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Primerica VA Study Guide Review
1.
Agent/Producer:
a legal representative of an insurance company; the classification of producer usually
includes agents and brokers;
agents are the agents of the insurer
2.
Applicant
or
purposed
insured:
A person applying for
insurance
3.
Broker:
An
insurance
producer
not
appointed
by
and
insurer
and
is
deemed
to
represent
a
client
4.
Insurance
policy:
A contract between a policyowner (and/or insured) and insurance company which
agrees to pay e insured or
the beneficiary for loss caused by specific events
5.
Insured:
The
person
covered
by
the
insurance
policy.
This
person
may
or
may
not
be
the
policyowner
6.
Insurer(principal):
The
company
who
issues
an
insurance
policy
7.
Policyowner:
The
person
entitled
to
exercise
the
rights
and
privileges
in
the
policy
8.
Premium:
The money paid to the insurance company for the insurance policy
9.
Reciprocity/Reciprocal:
A mutual interchange of right and privileges
10.
Insurance is the
of risk. Insureds' losses are transferred over
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1. Agent/Producer: a legal representative of an insurance company; the classification of producer usually includes agents and brokers;

agents are the agents of the insurer

2. Applicant or purposed insured: A person applying for insurance

3. Broker: An insurance producer not appointed by and insurer and is deemed to represent a client

4. Insurance policy: A contract between a policyowner (and/or insured) and insurance company which agrees to pay e insured or

the beneficiary for loss caused by specific events

5. Insured: The person covered by the insurance policy. This person may or may not be the policyowner

6. Insurer(principal): The company who issues an insurance policy

7. Policyowner: The person entitled to exercise the rights and privileges in the policy

8. Premium: The money paid to the insurance company for the insurance policy

9. Reciprocity/Reciprocal: A mutual interchange of right and privileges

10. Insurance is the of risk. Insureds' losses are transferred over

2 / to the insurer: Transfer

11. Risk: Uncertainty or chance of a loss occurring

12. Pure risk: Refers to situations that can only result in loss or no change

13. Speculative risk: Involves the opportunity for either loss or gain

14. Only risks are insurable: Pure

15. Exposure: Unit of measure used to determine rates charged for insurance coverage

16. Homogeneous: A large number of units having the same or similar exposure to loss

17. Hazard: Condition or situations that increase the probability of an insured loss occurring

18. Physical hazard: Individual characteristics that increase the chances of the cause of loss

19. Moral hazard: Tendencies towards increased risk

20. Morale hazard: Similar to moral hazards, except that they arise from a state of mind that causes inditter-ence to loss, suck

as carelessness

21. Perils: Causes of loss insured against in an insurance policy

4 / : Predictable

32. Reinsurance: Contract under which one insurance company (the reinsurer) indemnifies another insurance company for part

or all its liabilities

33. Stock companies: Owned by stockholders who provide the captors necessary to establish and operate the insurance

company and who share in any profits or losses

34. Mutual companies: Owned by the policyowner s and issue participating policies

35. Fraternal benefit society: Organization formed to provide insurance benefits for members of an affiliated lodge,

religious organization or fraternal organization with a representative form of government

36. Self-insuring: A person or entity develops a formal program identifying, evaluating and funding its losses as an alternative

to the purchase of insurance from an insurance company

37. Certificate Authority: Authorizes a company to start conducting business and specifies the kind(s) of insurance a

company can transact. It is illegal for an insurance company to transact insurance without this certificate.

38. Domicile: The location where an insurer is incorporated, not necessarily where the insurer conducts business

39. Domestic insurer: insurance company that is incorporated in this state

40. Foreign insurer: An insurance company that is incorporated in another state.

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41. Alien Insurer: An insurance company that is incorporated outside the United States.