_________ is the uncertainty or possibility for loss in a given policy.
Exposure
Hazard
Risk
Peril
Loss
_________ is the total outstanding risk for loss.
__________ is a situation that increases the likelihood for loss; or the severity of loss:
___________ is the cause of damage or loss
________ is the physical damage or loss of income
_______ is avoiding as much risk as possible; avoiding high-risk policies
Reduction
Retention
Transfer
Sharing
Avoidance
________ is dealing with risk as it occurs; often consumers will pay a higher deductible.
________ is dealing with risk for a group of people with the same risk to reduce the loss for the individual:
_______ is limiting the probability for risk by taking preventative steps:
_________ is placing risk to another party whom assumes liability if and when loss should occur.
________ is the social phenomenon whereby persons with a higher than average probability of loss seek greater insurance coverage than those with less risk..
Law of large numbers
Reinsurance
Adverse selection
________ indicates the larger the pool of insurance policies written the greater probability to estimate the loss expected. This allows companies to estimate how many policies should be written in order to cover the expected loss.
_______ is a transaction between a primary insurer and another licensed (re) insurer where the reinsurer agrees to cover all or part of the losses and/or loss adjustment expenses of the primary insurer. The assumption is in exchange for a premium.
Law of large number
______ is a type of insurance company whom gains its capital from its shareholders, or those who purchase stock in the company.
Stock Companies
Lloyd's Associations
Fraternal Benefit Societies
Mutual Companies
_______ is a type of insurance company owned entirely by the policyholders (consumer).
Stock companies
Lloyd’s associations
Fraternal benefit societies
Mutual companies
______ is an organization of people who usually share a common ethnic, religious, or vocational affiliation. This type of society may provide insurance to its members.
In a _______ individuals who are not in business together come together and each is only responsible for the portion of the risk they choose to insure.
Self-insured funds is a method of managing risk by setting aside a pool of money to be used if an unexpected loss occurs..
_______ is any insurance company operating in a country for which the company did not originate..
Domestic
Foreign
Alien
______ is any insurance company operating within the same state for which the company originated.
_______ is any insurance company operating in a state for which the company did not originate.
______ authority is granted to an individual based upon a mutual agreement, and is explicitly stated and understood. .
Apparent
Implied
Express
_______ authority is not explicitly stated, but is reasonably assumed.
______ is an agent's power to act on behalf of a principal, even though not expressly or impliedly granted.
Which of the following are elements of a legal contract?
Offer and acceptance
Consideration
Competent parties
Legal purpose
All of the above
______ is a contract in which one party has substantially more power than the other in creating the contract.
Unilateral contract
Personal contract
Conditional contract
Aleatory contract
Contract of adhesion
______ is an agreement concerned with an uncertain event that provides for unequal transfer of value between the parties.
______ is a contract written to a named individual that may not be transferred.
______ is a contract in which only one party makes an enforceable promise..
_____ is a legal agreement that requires the prior performance of another agreement or clause in order to be enforceable.
Indemnity is the form of a contract that ensures a party be brought back to whole in the event of a peril.
______ are any statements made by the applicant in the process of filling out an application that are believed to be correct in nature to the best of their knowledge
Estoppel
Representations
Warranties
Waiver
______ is any statement made in the application process for insurance that is guaranteed to be true in nature. .
_________ is the voluntary withholding of a given legal right, or advantage known by the insurer
________ is utilized to prevent the denial of a fact if the fact was admitted to be true by a previous action