Chapter 1: General Insurance

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Across
  1. 2. An insurance producer not appointed by an insurer and is deemed to represent the client
  2. 5. Most effective way to handle risk. With this method, the loss is borne by another party
  3. 8. Types of hazards that arise from a state of mind that causes indifference to loss, such as carelessness
  4. 10. Method of dealing with risk that entails eliminating exposure to a loss
  5. 12. A person applying for insurance
  6. 15. Intentional misrepresentation or intentional concealment of a material fact
  7. 16. The planned assumption of risk by an insured through the use of deductibles, co-payments, or self-insurance
  8. 19. A type of risk that involves an opportunity for gain or loss
  9. 20. Takes place when an insurer's underwriter approves the application and issues the policy
  10. 21. A method of dealing with risk for a group of individual persons or businesses with the same or simliar exposure to loss to share the losses that occur within that group
  11. 23. A type of risk that can only result in a loss or no change
  12. 25. Another word for indemnity
  13. 27. The person covered by the insurance policy. May or may not be the policyowner
  14. 30. Statements believed to be true to the best of one's knowledge, but they are not guaranteed to be true
  15. 31. Types of hazards that exist because of a physical condition
  16. 33. The reduction, decrease, or disappearance of value of the person or property insured in a policy, caused by a named peril
  17. 37. Untrue statements on the application
  18. 41. Conditions or situations that increase the probability of an insured loss occurring
  19. 42. The causes of loss insured against an insurance policy
  20. 43. Method of dealing with loss that attempts to lessen the possibility or severity of a loss
Down
  1. 1. A large number of units having the same or similar exposure to loss
  2. 3. Something of value that each party gives to the other
  3. 4. A person who recieves the benefits of an insurance policy
  4. 6. The legal term for the intentional withholding of information of a material fact that is crucial in making a decision
  5. 7. A unit of measure used to determine the rates charged for insurance coverage
  6. 9. Type of authority that is based on the actions, words, or deeds of the principal or because of circumstances
  7. 11. Company who issues an insurance policy
  8. 13. A provision in an insurance policy that states that in the event of a loss, an insured or a beneficiary is permitted to collect only to the extent of the financial loss
  9. 14. A transfer of risk of loss from an individual or a business entity to an insurance company
  10. 17. The money paid to the insurance company for the insurance policy
  11. 18. A legal representative of an insurance company
  12. 20. Law of ____ defines the relationship between the principal and the agent/producer
  13. 22. Types of hazards that involve evaluating the character and reputation of the proposed insured
  14. 24. The person entitled to exercise the rights and privileges in the policy
  15. 26. Type of authority that is granted to the agent through the agent's contract
  16. 28. A mutual interchange of rights and privileges
  17. 29. A contract between a policyowner and an insurance company which agrees to pay the insured or beneficiary for loss caused by specific events
  18. 31. Another name for the insurer
  19. 32. An agreement between two or more parties enforceable by law
  20. 34. Type of 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
  21. 35. An absolutely true statement upon which the validity of the insurance policy depends
  22. 36. Type of misrepresentations that, if discovered, would alter the underwriting decision of the insurance company
  23. 38. Made by the applicant when the submit the application
  24. 39. Legislation that was established to set the rules for commercial e-mail, and to give the recipients the right to reject commercial messages
  25. 40. _________ selection is the insuring of risks that are more prone to losses than the average risk