Legal reserve, CSO mortality table, Level premium funding, Cash value accumulation, Endowment maturity, Free look period, Policy replacement rules, Twisting, Churning, Rebating, Defamation, Binding receipt, Insuring clause, Consideration clause, Owner vs insured, Stranger-originated life insurance, Suitability, Sales illustration, Producer appointment, Paramedical exam, Inspection report, Nonmedical limit, Split-dollar plan, Section 162 executive bonus, Dependency period need, Social Security blackout period, Capital retention approach, Final expense need, Insurance age, Flat extra premium, Postponed risk, Agent's report, Policy summary, Material misrepresentation, Estate creation, Cash accumulation, Charitable giving, Buy-sell cross purchase, Buy-sell entity purchase, Cross purchase count, Key person beneficiary, Deferred compensation, Split dollar collateral assignment, Executive bonus taxation, Business overhead uses, Information for needs analysis, Group vs individual class, Nonparticipating policy, Fixed vs variable, Variable minimum death benefit, Gross vs net premium, Modal factors, Mortality table use, Gender and mortality, Producer delivery duties, Constructive delivery, Rated policy delivery, Conditional receipt insurability, No premium with application, Application signatures, Application corrections, Insurable interest third party, Self insurable interest, Attending physician statement, MIB adverse decisions, MIB pre-notice, HIV testing consent, Underwriting prohibited factor, Rated policy, Standard risk, Prescription database, Social Security fully insured, Currently insured, Survivor benefits children, Spouse caring for child, Blackout period end, Lump-sum death benefit, Full retirement age, Social Security disability, Social Security as offset, Producer report purpose
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Sample questions & answers
1. At what point must insurable interest exist for an individual life insurance policy?
At the time of application
Insurable interest in a life policy must exist at the inception of the contract, when the application is made.
2. The chance of loss arising from a person's habits such as smoking is best described as a:
Physical hazard
A physical hazard is a condition arising from the physical characteristics or habits that increase the chance of loss.
3. Which three primary factors most influence the calculation of a life insurance premium?
Mortality, interest, and expense
Life premiums are based primarily on mortality assumptions, expected interest earnings, and expenses.
4. The process of evaluating and classifying the risk presented by a life insurance applicant is called:
Underwriting
Underwriting is the selection, evaluation, and classification of risks for insurance.
Practice: Life Insurance Basics
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