Insurance Licensing InsNV_Health02 Dumps Questions Answers

An insurance contract is aleatory because the values exchanged by the parties may be unequal and depend on an uncertain event. Choice A is correct. In this example, the policyowner paid only $1,200 in premiums before death, while the insurer paid a $250,000 death benefit. The insurer’s obligation was much greater than the premium amount received because the insured event occurred early in the policy period. If death had not occurred for many years, the total premiums paid could have been much closer to or greater than the eventual benefit value. That uncertainty is the defining aleatory feature. A personal contract is based on the insured’s individual characteristics and insurable interest. A unilateral contract means only the insurer makes a legally enforceable promise to perform after the applicant accepts the contract and pays premium. A conditional contract requires stated conditions, such as premium payment and proof of loss, to be met before performance is due. None of those terms focuses on the unequal exchange demonstrated here. Study Guide References/Topics: Policy Provisions, Clauses, and Riders; Insurance Contract Characteristics; Aleatory Contracts.

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A policy loan is a loan made by the insurer to the policyowner and secured by the policy’s available cash value. It is not a withdrawal that automatically terminates the coverage. However, the outstanding principal and accrued interest become indebtedness against the policy. If the insured dies before repayment, the insurer deducts that indebtedness from the amount otherwise payable to the beneficiary. Therefore, the usual result is a reduced death benefit.

This concept is especially important with permanent life insurance, including whole life and certain universal-life policies, because cash value may support policy loans. Interest continues to accrue under the policy’s loan provision. If the debt becomes large enough, it can threaten the policy’s continuation because a lapse may occur if the cash value is insufficient to support the indebtedness and required charges. A producer should explain both the availability of loans and their consequences; presenting a loan as “free money” would be misleading.

Nevada’s life-insurance standards require a loan provision in policies to which the requirement applies. The contractual terms control such matters as interest, notice, repayment, and the effect of indebtedness on policy values and proceeds.

References/topics from the Study Guide: Cash Value; Policy Loans; Nonforfeiture Values; NRS 688A.110—Loan Secured by Policy.

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A producer who is aggrieved by a regulation or order of the Nevada Insurance Commissioner may request an administrative hearing. Nevada law requires the Commissioner to hold a hearing upon a proper written application from a person aggrieved by an act, failure to act, report, rule, regulation, or order related to the business of insurance, subject to statutory timing and procedural requirements.

The request is a due-process mechanism. It gives the affected producer an opportunity to state the grounds for relief, present evidence, challenge the factual or legal basis of the regulatory action, and create an administrative record. The application must generally be filed with the Division within 60 days after the person knew or reasonably should have known of the action, unless another law establishes a different period.

The Secretary of State does not provide the administrative remedy described in this question. Legislative review and peer review are not the standard appeal mechanisms for an individual Commissioner action. Judicial review may become available after the administrative process, but the immediate remedy tested here is the request for an administrative hearing.

Study Guide references/topics: Commissioner authority; hearings; producer rights; administrative due process; NRS 679B.310 .

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