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LOMA 281 EXAM – QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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LOMA 281 EXAM – QUESTIONSAND ANSWERS
waiver of premium for payor benefit - -insurer waives renewal premiums if
the policy owner, rather than the insured, dies or becomes totally disabled
(must provide evidence of insurability)
-Contracts of Indemnity - -base benefits on the actual amount of the
financial loss that results from a covered event when it occurs, subject to
maximum limits (other than life insurance)
-Valued Contract - -life insurance policies which state the benefit payable at
the time of the policy issue
-Retrocessionaire - -The reinsurer that assumes all or part of the
reinsurance risk accepted by another reinsurer
-Stock Insurer - -- can issue shares of stock
- owned by stockholders, who have voting rights in the company
- stockholders may receive shares of operating profits known as stock
dividends
-Mutual Insurer - -- owned by policyowners
- policyowners have membership rights (voting rights)
- policyowners may periodically receive an amount of money known as a
policy dividend
-Fraternal Benefit Society - -- owned by members of fraternal lodge system
- provides social and insurance benefits only to fraternal members of their
families
- legally required to have a representative form of government
-Solvency Regulation - --assets must be sufficient to offset liabilities
-calculation of reserves
-premium to surplus ratio
-investment types and quality
-annual statement must be filed
-guaranty funds
-Market Conduct Regulation - -Regulation of the practices of insurers in
regard to four areas of operation: sales practices, underwriting practices,
claims practices, and bad-faith actions.
, -McCarran-Ferguson Act - -states that while the federal government has
authority to regulate the insurance industry, it would not exercise its right if
the insurance industry was regulated effectively and adequately on the state
level.
-Dodd-Frank Act - -Created the Federal Insurance Office (FIO) with authority
to monitor the insurance industry
-The Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association - -State's association
covers the company's benefits up to state-mandated maximums (usually up
to $300k) should the insurance company go insolvent
-Unilateral Contract - -contract in which only one party makes a legally
enforceable promise when entering into the contract
-Bilateral Contract - -Both parties make legally enforceable promises
-Commutative contract - -parties agree to exchange specified items or
services that are equal in value
-Aleatory contract - -one party exchanges something of value for the other
party's conditional promise
-Bargaining Contract - -both parties set the terms and conditions
-Contracts of Adhesion - -one party sets the contract terms that the other
party must accept or reject outright
-Voidable contract - -contract under which one party has the right to avoid
their obligations under the contract and the other party is bound by the
terms of the contract
-void contract - -contract that does not meet all legal requirements
-Mutual Assent - -all parties to the contract have an understanding of the
terms and agree to those terms
-Insurable Interest - -Any financial interest in life or property such that, if
the life or property were lost or harmed, the insured would suffer financially
-Requirement for a valid contract - -- mutual assent
- legally adequate consideration
- lawful purpose
- contractual capacity
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