Free Disability Income Insurance Practice Questions
Washington Life, Accident & Health exam — 40 practice questions.
Subtopics: Misstatement underpayment, Workers compensation exclusion, Total disability definition, Residual disability, Partial disability, Return of premium, Outline of coverage, Purpose, Elimination period, Benefit period, Definition of disability, Probationary period, Presumptive disability, Recurrent disability, Any occupation, Business overhead expense, Disability buy-out, Cost of living adjustment, Social insurance supplement, Nonoccupational coverage, Waiver of premium, Future increase option, Disability benefit, Benefit amount, Total disability, Group disability, Social Security disability, Key employee DI, Occupational coverage
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Sample questions & answers
1. Under a Washington disability income policy, if a misstatement of age caused benefits to be underpaid, the insurer must:
Pay it with the current payment, with interest capped at 6% a year
RCW 48.20.050 requires underpayments to be paid with the current payment; overpayments may be charged against current or later payments, and interest may not exceed six percent per annum.
2. Washington's minimum standards permit a disability policy's definition of sickness to exclude sickness for which benefits are provided under:
Workers' compensation or occupational disease laws
WAC 284-50-315(5) allows the sickness definition to exclude sickness covered by workers' compensation, occupational disease, employer's liability, or similar laws.
3. Under Washington's minimum standards, a disability policy may NOT define total disability solely as the inability to:
Perform any occupation whatsoever
WAC 284-50-315(9)(b) bars defining total disability solely by inability to perform "any occupation whatsoever" or to engage in training or rehabilitation.
4. Washington's minimum standards require residual disability to be defined in relation to the insured's:
Reduction in earnings
WAC 284-50-315(11) ties residual disability to a reduction in earnings and allows a qualification period of continuous total disability first.
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