QUESTION What is the difference between stock insurance companies and mutual insurance companies? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Answer: Stock insurance companies are private insurers providing insurance to policyholders and earning profits for shareholders. Mutual insurance companies are nonprofit private insurers owned by their insurance policyholders, to whom they pay dividends or […]
QUESTION Differentiate among three types of liability insurance. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Answer: (1) Public liability insurance protects the business against business risks associated with the company’s property or employees. (2) Product liability insurance protects the business when someone claims its product caused damage, injury, or death. (3) Professional liability insurance […]
QUESTION What are the three options for insurance for home-based businesses? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Answer: (1) Add a rider or endorsement to your renter’s or homeowner’s insurance policy. (2) Get a home office policy (HOP), a combination of a homeowner’s policy and a business insurance that eliminates duplicate coverage or […]
QUESTION What is reinsurance? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Answer: Reinsurance is when a general insurer shares the risks and premiums associated with a specific policy with another company, the reinsurer. Explanation: Insurers can’t survive unless they spread their risks over many policyholders.
QUESTION Which of the following is NOT a benefit provided by workers’ compensation insurance? A) medical care B) benefits to survivors of workers who die of work-related injuries C) rehabilitation services D) financial benefits E) unemployment benefits ANSWER Answer: E Explanation: E) Workers’ compensation insurance provides financial benefits as well as coverage of medical […]
QUESTION Does health insurance involve pure risk or speculative risk for the insured? Explain. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Answer: Health insurance involves pure risk for the insured. Pure risk involves a chance for either loss or no loss; there is no possibility of gain. The insured pay their premiums whether they […]
QUESTION Which of the following is a situation for which insurance will cover you? A) Marcy is not sure she is going to like her new job, but she cannot survive financially if she doesn’t keep it. She wants to buy salary insurance in the event she wants to quit the job. B) Electronics R […]
QUESTION Which of the following is an example of transaction offered by a stock insurance company? A) Anita got a dividend check in the mail from her auto insurance company. B) Albert was assessed a fee by his homeowner’s policy because the insurance company suffered losses this year. C) Hal’s insurance company did so well […]
QUESTION What is the name for the professional liability insurance doctors and dentists carry? Give an example of a situation that would make use of such insurance. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Answer: Doctors and dentists carry malpractice insurance. Sample example: A dentist who removed a healthy tooth instead of the rotten […]
QUESTION Which of the following is an example of risks covered under public liability? A) Raymond slipped and fell on ice in the parking lot at the factory where he worked. B) Cindy works as a technician at a tire service center. Her colleague neglected to put a car in park, and the car ran […]
