Free General Insurance Concepts Practice Questions
Missouri Personal Lines exam — 72 practice questions.
Subtopics: Risk pooling, Material representation, Estoppel, Proximate cause, Exposure unit, Concurrent causation, Pure vs speculative risk, Hazard, Peril, Moral hazard, Morale hazard, Physical hazard, Law of large numbers, Risk avoidance, Risk retention, Risk transfer, Insurable interest, Indemnity, Elements of a contract, Contract of adhesion, Aleatory contract, Utmost good faith, Representation, Concealment, Warranty, Express authority, Apparent authority, Implied authority, Stock vs mutual insurer, Domestic foreign alien, Admitted insurer, Adverse selection, Reinsurance, 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. Spreading risk among many policyholders so that the premiums of the many pay the losses of the few illustrates:
Risk pooling
Insurance pools the premiums of many to pay the losses of a few, relying on the law of large numbers.
2. A representation that proves false and material may allow the insurer to:
Rescind or void the policy
A material misrepresentation may allow the insurer to rescind or void the policy.
3. When an insurer's conduct leads an insured to rely on a waived right, the insurer may later be prevented from asserting it under:
Estoppel
Estoppel prevents a party from asserting a right when its conduct led another to reasonably rely to its detriment.
4. The unbroken chain of events leading to a covered loss is analyzed using the concept of:
Proximate cause
Proximate cause is the unbroken chain of events from a peril to the loss.
Practice: General Insurance Concepts
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