Insurance Flashcards
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Where is insurance regulated?
At the state level
What are 4 methods to manage risk?
Avoidance - most serious type of risk
Insurance - big financial loss, doesn’t happen often
Retention/reduction - minimal financial loss, too expensive to insure
Retention - minor injuries, illness, car door dings
What are perils?
What are hazards?
Three types
Physical
Moral: a character flaw. Lying cheating
Morale: being stupid. Leaving keys in the car
What is adverse selection?
What is the principal of indemnity? Subrogation clause?
Principal of indemnity is the right of the insured to be made whole after a loss occurs.. but not more than whole
Subrogation- insurance company steps into shoes
What is the principal of insurable interest?
You must have an emotional or financial hardship resulting from damage, loss, or destruction
Property and liability must exist at time of policy inception and at time of loss
For life insurance, you only need insurable interest at policy inception
- ex: divorce would not cancel a policy a previously married couple created
What is the difference between an insurance agent and broker?
Agent - legally represents insurance company
Broker - legally represents the policy owner, not the company
Review in book!
What are features of an insurance contract?
Exclusions - things that are not covered
Riders and endorsements - contract add ons. They take precedent over something in the policy if there is a conflict. Ex: house mold
What are the methods of valuation for insured losses?
Replacement cost - replacing property with new materials
Actual cash value - replacement cost less depreciation
Agreed on value - typical for art, antiques
How does the federal level regulate insurance?
It’s primarily regulated at the state level through the state insurance commissioner!
Although…
Legislative branch enacts laws for licensing agence
Judicial branch
Executive
What is the NAIC?
National Association of Insurance Commissioners
Provides watch list of insurance companies based on financial ratio analysis
no regulatory power
but issue model legislation for the states to adopt
NAIC does not directly regulate the insurance industry
What are the different methods of calculating insurance needs?
Capital Needs approach - NPV of future needs - income, college, etc
Human Life Value approach - looks at lost income less amount consumed by the insured
Capital retention - Not invade the capital of the estate
Income retention - how much insurance do we need to maintain the income level
Income multiplier - rule of thumb - 12-16x gross earnings
Features of term life
Max death benefit per premium dollar
no cash value, savings, or investment component
protection ends when term ends
Features of whole life policies
AKA permanent
If you want coverage for your WHOLE life (versus term)
Average the premium over your entire life – so more expensive when younger, but cheaper when older
Participating (pay a dividend) or non-participating (don’t pay a dividend)
What are you options when you own a participating policies?
This means you’re getting dividends
You can use the money to:
- just get cash - nontaxable and return of basis.
- Reduce future premiums
- Accumulate at interest (added to CV)
- Get a paid up perm addition
- One year of term insurance addition
Remember CRAPO
What are the different whole life payment structures?
- Ordinary life - pay your premiums until age 120
- Limited pay life - pay for x years
- Variable life - cash value is invested in stock, bond sub accounts. Death benefit and cash value fluctuate based on investment performance
What is first-to-die insurance?
Provides death benefits when eh first insured dies.
What is second or last to die?
Provides death benefits when the second dies
What is universal life?
FLEXIBILITY! Pay what you want to pay but don’t manage your investments.
Insured may adjust the:
- premiums
- face value
- cash value
Insured does not direct the investment portion
Cash value can be used to pay the premiums
What is the difference between universal A and universal B?
With B, as your cash value rises, your death benefit rises as well
unbundled
What is the difference between universal A and universal B?
With B, as your cash value rises, your death benefit rises as well
What are features of variable universal life?
Pick this if you have high risk tolerance and you want a higher return
Insured manages the investment.
Cash value is invested in a separate account, not the insurers general account
The cash value is not guaranteed but in the event of an insurance company failure the operate account will not be treated as an asset of the insurance company
unbundled
Memorize this insurance chart