P is an employee who quits her job and wants to convert her group health coverage to an individual policy. After the expiration of COBRA laws, which of the following statements is TRUE?
She does NOT need to provide evidence of insurability
G is an accountant who has ten employees and is concerned about how the business would survive financially if G became disabled. The type of policy which BEST addresses this concern is:
Business Overhead Expense
S is employed by a large corporation that provides group health coverage for its employees and their dependents. If S dies, the company must allow his surviving spouse and dependents to continue their group health coverage for a maximum of how many months
36
A policyowner's rights are limited under which beneficiary designation?
Irrevocable
The federal income tax treatment of employer-provided group Medical Expense insurance can be accurately described as:
Employee's premiums paid by the employer is tax-deductible to the employer as a business expenditure
Which of the following characteristics is associated with a large group disability income policy?
No medical underwriting
P and Q are married and have three children. P is the primary beneficiary on Q's Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D) policy and Q's sister R is the contingent beneficiary. P, Q, and R are involved in a car accident and Q and R are killed instantly.
P only
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) gives privacy protection for:
health information
All of the following statements regarding group health insurance is true, EXCEPT:
An individual policy is given to each member
Which contract permits the remaining partners to buy-out the interest of a disabled business partner?
Disability Buy-Sell
A Business Overhead Expense policy:
covers business expenses such as rent and utilities
Accidental Death coverage is provided to commercial airline passengers in which of the following types of policies?
Blanket Accident policy
On an Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D) insurance policy, who is qualified to change the beneficiary designation?
Policyowner
Which of the following statements is correct regarding an employer/employee group health plan?
the employer receives a master policy and the employees receive certificates
T and S are named co-primary beneficiaries on a $500,000 Accidental Death and Dismemberment policy insuring their father. Their mother was named contingent beneficiary. Five years later, S dies of natural causes and the father is killed in a scuba acciden
$0
Which statement is TRUE regarding a group accident & health policy issued to an employer?
The employer receives the policy and each employee is issued a certificate
T is covered by two health insurance plans: a group plan through his employer and his spouse's plan as a dependent. Under the Model Group Coordination of Benefits provision, when T files a claim, his employer's plan is considered the:
Primary carrier
An insured covered by Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D) insurance has just died. What will happen if the primary beneficiary had already died before the insured and contingent beneficiary?
Proceeds will go to the contingent beneficiary
When an employee is required to pay a portion of the premium for an employer/employee group health plan, the employee is covered under which of the following plans?
Contributory
M purchased an Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D) policy and named his son as beneficiary. M has the right to change the beneficiary designation at anytime. What type of beneficiary is his son?
Revocable
All students attending a large university could be covered by:
a blanket policy
a blanket policy
Request of the change will be refused
XYZ Company pays the entire premium for its group health plan. The MINIMUM percentage of eligible employees that must be covered is:
100%
The provision in a Group Health policy that allows the insurer to postpone coverage for a covered illness 30 days after the policy's effective date is referred to as the:
Waiting Period
The Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) gives workers (and their families) whose employment has been terminated the right to:
continue group health benefits
Which of the following statements BEST describes how a policy that uses the "accidental bodily injury" definition of an accident differs from one that uses the "accidental means" definition?
Less restrictive
If the insured and primary beneficiary are both killed in the same accident and it cannot be determined who died first, where are the death proceeds to be directed under the Uniform Simultaneous Death Act?
Insured's contingent beneficiary
B has a $100,000 Accidental Death and Dismemberment policy that pays triple indemnity for common carrier death. If B is killed from an accident on a commercial flight, what will the policy pay B's beneficiary?
$300,000
Which of the following is the reimbursement of benefits for the treatment of a beneficiary's injuries caused by a third party?
Subrogation
Which mode of payment is NOT used by health insurance policies?
Single premium
A Business Disability Buyout plan policy is designed:
to pay benefits to the Corporation or other shareholders
Which type of policy would pay an employee's salary if the employer was injured in a bicycle accident and out of work for six weeks?
Business Overhead Expense
Which of these circumstances is a Business Disability Buy-Sell policy designed to help in the sale of a business?
Business owner becoming disabled
The Coordination of Benefits provision:
prevents an insured covered by two health plans from making a profit on a covered loss
P is a new employee and will be obtaining non-contributory group Major Medical insurance from her employer. Which of the following actions must she take during the open enrollment period?
Sign an enrollment card
The reason for a business having a Business Overhead Expense Disability Plan is to cover:
fixed business expenses
Under which of the following circumstances will the benefits under COBRA continuation coverage end?
All group health plans are terminated by the employer
An insurance company would MOST likely pay benefits under an Accidental Death and Dismemberment policy for which of the following losses?
Loss of eyesight due to an accidental injury
A policyowner would like to change the beneficiary on an Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D) insurance policy and make the change permanent. Which type of designation would fulfill this need?
Irrevocable
The benefits under a Disability Buy-Out policy are:
payable to the company or another shareholder
Which of the following statements does NOT accurately describe the tax treatment of premiums and benefits of individual Accident and Health insurance?
Disability income policy premiums are tax-deductible
What is issued to each employee of an employer health plan?
Certificate
K is the insured and P is the sole beneficiary on an Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D) insurance policy. Both are involved in a fatal accident where K dies before P. Under the Common Disaster provision, which of these statements is true?
Proceeds will be paid to P's estate
The difference between group insurance and blanket health policies is:
Blanket health policies do not issue certificates
J has an Accidental Death and Dismemberment policy with a principal sum of $50,000. While trimming the hedges, J cuts off one of his fingers. What is the MAXIMUM J will receive from his policy?
$25,000
Which statement is true regarding a minor beneficiary?
Normally, a guardian is required to be appointed in the Beneficiary clause of the contract
Group/voluntary long-term care policy premiums are typically deducted from the employee's income and,
are less costly as compared to individual long term care coverage
How does group insurance differ from individual insurance?
Premiums are lower
How would a contingent beneficiary receive the policy proceeds in an Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D) policy?
If the primary beneficiary dies before the insured
What kind of Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D) insurance beneficiary requires his/her consent when a change of beneficiary is made?
Irrevocable beneficiary
Which type of policy pays benefits to a policyholder covered under a Hospital Expense policy?
Reimbursement
K has an Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D) insurance policy where her husband is beneficiary and her daughter is contingent beneficiary. Under the Common Disaster clause, if K and her husband are both killed in an automobile accident, where would
Daughter
Which of these types of coverage is best described as a short term medical policy?
interim coverage
An accident policy will most likely pay a benefit for a(n):
off-the-job accident
Which of the following claims are typically excluded from Medical expense policies?
Intentionally self-inflicted injuries
Which of the following medical expenses does Cancer insurance NOT cover?
Arthritis
Many small business owners worry how their business would survive financially if the owner becomes disabled. The policy which BEST addresses this concern is:
Business Overhead Expense
A Business Overhead Expense policy would cover which of the following if a business owner becomes disabled?
Utilities and office rent