Insurance Exam Prep

Property & Casualty Exam Prep 10, Conditions, Duties, and Proof of Loss

This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate about opening access to high-quality exam preparation resources and helping learners prepare more effectively for professional certification exams. In this episode you will learn: - The critical difference between giving a prompt Notice of Claim and submitting a formal Proof of Loss. - Why the insured's duty to protect property from further damage is a heavily tested concept. - How the timeline for submitting a Proof of Loss is triggered by the insurer's request, not the date of loss. - That cooperation with the insurer is a mandatory policy condition which can determine if a claim is paid. - A simple mnemonic to remember the five key duties of an insured after a loss: Prompt Notice, Protect Property, Cooperate, Inventory, and Proof of Loss. For more free exam prep tools, practice questions, and AI-powered explanations, visit https://open-exam-prep.com/ or YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Open-exam-prep

Property & Casualty Exam Prep 9, Policy Structure and Declarations

This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate about opening access to high-quality exam preparation resources and helping learners prepare more effectively for professional certification exams. In this episode you will learn: - The Declarations page personalizes the policy, detailing the "who, what, where, when, and how much." - Exam questions frequently test where to find specific information like named insureds, policy limits, and deductibles (Answer: Declarations). - The Insuring Agreement contains the insurer's core promise to pay for covered losses and defines the perils covered. - Exclusions take away coverage specified in the insuring agreement, while Conditions outline the rules and duties of the insured and insurer. - Use the mnemonic D.I.C.E. (Declarations, Insuring Agreement, Conditions, Exclusions) to recall the main components of an insurance policy. For more free exam prep tools, practice questions, and AI-powered explanations, visit https://open-exam-prep.com/ or YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Open-exam-prep

Property & Casualty Exam Prep 8, Binders and Temporary Insurance

This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate about opening access to high-quality exam preparation resources and helping learners prepare more effectively for professional certification exams. In this episode you will learn: - A binder is a temporary, legally binding contract providing immediate insurance coverage until a formal policy is issued. - Only agents with 'binding authority' from an insurer can issue a binder, committing the company to the risk. - Binders must contain essential details like the insurer's name, coverage limits, effective date, and covered perils. - A binder is different from a certificate of insurance; a binder provides temporary coverage, while a certificate summarizes an existing policy. - Binders typically last 30-90 days and terminate automatically when the final policy is delivered. For more free exam prep tools, practice questions, and AI-powered explanations, visit https://open-exam-prep.com/ or YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Open-exam-prep

Property & Casualty Exam Prep 7, Deductibles, Limits, and Coinsurance

This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate about opening access to high-quality exam preparation resources and helping learners prepare more effectively for professional certification exams. In this episode you will learn: - The difference between a per-occurrence limit, which caps a single event, and an aggregate limit, which caps total payments for the policy period. - How sublimits impose lower, specific caps on high-risk property like jewelry, regardless of the overall policy limit. - The purpose of a coinsurance clause is to encourage policyholders to insure their property to an adequate value, typically 80%. - The coinsurance penalty formula: (Insurance Carried ÷ Insurance Required) × Amount of Loss = Insurer's Payment (before deductible). - A critical exam trap is to always subtract the deductible *after* applying any coinsurance penalty, not before. For more free exam prep tools, practice questions, and AI-powered explanations, visit https://open-exam-prep.com/ or YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Open-exam-prep

Property & Casualty Exam Prep 6, Proximate Cause and Concurrent Causation

This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate about opening access to high-quality exam preparation resources and helping learners prepare more effectively for professional certification exams. In this episode you will learn: - Proximate cause is the initial event in an unbroken chain that leads to a loss. - Damage from subsequent events is typically covered if the proximate cause was a covered peril. - Concurrent causation involves both a covered and an excluded peril contributing to a single loss. - Anti-concurrent causation clauses are used by insurers to exclude losses even when a covered peril was involved. - The windstorm-then-flood scenario is a classic exam trap testing your knowledge of these causation rules and exclusions. For more free exam prep tools, practice questions, and AI-powered explanations, visit https://open-exam-prep.com/ or YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Open-exam-prep