Insurance Licensing Life, Accident, and Health Ok-Life-Accident-and-Health-or-Sickness-Producer New Questions

Ordinary life insurance, often synonymous with whole life insurance, is a type of permanent life insurance that provides coverage for the insured’s entire life, as long as premiums are paid. It typically includes a level premium, a guaranteed death benefit, and a cash value component that grows over time. It is designed to offer permanent protection with some flexibility, such as the ability to borrow against the cash value or adjust premiums in certain policies (e.g., universal life).

Option A: Incorrect. This describes term life insurance, which provides temporary protection during income-earning years. Ordinary life insurance is permanent, and cash values are not specifically “payable” during non-earning periods but can be accessed.

Option B: Incorrect. Ordinary life is not an endowment policy (which matures at a specific age) or tied directly to income levels. It is a whole life policy with level premiums.

Option C: Correct. Ordinary life insurance provides permanent protection and some flexibility (e.g., cash value loans, dividend options in participating policies) with premiums that are generally lower than other permanent products like limited-pay whole life.

Option D: Incorrect. Ordinary life is not temporary; it provides lifelong coverage. While it accumulates cash value, the protection is permanent, not limited to the policyowner’s life expectancy.

This question is part of the Prometric content outline under “Life Products,” focusing on the characteristics of ordinary (whole) life insurance.

Under Oklahoma law (Title 36 O.S. § 4105), for group life insurance, the insurer issues amaster policyto the group policyowner (e.g., employer). Each insured individual receives acertificate of insurance, which summarizes the coverage provided under the master policy but is not a separate policy itself.

Option A: Incorrect. An individual policy is not issued; the master policy covers the group.

Option B: Correct. A certificate is issued to each insured person under a group life policy.

Option C: Incorrect. An application is part of the enrollment process, not issued to insureds.

Option D: Incorrect. A rider modifies a policy, not issued to insured individuals.

This question aligns with the Prometric content outline under “Provisions, Options, Exclusions, Riders, Clauses, and Rights,” which covers group life insurance provisions.

Amodified whole life policyfeatures premiums that arelower than typical whole life premiums during the initial years(e.g., first 3–5 years) to make the policy more affordable early on, thenhigher thereafterto compensate for the initial discount while maintaining lifelong coverage. This is a variation of whole life insurance, as defined in Oklahoma’s regulations (Title 36 O.S. § 4002).

Option A: Incorrect. Premiums do not decrease in the last few years; they increase after the initial period.

Option B: Incorrect. Premiums are not higher in the last few years compared to typical whole life; they adjust after the initial period.

Option C: Correct. Premiums are lower initially and higher thereafter.

Option D: Incorrect. Premiums are not higher initially and lower later; the opposite is true.

Universal life insurance is a flexible permanent life insurance product with a cash value component. Apartial surrenderallows the policyowner to withdraw a portion of the cash value, reducing both the cash value and, typically, the death benefit. Unlike a policy loan, a partial surrender does not need to be repaid, as it is a withdrawal of the policyowner’s own funds.

Option A: Incorrect. Partial surrenders are not loans and do not require repayment.

Option B: Incorrect. A partial surrender reduces the death benefit, not increases the face amount.

Option C: Incorrect. A partial surrender decreases the cash value, not increases it.

Option D: Correct. The surrender amount does not need to be repaid, as it is a withdrawal.

This question aligns with the Prometric content outline under “Life Products,” which covers universal life insurance features, including cash value options.