Life ins exam Flashcards
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What is the consideration given by an insurer in the Consideration clause of a life policy?
Promise to pay a death benefit to a named beneficiary
Passed in 1945; the act was designed to, under certain conditions, ensure the preeminence (reign/supremacy) of state regulation not to free insurers from federal antitrust laws
McCarren-Ferguson Act
When third-party ownership is involved, applicants who also happen to be stated primary beneficiary are required to have
insurable interest in the proposed insured
How long does the coverage normally remain on a limited-pay life policy?
Age 100
The phrase “This policy will only pay for a semi-private room” is an example of a(n)
Internal limit
Which plan is intended to be used by a sole proprietor and the employees of that business?
Keogh Plan
What type of employee welfare plans are not subject to ERISA regulations?
Church plans
An employer that offers a qualified retirement plan to its employees is eligible to
Make tax-deductible contributions to the plan
Tom has a qualified retirement plan with his employer that is currently considered to be 80% “vested”. How can this be interpreted?
It Tom’s employment is terminated, 20% of the funds would be forfeited”
Which tax would an IRA participant be subjected to on distributions received prior to age 59 ½?
Ordinary income tax and a 10% tax penalty for early withdrawal
Post-tax dollar contributions are found in
Roth IRA investments
How long does an indiv have to “rollover” funds from and IRA or qualified plan?
60 days
What is the excise tax rate the IRS imposes on indiv aged 70 ½ or older who do not take the required minimum distributions from their qualified retirement plan?
50%
In a qualified retirement plan, the yearly contributions to an employee’s account
Are restricted to maximum levels set by the IRS
What is considered a valid reason for small businesses to insure the lives of its major SH?
Fund a buy-sell agreement
When an indiv is planning to protect his family with life ins, one method of doing so is called needs analysis. What exactly does needs analysis involve?
Establishes the needs of the indiv and his dependents
An engineer firm that would suffer financially from the death of a project manager should purchase a
Key Person life policy
Comp Z has a Cross Purchase Buy-Sell Agreement in place among its three founding partners. If the agreement is funded with indiv life ins, what would it require?
Each partner must own a policy on the other partners
G is an accountant who has ten employees and is concerned about how the business would survive financially if G became disabled. The type of policy which BEST addresses this concern is
Business Overhead Expense
A Business Overhead Expense policy would cover which of the following if a business owner becomes disabled?
Utilities and office rent
The health ins program which is administered by each state and funded by both the federal and state governments is called
Medicaid
Which of the following reimburses its insureds for covered medical expenses?
Commercial insurers
Which of the following Dividend options results in taxable income to the policyowner?
Accumulation of Interest
How are policyowner dividends treated in regards to income tax?
Interest on accumulations is taxed