General Insurance

General

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Cards In This Set

Front Back
Insurance is defined as the ____ ___ ___ ___ to the insurance company in consideration for a premium.
Transfer of PURE RISK
____ is defined as the failure to disclose a material fact.
Concealment
___ ___ ____ insurance protects professional persons such as insurance agents in case they are sued for negligent performance of their duties.
Errors & Omissions
___ ____ coverage is usually sold by unauthorized companies, such as Lloyd's of London.
Surplus Lines
A ____ is defined as the truth to the best of your knowledge.
Representation
A ____ is defined as a sworn statement of truth, guaranteed to be true.
Warranty
Stock insurance companies may pay ___ to stockholders.
dividends
A "___" company has their home office in another state.
foreign
____ may start coverage. It may be oral or written.
Binders
If a policy is vague, all doubts will be resolved against the insured. This is called _________.
Doctrine of Adhesion
True or False: Insurance laws are not required to be uniform from one state to another.
True
There are 3 types of hazards. What are they? Define each.
physical: such as a dead treemoral: dishonestmorale: careless
What kind of risk has the possibility of gain or loss and is NOT insurable?
speculative risk
The Law of Large numbers allows insurers to do what?
predict claims more accurately.
The chance of loss without any chance of gain is called what?
PURE RISK