Free General Insurance Concepts Practice Questions
New Hampshire Life exam (series 12-61) — 78 practice questions.
Subtopics: Pure risk, Peril, Hazard, Adverse selection, Law of large numbers, Contract of adhesion, Aleatory contract, Definition of risk, Handling risk, Retention, Insurable risk, Stock insurer, Mutual insurer, Admitted insurer, Domestic foreign alien, Consideration, Legal purpose, Competent parties, Offer and acceptance, Express authority, Apparent authority, Indemnity, Utmost good faith, Representations, Concealment, Pure vs speculative risk, Moral hazard, Morale hazard, Physical hazard, Implied authority, Fiduciary duty, Unilateral contract, Conditional contract, Warranty, Waiver, Estoppel, Reciprocal insurer, Fraternal benefit society, Reinsurance, Surplus lines insurer, Self-insurance, Exposure, Loss, Risk avoidance, Risk reduction, Risk sharing, Speculative risk, Homogeneous exposure units, Catastrophic loss, Domestic insurer, Alien insurer, Mutual dividends, Assessment mutual, Lloyd's, Government insurers, Insurer ratings, Captive agency system, Independent agency, Direct response, Managing general agent, Insurer as principal, Presumption of agency, Errors and omissions, Insurer consideration, Reasonable expectations, Fraud, Personal contract, Valued contract
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Sample questions & answers
1. In insurance terms, pure risk refers to a situation involving:
Only the chance of loss or no loss with no chance of gain
Pure risk involves only the possibility of loss or no loss and is insurable, unlike speculative risk.
2. A peril is best defined as:
The cause of a loss, such as fire or accident
A peril is the actual cause of a loss, such as fire, accident, or illness.
3. A hazard is best described as:
A condition that increases the likelihood or severity of a loss
A hazard is a condition that increases the chance or severity of a loss, as opposed to the peril that causes it.
4. In insurance, the tendency of people with above-average risk to buy or keep coverage more often than others is called:
Adverse selection
Adverse selection is the tendency of higher-risk persons to seek or keep insurance more than average risks; underwriting helps insurers guard against it.
Practice: General Insurance Concepts
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