An insurance agent is typically a representative of

Customer
Insurance company
Government
IRDA
✅ The correct answer is B.
An insurance agent is a representative of insurance company. Such agents are required to be licensed in the states in which they do business as well as with the specific companies they represent. In contrast to an insurance agent, an insurance broker represents a client.

Which of the following can easily be compensated thro’ insurance?

Primary burden of risk
Secondary burden of risk
Both A & B
None of the above
✅ The correct answer is A.
Primary burden of risk can easily be compensated thro’ insurance. The primary burden of risk consists of losses that are actually suffered by households (and business units), as a result of pure risk events. These losses are often direct and measurable and can be easily compensated for by insurance.

What are the 2 distinct phases of a Deferred Annuity?

Waiting & Starting phases
Loading & Unloading phases
Accumulation & Payout phases
Commutation & Continuation phases
✅ The correct answer is C.
Accumulation & Payout phases are the 2 distinct phases of a Deferred Annuity. There are two phases for a deferred annuity: the accumulation or deferral phase in which the customer deposits (or pays premiums) and accumulates money into an account; the distribution or annuitization phase in which the insurance company makes income payments until the death of the annuitants named in the contract.

The surplus in an insurance company is a function of –

How Asset is valued
How liability is valued
How Assets & Liabilities are valued
None of the above
✅ The correct answer is C.
The surplus in an insurance company is a function of how Assets & Liabilities are valued. Surplus is also known as net worth or the difference between the market value of assets and the present value of the liabilities and their relationship.

If a claim is made in January 2007 under a policy, which commenced in May 2002, stating that the life insured had died in April 2004,

Section 45 of the Act will not apply
The claim can be treated as an early claim
Foul play must be suspected
All of the above
✅ The correct answer is D.
If a claim is made in January 2007 under a policy, which commenced in May 2002, stating that the life insured had died in April 2004, Section 45 of the Act will not apply, The claim can be treated as an early claim and Foul play must be suspected.

Under the loan cum revival which of the following is correct?

The policyholder would pay full arrears of premium with interest like ordinary revival
The loan granted would be used as a consideration amount and balance only payable
Both A & B
None of the above
✅ The correct answer is B.
Under the loan cum revival, the loan granted would be used as a consideration amount and balance only payable.