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Stock Companies -:- -private organization focused to make profits for shareholders -Stock dividends are paid to stock holders -policyholders do not participate Mutual Companies -:- -have no stock holders -owners are policy owners -policy holders can vote for members of the board -policy...

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Wisconsin Life Insurance Course Questions
and Correct Answers | Latest Update
Stock Companies


✓ -:- -private organization focused to make profits for shareholders

✓ -Stock dividends are paid to stock holders

✓ -policyholders do not participate




Mutual Companies


✓ -:- -have no stock holders

-owners are policy owners


-policy holders can vote for members of the board


-policy owners receive dividends




Lloyd's of London


✓ -:- -A syndicate of individuals who underwrite insurance




Reinsurers


✓ -:- -are a specialized branch of the insurance industry because they

insure insurers

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reinsure risk to lessen it if a large claim would be made




1945 McCarren-Ferguson Act


✓ -:- Insurance would be regulated by the states but would conform to

federal anti trust laws




1970 Fair Credit Reporting Act


✓ -:- which is the authority that requires fair and accurate reporting of

information about consumers, including applicaitons for insurance.

Insurers must inform applicants about any investigations that are being

made




NAIC


✓ -:- All State insurance commisioners or directos are members

Broad objectives


1. To encourage uniformity in state insurance laws and regulations


2. To assist in the administration of those laws and regulations by promoting efficiency


3. To protect the interest of policy owners and consumers


4. To preserve state regulations of the insurance business

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State Guaranty Association


✓ -:- -state established guaranty funds or guaranty a ssociations to support

insurers and protect consumers

-should an insurer be unable to pay its claims the association will step in and cover the

consumers unpaid claims




AM Best


✓ -:- A+




Standard and Poors or Moodys


✓ -:- AA-




Fitch


✓ -:- A1




Law of Large Numbers


✓ -:- This law states that larger groups provide an increased degree of

accuracy in loss predictions, based on past experience.


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Speculative Risk


✓ -:- is a risk that presents the chance for loss and a gain

ex. Gambling




Pure Risk


✓ -:- are the only insurable risks and present a potential for loss only with

no possibility of gain

ex. death




Avoidance


✓ -:- elimination of the hazard




Reduction


✓ -:- minimizing the severity of a potential loss




Retention


✓ -:- self insure, used when losses are highly predictable and the worst

loss is not serious

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