Insurance Law
| Methods of Selling Life Insurance |
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| Life insurance companies may sell their insurance policies through full-time agents, brokerage markets, direct sales, or mass marketing. More... |
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| Types of Health Insurance |
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| Health insurance can be organized into three categories. They are disability income insurance, medical cost insurance, and accidental injury or death insurance.
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| Purchasing Groups |
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| The Liability Risk Retention Act of 1986 provides for the formation of purchasing groups to buy insurance. Such groups must be made up of members or companies with similar risk exposure due to their involvement in similar businesses. The groups must meet the regulatory requirements of the states in which they are organized, but, due to preemption by the Act, some regulatory requirements of other states in which the groups do business do not have to be met. More... |
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| Types of Disability Coverage in Life and Health Insurance |
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| The definition of "disability" is subjective because some people can work without complaint with a condition that would disable and incapacitate others. A typical life and health insurance policy may define disability insurance as including insurance related to injury, disablement, or death resulting to the insured from accidents or sickness.
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| Denial of Claims |
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| An insurer may deny a claim for a loss made by an insured in certain circumstances. However, the insurer must follow certain standards and guidelines when making such a denial. More... |
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