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115 Cards in this Set
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Loss Exposure |
Any condition is situation that presents a possibility of loss, weather or not a loss occurs |
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Cause of loss ( peril ) |
The actual means by which property is damaged or destroyed |
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Property loss exposer |
A condition that presents the possibility that a person or an organization will sustain a loss resulting from damage to property in which that person or organization has a financial interest |
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Real property |
Tangible property consisting of land, all structures permanently attached to the land, and whatever is growing on the land |
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Personal property |
All tangible and intangible property that is not real property |
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Real property |
Tangible property consisting of land, all structures permanently attached to the land, and whatever is growing on the land |
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Personal property |
All tangible and intangible property that is not real property |
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Liability loss exposure |
Any condition or situation that presents the possibility is a claim alleging legal responsibility of a person or business for injury or damage suffered by another party |
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Real property |
Tangible property consisting of land, all structures permanently attached to the land, and whatever is growing on the land |
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Personal property |
All tangible and intangible property that is not real property |
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Liability loss exposure |
Any condition or situation that presents the possibility is a claim alleging legal responsibility of a person or business for injury or damage suffered by another party |
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Damage |
Money claimed by, or a monetary award to, a party who suffers bodily injury or property damage for which another party is legally responsible |
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Real property |
Tangible property consisting of land, all structures permanently attached to the land, and whatever is growing on the land |
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Personal property |
All tangible and intangible property that is not real property |
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Liability loss exposure |
Any condition or situation that presents the possibility is a claim alleging legal responsibility of a person or business for injury or damage suffered by another party |
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Damage |
Money claimed by, or a monetary award to, a party who suffers bodily injury or property damage for which another party is legally responsible |
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General damages |
A monetary award to compensate a victim for losses, such as pain and suffering, that do not involve specific measurable expenses |
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Real property |
Tangible property consisting of land, all structures permanently attached to the land, and whatever is growing on the land |
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Personal property |
All tangible and intangible property that is not real property |
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Liability loss exposure |
Any condition or situation that presents the possibility is a claim alleging legal responsibility of a person or business for injury or damage suffered by another party |
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Damage |
Money claimed by, or a monetary award to, a party who suffers bodily injury or property damage for which another party is legally responsible |
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General damages |
A monetary award to compensate a victim for losses, such as pain and suffering, that do not involve specific measurable expenses |
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Special Damages |
A form of compensatory damages that awards a sum of money for specific, identifiable expenses associated with the injured person's loss, such as medical expenses or lost wages. |
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Real property |
Tangible property consisting of land, all structures permanently attached to the land, and whatever is growing on the land |
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Personal property |
All tangible and intangible property that is not real property |
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Liability loss exposure |
Any condition or situation that presents the possibility is a claim alleging legal responsibility of a person or business for injury or damage suffered by another party |
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Damage |
Money claimed by, or a monetary award to, a party who suffers bodily injury or property damage for which another party is legally responsible |
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General damages |
A monetary award to compensate a victim for losses, such as pain and suffering, that do not involve specific measurable expenses |
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Special Damages |
A form of compensatory damages that awards a sum of money for specific, identifiable expenses associated with the injured person's loss, such as medical expenses or lost wages. |
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Punitive damages |
A payment awarded by a court to punish a defendant for a reckless, malicious, or deceitful act to deter similar conduct, the award need not bear any relation to a party's actual damages. |
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Civil law |
A classification of law that applies to legal matters not governed by criminal law and that protects rights and provides remedies for breaches of duties owed to others |
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Tort |
A wrongful act or an omission, other than a crime or a breach of contract, that invades a legally protected right |
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Negligence |
The failure to exercise the degree of care that reasonable person in a similar situation would exercise to avoid harming others |
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Personal financial planning loss exposures |
Life, health, and retirement related loss exposers |
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Temporary partial disability |
A disability caused by a work-related injury or disease that temporarily limits the extent to which a worker can perform job duties; the worker is eventually able to return to full duties and hours |
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Negligence |
The failure to exercise the degree of care that reasonable person in a similar situation would exercise to avoid harming others |
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Personal financial planning loss exposures |
Life, health, and retirement related loss exposers |
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Temporary partial disability |
A disability caused by a work-related injury or disease that temporarily limits the extent to which a worker can perform job duties; the worker is eventually able to return to full duties and hours |
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Temporary total disability |
A disability caused by a work- related injury or disease that temporarily renders an injured worker unable to perform any job duties for a period of time |
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Permanent partial disability |
A disability caused by a work-related injury or disease that impairs the injured employee's earning capacity for life, but the employee is able to work at reduced efficiency |
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Permanent partial disability |
A disability caused by a work-related injury or disease that impairs the injured employee's earning capacity for life, but the employee is able to work at reduced efficiency |
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Permanent total disability |
A disability caused by a work-related injury or disease that renders an injured employee unable to ever return to gainful employment |
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Risk management process |
The method of making, implementing, and monitoring decisions that minimize the adverse effects of risk on an organization |
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Risk Control |
A conscious act or decision not to act that reduces the frequency and/or severity of losses or makes losses more predictable |
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Risk financing |
A conscious act or decision not to act that generates the funds to pay for losses and risk control measures or to offset variability in cash flows |
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Avoidance |
A risk control technique that involves ceasing or never understanding an activity so that the possibility of a future loss occurring from that activity is eleminated |
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Avoidance |
A risk control technique that involves ceasing or never understanding an activity so that the possibility of a future loss occurring from that activity is eleminated |
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Loss prevention |
A risk control technique that reduces the frequency of a particular loss |
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Loss reduction |
A risk control technique that reduces the severity of a particular loss |
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Separation |
A risk control technique that isolates loss exposers from one another to minimize the adverse effective effect of a single loss |
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Separation |
A risk control technique that isolates loss exposers from one another to minimize the adverse effective effect of a single loss |
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Duplication |
A risk control technique that uses backups, spare, or copies of critical property, information, or capabilities and keeps them reserve |
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Separation |
A risk control technique that isolates loss exposers from one another to minimize the adverse effective effect of a single loss |
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Duplication |
A risk control technique that uses backups, spare, or copies of critical property, information, or capabilities and keeps them reserve |
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Diversification |
A risk control technique that spreads loss exposers over numerous projects, products, markets, or regions |
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Retention |
A risk financing technique by which losses are retained by generating funds within the organization to pay for the losses |
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Retention |
A risk financing technique by which losses are retained by generating funds within the organization to pay for the losses |
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Insurance |
A risk management technique that transfers the potential financial consequences of certain specified loss exposers from the insured to the insurer |
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Transfer |
In the context of risk financing technique by which the financial responsibility for losses and variability in cash flows is shifted to another party |
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Transfer |
In the context of risk financing technique by which the financial responsibility for losses and variability in cash flows is shifted to another party |
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Workers compensation |
A system that pays lost wages, medical and vocational rehabilitation expenses, and death benefits to injured workers or their dependents for employment-related injuries and diseases |
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Transfer |
In the context of risk financing technique by which the financial responsibility for losses and variability in cash flows is shifted to another party |
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Workers compensation |
A system that pays lost wages, medical and vocational rehabilitation expenses, and death benefits to injured workers or their dependents for employment-related injuries and diseases |
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Policy provision |
Any phrases or chase in an insurance policy that describes the policy's coverage, exclusions, limit, conditions, or other feature |
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Transfer |
In the context of risk financing technique by which the financial responsibility for losses and variability in cash flows is shifted to another party |
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Workers compensation |
A system that pays lost wages, medical and vocational rehabilitation expenses, and death benefits to injured workers or their dependents for employment-related injuries and diseases |
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Policy provision |
Any phrases or chase in an insurance policy that describes the policy's coverage, exclusions, limit, conditions, or other feature |
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Declarations page |
An insurance policy information page or pages providing specific details about the insured and the subject of the insurance |
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Endorsement |
A document that amends an insurance policy |
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Endorsement |
A document that amends an insurance policy |
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Definitions |
A preliminary section of a homeowners policy identifying the insured, and the commonly used terms found throughout the policy |
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Endorsement |
A document that amends an insurance policy |
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Definitions |
A preliminary section of a homeowners policy identifying the insured, and the commonly used terms found throughout the policy |
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Insuring agreement |
A statement in an insurance policy that the insurer will, under described circumstances, make a loss payment or provide a service |
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Endorsement |
A document that amends an insurance policy |
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Definitions |
A preliminary section of a homeowners policy identifying the insured, and the commonly used terms found throughout the policy |
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Insuring agreement |
A statement in an insurance policy that the insurer will, under described circumstances, make a loss payment or provide a service |
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Policy condition |
Any provision that qualifies an otherwise enforceable promise made in the policy |
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Endorsement |
A document that amends an insurance policy |
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Definitions |
A preliminary section of a homeowners policy identifying the insured, and the commonly used terms found throughout the policy |
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Insuring agreement |
A statement in an insurance policy that the insurer will, under described circumstances, make a loss payment or provide a service |
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Policy condition |
Any provision that qualifies an otherwise enforceable promise made in the policy |
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Exclusion |
A policy provision that eliminates coverage for specified exposure |
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Endorsement |
A document that amends an insurance policy |
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Definitions |
A preliminary section of a homeowners policy identifying the insured, and the commonly used terms found throughout the policy |
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Insuring agreement |
A statement in an insurance policy that the insurer will, under described circumstances, make a loss payment or provide a service |
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Policy condition |
Any provision that qualifies an otherwise enforceable promise made in the policy |
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Exclusion |
A policy provision that eliminates coverage for specified exposure |
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Financial responsibility law |
Law enacted to ensure that motorists have the financial ability to pay for any property demand or bodily injury they might cause as a result of driving or owning an auto |
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Compulsory auto insurance law |
Law that requires the owners or operations of automobiles to carry automobile liability insurance at least equal to certain minimum limits before the vehicle can be licensed or registered |
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First party |
The insured in an insurance contract |
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Unsatisfied judgement fund |
A fund designed to provide a source of recovery for victims of motor vehicle accident when an at-fault motorist is unable to pay any judgement |
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uninsured motorists coverage |
coverage that provides a source of recovery for occupants of a covered auto or the qualifying pedestrians who are injured in an accident caused by an at-fault motorist who does not have state minimum liability or by a hit-and-run driver |
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uninsured motorists coverage |
coverage that provides a source of recovery for occupants of a covered auto or the qualifying pedestrians who are injured in an accident caused by an at-fault motorist who does not have state minimum liability or by a hit-and-run driver |
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No-fault automobile coverage insurance |
Insurance that covers automobile accident victims on a first-party basis, allowing them to collect damages from their own insurers regardless of who was at fault |
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underinsured motorist |
Coverage that applies when a negligent driver has liability insurance at the time of the accident but has limits lower than those of the injured person's coverageNo |
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no-fault laws |
State statues that require motorists to purchase insurance that provide minimum first-party benefits to injured persons regardless of fault |
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monetary threshold |
in a no-fault system, a dollar limit in total medical expenses an injured victim must exceed before he or she is permitted to sure the other party |
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verbal threshold |
in a no-fault system, the designated criteria that are verbally "set forth in the statue that limit the right to sue" |
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Add-on plan |
in a no-fault system, a plan that provides certain personal injury protection type being its such as medical payments and disability coverages to injured victims, without refused to fault |
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Add-on plan |
in a no-fault system, a plan that provides certain personal injury protection type being its such as medical payments and disability coverages to injured victims, without refused to fault |
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choice no-fault plan |
in a no-fault system, a plan that gives the insured the option, at the time an auto insurance policy is purchased or renewed, of choosing whether to be covered on a no-fault basis |
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personal injury protection coverage |
Coverage that pays benefits, regardless of fault, for medical expenses, income loss, and other benefits, resulting from bodily injury to occupants of a covered auto |
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subrogation |
the process by which an insurer can, after it has paid a loss under the policy, recover the amount paid from any party other than the insured who caused the loss or is otherwise legally liable for the loss |
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residual market |
the term referring collectively to insurers and other organization that make insurance available through a shared risk mechanism to those who cannot obtain coverage in the admitted market |
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Safe driver insurance plan |
plan that allows for lower basic premiums for accident-free driving records and a surcharge for accidents |
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Safe driver insurance plan |
plan that allows for lower basic premiums for accident-free driving records and a surcharge for accidents |
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automobile insurance plan |
plan for insuring high-risk drivers in which all auto insurers doing business in the state are assigned their proportionate share of such drivers on the total volume of auto insurance written in the state |
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Safe driver insurance plan |
plan that allows for lower basic premiums for accident-free driving records and a surcharge for accidents |
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automobile insurance plan |
plan for insuring high-risk drivers in which all auto insurers doing business in the state are assigned their proportionate share of such drivers on the total volume of auto insurance written in the state |
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joint underwriting association |
organization that designates servicing insurers to handle high-risk auto insurance business; all auto insurers in the state are assessed a proportionate share of the losses and expenses based on their percentage of the voluntary auto insurance premiums written in the state |
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Safe driver insurance plan |
plan that allows for lower basic premiums for accident-free driving records and a surcharge for accidents |
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automobile insurance plan |
plan for insuring high-risk drivers in which all auto insurers doing business in the state are assigned their proportionate share of such drivers on the total volume of auto insurance written in the state |
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joint underwriting association |
organization that designates servicing insurers to handle high-risk auto insurance business; all auto insurers in the state are assessed a proportionate share of the losses and expenses based on their percentage of the voluntary auto insurance premiums written in the state |
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reinsurance facility |
a state wide reinsurance pool to which insurers can assign premiums and losses for high risk drivers; original insurers services the policies, but all insurers in the pool share the losses and expenses of the facility in proportion to the total auto insurance they write in that state |