4 - Life Insurance Premiums, Proceeds and Beneficiaries K
Which of these is NOT an element of Life insurance premiums?
Morbidity rate
Which statement is true regarding a minor beneficiary?
Normally, a guardian is required to be appointed in the Beneficiary clause of the contract
A primary beneficiary has died before the insured in a life insurance policy. A contingent beneficiary is also named in the policy. Which of the following will occur when the insured dies?
Proceeds will go to the contingent beneficiary
A policyowner's rights are limited under which beneficiary design?
Irrevocable
Which settlement option pays a stated amount to an annuitant, but no residual value to a beneficiary?
Life Income
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 accident shortly afterwards. How much of the death benefit will the mother receive?
$0
______ of personal life insurance premiums is usually deductible for federal income tax purposes.
0%
Which premium schedule results in the lowest cost to the policyowner?
Annual
When can a policyowner change a revocable beneficiary?
Anytime
K has a life 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 the death proceeds be directed?
Daughter
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. The Accidental Death benefits will be paid to
P only
Which of the following best describes a contingent beneficiary?
Person designated by the insured to receive policy proceeds in the event that the primary beneficiary dies before the insured
On a life insurance policy, who is qualified to change the beneficiary designation?
PolicyOwner
K is the insured and P is the sole beneficiary on a life 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 payable to K's estate if P dies within a specified time
A(n) _____ beneficiary may be changed by the policyowner WITHOUT the consent of the beneficiary.
Revocable
A policyowner would like to change the beneficiary on a Life insurance policy and make the change permanent. Which type of designation would fulfill this need?
Irrevocable
Which of these statements is INCORRECT regarding the federal income tax treatment of life insurance?
Entire cash surrender value is taxable
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
T is covered by an Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D) policy that has an irrevocable beneficiary. What action will the insurance company take if T requests a change of beneficiary?
Request of the change will be refused
C is trying to determine whether to convert her convertible term life policy to whole life insurance using her original age or attained age. What factor would affect her decision the most?
The cost
J chooses a monthly premium payment mode on his Whole Life insurance policy. Which of these statements is correct?
The gross premium is higher on a monthly payment mode as compared to being paid annually
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
