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1. Personal Risk
2. Property Risk
3. Liability Risk
4. Failure of others
1. Peril
2. Hazard
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Primary Strategies
1. Risk Control
Risk reduction
Risk Avoidance
2. Risk Financing
Risk Retention
Risk Transference
Life insurance
covers the risk of one or more persons dying.
Accidental death
Accidental dismemberment
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Loss of wealth
Medical expenses not covered by provincial plans
Inadequate coverage -government health care coverage
Travel Medical expenses while travelling abroad
Long-term care
What is insurance?
Insurance can be purchased by individuals, groups and
businesses
Agent Requirements
Be licensed
Enter into an agency contract
Practise the highest standards of ethics
Acquire errors and omissions insurance
Governed provincially by Financial Service Commission
of Ontario (FSCO)
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Permitted to sell
Life insurance
Segregated funds
Annuities
Accident and sickness
Agency Contract
Agent
follow professional standards
Agency relationship with principal(s) and clients
Insurer
Follow regulatory requirements
Honour commitments to agents and clients
Client
Must not misrepresent any information to agents and insurers
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Agents:
Independent agent
Captive agent
Duties of an Agent
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Elements of a contract
1. Intention
3. Consideration
4. Capacity
5. Legality
Contract
An insurance policy is a contract and subject to the
provisions of Canadian Law
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What is insurance?
Disability Income insurance promise to pay a monthly
sum of money called the monthly benefit when the
insured is sick or injured.
The payment is made to the insured to replace lost
income when the policy owner is unable to work
Premiums are based on morbidity tables
What is insurance?
Health insurance promise to make a payment or
reimbursement to the insurer against a variety of
medical expenses based on the contract.
Accident and sickness policy will reimburse
prescription drugs or dental expenses.
Critical illness policy will make a lump sum payment if
a life-threatening illness has been diagnosed.
Long term care insurance makes a monthly payment
to a facility that provides care.
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Contract
Void contract has no legal force
Applicant provided false information on the application
and the policy was issued it can be voided
If it is based on an unlawful act
Voidable contract if one party has been wronged by
another
Contracts with minors they cannot be bound by a
contract
Unenforceable contract a valid contract but it cannot
be enforced in courts
A need for legal capacity
A meeting of the minds
No evidence of fraud, forgery or theft
Contract
Need for Legal Capacity
A person cannot enter into, exercise rights in, or deal with
a life insurance policy is they are under the mentally
incompetent
Requires a parent or guardian for minors and legally
appointed rep on behalf of mentally incompetent
individuals
Meeting of the Minds
Mistake or misrepresentation
Contract
Meeting of the Minds
Mistake only when the mistake affects the intent of the
contract and would have affected the decisions of the
parties is considered in looking at whether to make the
contract invalid
Unilateral mistake made by one party and can be remedied
Mutual mistake when a persons intends a contract for one
thing and the other party intends it for another
Example if the applicant intended to insure the life of one
party and the insurer intended to insure the life of another
invalidate the contract
Common mistake when both parties make the same
mistake and enter into a contract not intended by either of
them
Example if both the applicant and the insurer intended to
insure the life of an already deceased party - negate or
vitiate the contract
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Contract
Meeting of the Minds
Misrepresentation meetings of the mind may not be
genuine if the insurer entered into the contract through
the misrepresentation of the other party policy owner or
life insured
Contract
Meeting of the Minds
Material misrepresentation
Can be used as a ground to terminate the contract when it
is material to risk and known to the party making it
If discovered during the 2 year period of issue contestable
period and the insured passes away the death benefit will
not be paid.
If discovered after the period, the benefit will be paid
except in the cases of fraud
Contract
Meeting of the Minds
Material misrepresentation
Fraud is a type of misrepresentation deliberately made
with the intent of deceiving the other party *no 2 year
period of contestability
Forgery is also misrepresentation
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Contract
Meeting of the Minds
Innocent or negligent Misrepresentation made without
the intent to deceive
A mistake is not a conscious act
A misrepresentation may or may not be a conscious act
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Key terms:
1. Revocable versus irrevocable
2. Insurable interest
3. Contingent beneficiary
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Assignment of a Policy
Absolute Assignment
Transferring ownership
Disposition for tax purposes
New owner = policy holder and has can do anything an
owner can (can designate beneficiaries withdraw money
from the policy, surrender the policy etc.)
Collateral Assignment
With permanent policies that have a large cash value
Used as collateral
Restricts what a policy holder can do if it impacts the
security being held
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Lump-Sum Payment
Interest Option
Maybe suitable for a beneficiary that has other income sources
Proceed are invested and pays the interest
On the death of the beneficiary the sum is paid out to the
remainder beneficiaries
Exclusions
Death caused by that which is defined in the excluded causes would not result in any benefits
being paid.
Pre-existing conditions
Suicide Clause
First two(2) to three (3) years of the policy or reinstatement
Living Benefits
Some policies allow for an advancement of death benefits if diagnosed with terminal illness
Riders
Additional coverage along with the policy
Additional or attached benefits
Examples..
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Probationary Period
Length of time that a new group member must wait to join the
group plan - 1-6 months
Eligibility Period
Period of time within which the employee must apply for group
coverage after probationary period usually 31 days
Gender
Women suffer from more disabilities than men and for longer period
Smoking status
Higher morbidity rates
Occupational Classification
5 categories based on claim being made due to hazard of the occupation
and likely duration
Motivation
More educated or better trained have higher levels of motivation to return
Stability
Occupation and residency
Claims History
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Determined by:
Experience rating
Manual rating
Blended rating
Payee
Receive the annuity payments
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Disability
Full or partial
Permanent or temporary
Drug Insurance
Private coverage outside of group coverage
Critical Illness
Lump sum payable on diagnosis of covered illnesses and waiting
period of at least 30 days
Long-Term care
Activities of daily living
Toileting, transferring, eating, bladder control, dressing
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Deductible
Single or family
Insured receives the benefit of the single deductible
Family deductible is the maximum amount that will be
deducted for all claims over the year
Co-Insurance
When the group insured must pay a fixed percentage o
costs
E.g. a 80% co-insurance factor will reduce the claim by 20%
The agent now fulfils those duties that are essential to forming
the contract
1. Witnessing the signature of the applicant
2. Obtaining the first premium
3. Forwarding the application to the insurer for underwriting
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Example of expenses
Cost of selling the policy (e.g., marketing, salaries or commissions to agents);
Underwriting the policy (e.g., processing applications, paying for medical exams);
Issuing and administering the policy;
Paying income taxes;
Investigating claims;
Paying death benefits and the profits sought by shareholders.
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Claims differ
An life insurance policy
A disability policy
An accident and sickness policy
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Death Benefit
Received by the beneficiary tax-free
When received by the estate it forms part of the estate
and probate fees are factored
Offset Clause
Reduces any amounts received from specified sources from
the benefit payable by the policy
Amount payable by deducting from the benefit
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Denying Claims
Policy has lapsed
Policy surrendered by policy owner for csv
Policy has expired by its own terms
Material misrepresentation by the applicant or life
insured within the first years of the policy
Fraud
Claim does not satisfy the definitions of disability in
the policy
Suicide has occurred within 2 years of policy issue,
replacement or reinstatement
Claim arises from an exclusion
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Ethical Conduct
Measure of a life insurance agents business character
and their adherence to the code of ethics established
by the CLHIA and Advocis.
Based on:
Knowing your client
Fiduciary responsibility
Privacy and confidentiality
Professional Standards
Fiduciary Responsibility
Fiduciary is someone who has a responsibility of
confidentiality and trust for another
Special relationship based on trust and confidentiality
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