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Tn life exam

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Accelerated Benefits   show
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Accidental Death Benefits   show
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show An insurance policy that provides payment if the insured’s death is the result of an accident.  
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show The time before an annuitant’s retirement during which the annuitant is making payments or investments in an annuity.  
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show An infectious and incurable disease caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).  
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show The required amount to pay damages or for property loss. This amount is calculated based on the property's current replacement value minus depreciation.  
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Actuary   show
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Adhesion   show
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show Life insurance which permits changes in the face amount, premium amount, period of protection, and the duration of the premium payment period.  
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Adjuster   show
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show An individual appointed by a court as a fiduciary to settle the financial affairs and estate of a deceased person.  
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show An insurance company authorized and licensed to transact business in a particular state.  
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Adult Day Care   show
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show The tendency of risks with higher probability of loss to purchase and maintain insurance more often than the risks who present lower probability.  
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show An insurance sales office or company.  
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Agent   show
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Agent’s Authority   show
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Aleatory   show
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show An insurance company that is incorporated outside the United States.  
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Alzheimer’s Disease   show
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Annual Statement   show
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Annuity   show
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Apparent Authority   show
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Applicant   show
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show A document that provides information for underwriting purposes. After the policy is issued, any unanswered questions are considered waived by the insurer.  
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Assignment   show
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Attained Age   show
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show A statement usually obtained from the applicant’s doctor.  
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show An insurance company authorized and licensed to transact business in a particular state.  
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Avoidance   show
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Basic Illustration   show
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show The person who receives the proceeds from the policy when the insured dies.  
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Binder (Binding Receipt)   show
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show The method of determining primary coverage for a dependent child, under which the plan of the parent whose birthday occurs first in the calendar year is designated as primary.  
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Broker   show
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show A legal contract that determines what will be done with a business in the event that an owner dies or becomes disabled.  
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show A booklet that describes insurance policies and concepts, and provides general information to help an applicant make an informed decision.  
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show The amount to which a policyowner is entitled if the policy is surrendered before maturity.  
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Certificate   show
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show A document that 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.  
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Certificate of Insurance   show
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Claim   show
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Coercion   show
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Coinsurance Clause   show
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Commingling   show
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show The payment made by insurers to agents or brokers for the sale and service of policies.  
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Commissioner   show
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Concealment   show
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Conditional Contract   show
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show The binding force in a contract that requires something of value to be exchanged for the transfer of risk. The consideration on the part of the insured is the representations made in the application and the payment of premium; the consideration on the par  
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Consumer Report   show
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show An agreement between two or more parties enforceable by law.  
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show A group insurance plan that requires the employees to pay part of the premium.  
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show An entity that obtains and possesses a license solely for the purpose of writing business on the owner, immediate family, relatives, employer or employees.  
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Convertible   show
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show A provision that helps determine the primary provider in situations where an insured is covered by more than one policy, thus avoiding claims overpayments.  
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Countersignature   show
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show The inclusion of causes of loss (perils) which are covered within a scope of a policy.  
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Credit Life Insurance   show
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show (The Commissioner’s Standard Ordinary Table) A mortality table used in life insurance that mathematically predicts the likelihood of death.  
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Custodial Care   show
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show The amount payable upon the death of the person whose life is insured.  
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show A type of life insurance that features a level premium and a death benefit that decreases each year over the duration of the policy.  
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Defamation   show
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Dependent   show
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show The chief executive and administrative officer of the Insurance Department.  
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Disclosure   show
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Domestic Insurer   show
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Domicile of Insurer   show
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Earned Premium   show
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show The date when an insurance policy begins (also known as the inception date).  
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Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)   show
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Endorsement   show
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show To reach the maturity date or time at which the face amount equals cash values.  
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Estoppel   show
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Excess Insurance   show
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Exclusions   show
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show A contract which has not yet been fulfilled by one or both parties that promises action in the event of a specified future occurrence.  
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show The date specified in the policy as the date of termination.  
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show The authority granted to an agent by means of the agent's written contract.  
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show A provision that allows coverage to continue beyond the policy’s expiration date for employees who are not actively at work due to disability or who have dependents hospitalized on that date. This coverage continues only until the employee returns to work  
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Face   show
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show A federal law that established procedures that consumer-reporting agencies must follow in order to ensure that records are confidential, accurate, relevant and properly used.  
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show An agent/broker who handles insurer's funds in a trust capacity.  
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Fixed Annuity   show
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Flexible Premium   show
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Foreign Insurer   show
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Fraternal Benefit Societies   show
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show Intentional misrepresentation or deceit with the intent to induce a person to part with something of value.  
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show A period of time, usually required by law, during which a policyowner may inspect a newly issued individual life or health insurance policy for a stated number of days and surrender it in exchange for a full refund of premium if not satisfied for any reas  
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show Period of time after the premium due date during which premiums may still be paid, and the policy and its riders remain in force.  
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Group Life   show
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Hazard   show
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show The effect of a person’s reputation, character, living habits, etc. on his/her insurability.  
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show The effect a person’s indifference concerning loss has on the risk to be insured.  
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Hazard, Physical   show
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show Authority that is not expressed or written into the contract, but which the agent is assumed to have in order to transact the business of insurance for the principal.  
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show To restore the insured to the same condition as prior to loss with no intent of loss or gain.  
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show A member organization which is unable to pay its contractual obligations and is placed under a final order of liquidation or rehabilitation by a court of competent jurisdiction.  
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Insurability   show
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show A financial interest in the life of another person; a possibility of losing something of value if the insured should die. In life and health insurance, insurable interest must be stated at the time of policy issue.  
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Insurance   show
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Insured   show
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Insurer   show
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Insuring Clause   show
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show An act that is intended to cause injury. Self-inflicted injuries are not covered under accident insurance; intentional injuries inflicted on the insured by another are covered.  
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Intermediate Care   show
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show A report similar to consumer report, but one that also provides information on the consumer’s character, reputation and habits.  
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show The individual’s age when a policy is issued.  
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show A single policy that is designed to insure two or more lives.  
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Juvenile Life   show
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show Termination of a policy because the premium has not been paid by the end of the grace period.  
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Law of Large Numbers   show
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show The accounting measurement of an insurer’s future obligations to pay claims to policyowners.  
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Level Premium   show
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Life Expectancy   show
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Life Settlement   show
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show A variation of whole life insurance that charges a level annual premium and provides a level, guaranteed death benefit to the insured’s age 100 and will endow for the face amount if the insured lives to age 100. Limited-pay life is designed so that the pr  
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Liquidation   show
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Living Benefits Rider   show
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show Organizations that provide support facilities for underwriters or groups of individuals that accept insurance risk.  
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Loan Value   show
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show The reduction, decrease, or disappearance of value of the person or property insured in a policy, by a peril insured against.  
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show Settlement method that pays the beneficiary the entire proceeds of a life insurance policy in one payment rather than in installments.  
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show a single-premium deferred annuity that allows contract owner to lock in a guaranteed interest rate over a specified maturity period.  
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Maturity Date   show
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show An information database that stores the health histories of individuals who have applied for insurance in the past. Most insurance companies subscribe to this database for underwriting purposes.  
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Misrepresentation   show
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Mode of Payment   show
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Morbidity Rate   show
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show A table showing the incidence of sickness at specified ages.  
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show A table showing the probability of death at specified ages.  
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Mutual Companies   show
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show An insurance company that has not applied for, or has applied and been denied a Certificate of Authority and may not transact insurance in a particular state.  
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show An insurance company that has not applied for, or has applied and been denied a Certificate of Authority and may not transact insurance in a particular state.  
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show An insurance contract that the insured has a right to continue in force by payment of premiums that remain the same for a substantial period of time.  
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show Those guaranteed values in a life insurance policy that cannot be taken from the insured, even if he or she ceases to pay premiums.  
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Nonmedical   show
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Nonparticipating Policies (Non-par)   show
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show A type of benefit plan that may discriminate, is not required to be filed with the IRS, and does not provide a current tax deduction for contributions.  
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show A termination of a policy by an insurer on the anniversary or renewal date.  
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show An agent licensed in a state in which he or she is not a resident.  
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show A choice of ways of receiving policy dividends, nonforfeiture values, death benefits, or cash values.  
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Over Insurance   show
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show A policy on which all premiums have been paid but which has not matured due either to death or endowment.  
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show Insurance that pays dividends to policyholders.  
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Payor Benefit   show
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show The cause of a possible loss.  
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Permanent Life Insurance   show
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show The tendency or likelihood of insurance policies not lapsing or being replaced with insurance from another insurer.  
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show An agreement between an insurance company and an individual that states that insurance policies cover the individual's insurable interest.  
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Physical Exam and Autopsy   show
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show A nonforfeiture value in which an insurer loans a part or all of the cash value of the policy assigned as security for the loan to the policyowner.  
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show The person who has possession of the policy, usually the insured.  
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Policyowner   show
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show An insurance classification for applicants who have a lower expectation of incurring loss, and who, therefore, are covered at a reduced rate.  
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Premium -   show
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show The person who is named as first to receive benefits from a policy.  
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Primary Policy   show
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show The full face value of a policy.  
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show Insurance furnished by nongovernmental insuring organizations.  
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show Termination of an insurance policy, with an adjustment of the premium charge in proportion to the exact coverage that has been in force.  
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Proceeds   show
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Producer   show
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show Insurance whereby premiums are paid for protection in the event of death or disability, not for cash value accumulation.  
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Qualified Plan -   show
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show An organization that is formed by, or on behalf of, a group of insurers to develop rates for those insurers, and to file the rates with the insurance department on behalf of its members. They may also act as a collection point for actuarial data.  
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show Any inducement offered in the sale of insurance products that is not specified in the policy.  
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show An unincorporated group of individuals who mutually insure one another, each separately assuming a share of each risk.  
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show A situation in which two parties provide the same help or advantages to each other (for example, Producer A living in State A can transact business as a nonresident in State B if State B's resident producers can transact business in State A).  
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show Lessening the possibility or severity of a loss.  
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Reinsurance   show
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Renewability Clause   show
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Renewable Term   show
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show Statements made by the applicant on the insurance application that are believed to be true, but are not guaranteed to be true.  
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show The termination of an insurance contract due either to material misrepresentation by the insured or by fraud, misrepresentation, or duress on the part of the agent/insurer.  
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Retention   show
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show Any supplemental agreement attached to and made a part of the policy indicating the policy expansion by additional coverage, or a waiver of a coverage or condition.  
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show Uncertainty as to the outcome of an event when two or more possibilities exist.  
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Risk, Pure   show
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show A liability insurance company owned by its members, which are exposed to similar liability risks by virtue of being in the same business or industry.  
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show The uncertainty or chance of a loss occurring in a situation that involves the opportunity for either loss or gain.  
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Risk, Standard   show
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Risk, Substandard   show
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show Withdrawing the money from a qualified plan and placing it into another qualified plan.  
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show The person who is named to receive benefits upon the death of the insured if the (primary) first-named beneficiary is no longer alive or does not collect all the benefits due to his/her own death.  
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Settlement Options   show
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Sharing   show
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Short-Rate Cancellation   show
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show A life insurance policy designed to provide a level death benefit to the insured’s age 100 for a one-time, lump sum payment.  
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Speculative Risk   show
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Spendthrift Clause   show
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Standard Provisions   show
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Standard Risk   show
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show Companies owned by the stockholders whose investments provide the capital necessary to establish and operate the insurance company.  
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show A basic policy that charges a level annual premium for the lifetime of the insured and provides a level, guaranteed death benefit.  
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Substandard Risk   show
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show The head of the state department of insurance.  
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Surrender   show
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Term Insurance   show
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show A patient who is expected to die within 6 months of a specific illness or sickness.  
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Tertiary Beneficiary   show
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show A condition which does not allow a person to perform the duties of any occupation for payment as a result of injury or sickness.  
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show A basic principle of insurance under which the risk of financial loss is assigned to another party.  
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Twisting   show
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Underwriter   show
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show The process of reviewing, accepting or rejecting applications for insurance.  
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Unearned Premium   show
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show A contract that legally binds only one party to contractual obligations after the premium is paid.  
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show A combination of a flexible premium and adjustable life insurance.  
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show The fair and equal bargaining by both parties in forming the contract, where the applicant must make full disclosure of risk to the company, and the insurance company must be fair in underwriting the risk.  
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Valued Contract   show
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show Time between the beginning of a disability and the start of disability insurance benefits.  
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show The voluntary abandonment of a known or legal right or advantage.  
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show A disability rider, found in Universal Life Insurance, that waives the cost of the insurance but does not waive the cost of premiums necessary to accumulate cash values.  
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Waiver of Premium   show
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Warranty   show
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show Insurance that is kept in force for a person’s entire life and pays a benefit upon the person’s death, whenever that may be.  
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