Iowa Insurance Exam - Life Correct
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purpose of life insurance Answer: pay a death benefit to beneficiaries when the insured dies
life insurance for personal use Answer: death benefit serves to replace the insured's future loss
income and pay expenses that occur upon death, living benefits
Group insurance vs. individual Answer: -covers many non-related people
-less expensive per person
group insurance eligibility Answer: -group cannot be formed for the express purpose of purchasing
it
-employers
-labor unions
-trade and professional association groups
individual insurance Answer: covers one individual
ordinary life insurance Answer: face amounts grater than $25,000, premiums are payable monthly,
quarterly, semi annually, annually; includes every type of life insurance and annuity product, flexible
options
industrial life insurance Answer: "burial insurance", small face amounts 1000 or 2500 to 10,000;
premiums paid frequently, no medical exam, agent meets personally with policy owner to collect
premium
,permanent life insurance Answer: provides life ins for the insured's entire life; coverage is provided
until insured dies or reaches 120 years old
True or false: Level premium of permanent life insurance - once the policy is issued premiums remain
level for the full duration of policy coverage Answer: true
Permanent life insurance accumulation element within the policy is __________ ____________ Answer:
cash value
Term life insurance Answer: coverage is temporary, time limit can be as short as one year, as long as
20+ years or until the insured reaches a specific age (ex. 65). No cash value, costs less than permanent
life, premiums increase with age
Participating vs nonparticipating life insurance Answer: par - issued by mutual ins co's, policyowner
is eligible for policy dividends declared by the insurance co; dividends are paid from insurers divisible
surplus
non par - issued by stock ins co, no policy dividends
fixed life insurance Answer: insurer guarantees fixed death benefit and min rate of return on
policy's cash value, premiums are invested in co's general account
variable life insurance Answer: premiums are invested in investment sub accounts managed by the
insurer - guarantees min death benefit (face amount of policy); cash values and death benefit raise and
fall based on sub accounts investment
Regulation of Variable products - what do the Securities Exchange commission and financial Industry
Regulatory authority do? Answer: SEC - responsible for regulating the securities that make up an
insurer's separate account
FIRA - regulates producers who sell variable life products and companies that sell investment products
, Actuary base life insurance premiums based on 3 things Answer: mortality, interest, expenses
Interest factor Answer: added to premium calculations to recognize investment earnings, used as
credit - higher rate = lower premium
Expense factor Answer: worked into premium calculation to reflect costs that insurer expects to
incur (rent, commissions, benefits)
Premium Tax Answer: levied on insurance companies when they receive premiums
Net Single premium Answer: uses factors of mortality and interest - theoretical amount (excludes
expense factor) that would be needed to fund the face amount for the duration of the policy with single
premium payment
Net level premium Answer: applying a factor to the net single premium, spreads out premium for
duration of premium paying period
Gross premium Answer: charged for the policy by adding the expense load to the net single
premium/net level premium
Level premium payment plan Answer: premium is fixed, remains over policy's term
flexible premium plan Answer: policyowner can change the premium payment amount after the
first payment within range set by insurer, includes universal life insurance and variable universal life
insurance
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