Free General Insurance Concepts Practice Questions
Washington Personal Lines exam — 72 practice questions.
Subtopics: Insurable interest, Principle of indemnity, Utmost good faith, Law of large numbers, Adverse selection, Subrogation, Pure vs speculative risk, Hazard, Peril, Moral hazard, Morale hazard, Physical hazard, Risk avoidance, Risk retention, Risk transfer, Indemnity, Elements of a contract, Contract of adhesion, Aleatory contract, Representation, Concealment, Warranty, Express authority, Apparent authority, Implied authority, Stock vs mutual insurer, Domestic foreign alien, Admitted insurer, Estoppel, 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. For a Washington homeowners policy to pay a property claim, the insured must have an insurable interest in the property:
At the time of the loss
Property insurance requires that the insured have an insurable interest in the covered property at the time of loss.
2. The principle of indemnity in property insurance is intended to:
Restore the insured to the financial position held before the loss, without profit
Indemnity restores the insured to the same financial position held before the loss and is not intended to create a gain.
3. Insurance contracts are described as being based on utmost good faith, which means:
Both parties rely on each other's honesty and full disclosure
Utmost good faith means both the insurer and insured rely on each other's honesty and complete, accurate disclosure.
4. Insurers rely on the law of large numbers in order to:
More accurately predict losses as the number of similar exposures increases
The law of large numbers lets insurers predict losses more accurately as the pool of similar exposures grows.
Practice: General Insurance Concepts
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