Free Life Accident and Health Insurance Basics Practice Questions

New Mexico Life, Accident & Health exam (series 18-27) — 105 practice questions.

Practice Life Accident and Health Insurance Basics

Subtopics: Insurable interest, Underwriting, MIB, Buyer's guide timing, Unconditional refund, Insurable interest timing, Business insurable interest, Charity as beneficiary, Consent of insured, Application alterations, Copy of application, Material misstatements, Personal uses, Determining amount, Business uses, Viatical settlements, Classes of policies, Premium factors, Premium frequency, Producer responsibilities, Policy delivery, Company underwriting, Classification of risks, Legal concepts, Definitions of perils, Types of losses and benefits, Limited health policies, Replacing health insurance, Premium determination, Conditional receipt, Binding receipt, Insuring clause, Consideration clause, Free-look provision, Policy ownership, Third-party ownership, Mortality table, Level premium concept, Net amount at risk, Policy reserves, Living benefits of cash value, Attending physician statement, Inspection report, Declined risk, Flat extra premium, Replacement, Buyer's Guide, Controlling adverse selection, Premature death, Final expense insurance, Estate liquidity, Charitable uses, Survivorship policy, Juvenile insurance, Life settlement, Creditor insurable interest, Human life value, Application signatures, Third-party consent, Application changes, Incomplete application, Premium receipt, Risk classification, Substandard rating, Underwriting sources, Accelerated underwriting, Genetic information, STOLI, Needs analysis, Social Security, A&H types of losses, AD&D, Limited policies, Workers compensation, Subrogation, Health underwriting, Dependent coverage, Newborn coverage

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Sample questions & answers

1. For an individual New Mexico life policy insurable interest must generally exist:

At the time the policy is applied for

For life insurance, insurable interest must exist at the inception (application) of the policy, not at the time of loss.

2. In life insurance underwriting a New Mexico applicant classified as preferred generally:

Presents lower-than-standard risk

A preferred risk presents lower than standard mortality risk and may qualify for a more favorable premium rate.

3. The information a New Mexico life insurer obtains from the application, medical exams, and consumer reports is used primarily to:

Evaluate insurability and classify the risk

Underwriting information is gathered to assess insurability and place the applicant in the correct risk classification.

4. When must a New Mexico life insurer provide the Life Insurance Buyer's Guide if the policy has no unconditional refund provision?

Before accepting the applicant's initial premium

The buyer's guide goes to prospective purchasers before the initial premium is accepted, unless the policy has an unconditional refund provision of at least ten days, in which case it may come with the policy.

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