Aaliyah is a 37-year-old account manager at a large pharmaceutical company. She earns $300,000 a year plus bonuses. She meets with Theo, an insurance agent, to review her life insurance needs. Theo deduces that Aaliyah needs a $250,000 universal life (UL) insurance policy. Aaliyah agrees but states that she wants to keep her premiums low. Which of the following UL death benefit options would BEST suit her needs?
Maverick meets with Alyssa, an insurance agent, to review his life insurance needs. After completing the needs analysis, Alyssa suggests that Maverick purchase a $100,000 whole life insurance policy and add a critical illness (CI) benefit rider. Which of the following options is an advantage of adding the CI coverage as a rider instead of purchasing an individual CI policy?
Six years ago, Gerard, aged 28, purchased a life insurance policy.
Gerard just got married to Tanya, and they both want to purchase more insurance. Reviewing Gerard’s policy, Tanya notices that Gerard neglected to mention that he had migraines due to concussions suffered from playing football when he was a teenager. Gerard did not intentionally neglect to mention the migraines as the migraines were never an ongoing issue once he stopped playing football.
Which statement is true?
Jenny purchased a whole life insurance policy 10 years ago. She was recently diagnosed with a terminal illness and the doctor told her she got an estimated life span of 12 months. She would like to spend the rest of her time with family doing vacation across the world. She brought Ellen, her daughter and also her beneficiary to the life insurance agent and wants to find out about the claims process.
What does Ellen need to know regarding the claims process in this situation?
After completing a thorough needs analysis, Dimitri, an insurance agent with Health Assure, recommends that his client Chandler purchase a deferred annuity contract and contribute monthly to a balanced segregated fund to build up savings that Chandler can use as retirement income. Dimitri explains to Chandler that the type of annuity contract he is recommending has two distinct phases.
What are those two phases?
Julie is a stay-at-home single parent with an eight-year-old son, Justin, who has severe intellectual disabilities. Julie’s mother, Lucille, who died recently, used to help Julie financially, especially for Justin’s special needs. She wanted this assistance to continue after her death. To this end, she designated Justin as beneficiary of her RRSP, now worth about $100,000. Julie would like this amount to be transferred to a plan that would eventually provide Justin with an annual income, which she would administer. She would like a plan that is eligible for government grants.
To which plan should Julie transfer the funds?
Li Jun, 50, applies for a $250,000 critical illness (CI) insurance policy with his insurance agent Ming. On the application, Li Jun states that he must take pills daily to manage his hypertension. Aside from this, his health is good. Given his age and hypertension issue, he is worried that the insurer may refuse his application.
What does Ming CORRECTLY advise him?
France is a daycare owner who has an employer group benefits plan in place for her employees. During her annual renewal meeting with her insurance agent, she is told that the plan’s rates are increasing by a surprisingly large percentage. Her agent explains that although most of her staff are young females in their 20s, the claims experience is higher than the industry norm. What amendment to the group plan could France’s agent suggest to help control the cost?
Nikolai owns a guaranteed renewable individual disability policy that he purchased last year. The policy pays a monthly benefit of $3,000 and includes a 4-month waiting period and a 5-year benefit period. Today, he is diagnosed with prostate cancer and learns he must undergo 6 months of radiation.
When should he contact the insurance company to inform them of his diagnosis?
(Jerry, aged 63, is getting ready to retire. His pension statement shows contributions, investment choices, and performance data.
From among the following types of pension plans, which one was Jerry a member of?)
TESTED 20 Feb 2026
