Authentic Insurance Licensing Certification Exam NJ-Life-Producer Questions Answers

Sam’s wife receives nothing because the five-year nonrenewable term policy had already expired before Sam’s death. A level term life policy provides a fixed death benefit only during the specified term. “Five-year” means the coverage period lasted five years from inception, and “nonrenewable” means Sam had no contractual right to continue that same term coverage after the five-year period without a new policy or new underwriting. Sam died eight years after the inception date, which is three years after the term ended. Because the policy was no longer in force at the time of death, there is no death benefit payable. The $100,000 face amount would have been payable only if death occurred during the five-year term while the policy was active. The partial amounts of $40,000 and $60,000 are distractors; term insurance does not pay a prorated amount after expiration. Reference topics: Level Term Insurance, Nonrenewable Term, Policy Expiration, Death Benefit Payability.

An insurer formed under the laws of New Jersey is a domestic insurer in New Jersey, even if it also maintains offices in another state. The classification depends on the insurer’s jurisdiction of formation, not where every office is physically located. A foreign insurer is one formed under the laws of another U.S. state but authorized to transact insurance in New Jersey. An alien insurer is formed under the laws of another country. A mutual insurer is classified by ownership structure, meaning it is owned by policyholders rather than stockholders; that term does not answer where the insurer was formed. The question says the company was “formed in New Jersey,” so the answer is domestic insurer. The New York office is irrelevant to the domestic/foreign/alien classification. For exam purposes, use this rule: domestic = this state, foreign = another U.S. state, alien = another country. Reference topics: Insurer Classification, Domestic Insurer, Foreign Insurer, Alien Insurer.

A major tax advantage of life insurance is that the death benefit paid to a beneficiary is generally not included in the beneficiary’s gross income for federal income tax purposes. The IRS states that life insurance proceeds received as a beneficiary because of the insured person’s death generally are not includable in gross income and do not have to be reported. That makes option D correct. Option A is too broad because distributions of earnings can be taxable depending on the transaction, such as withdrawals above basis, policy loans after lapse, or Modified Endowment Contract distributions. Option B is also too broad; cash value growth is generally tax-deferred while inside the policy, not universally “tax free” in every situation. Option C is wrong because employer-paid life insurance can create taxable income to the employee in some group-term life situations, especially for coverage above federal exclusion limits. The exam-tested advantage is the income-tax-free death benefit. Reference topics: Life Insurance Taxation, Death Benefit Exclusion, Beneficiary Proceeds, Tax-Deferred Cash Value.