Trisha is new to the insurance industry and wants to understand the primary responsibility of the Canadian Insurance Services Regulatory Organizations (CISRO). Which of the followingstatements about CISRO is CORRECT?
Kyra is the owner and president of Borealis Fit, a martial arts studio with 15 employees. The centre opened five years ago and has done well. Kyra was never able to offer her employees any benefits until now. Kyra meets with Monica, an insurance agent, to implement a group insurance plan for the employees.
Which method of calculating rates will the insurer use to quote the group premiums?
Surjit and Rajbir get married in 2010 and Surjit names Rajbir as the irrevocable beneficiary of his life insurance contract. In 2017, the couple divorces amiably and Surjit meets with hisinsurance representative, Ivan, to review his plans. Surjit tells Ivan that he would like to keep Rajbir as his beneficiary. What should Ivan counsel his client to do?
Anita is a 50-year-old woman who is thinking of purchasing a $150,000 permanent life insurance policy to pay for the capital gains tax that will be payable on her country home upon her death. She had purchased the home twelve years ago and wants to bequeath the property to her niece when she dies.
Which of the following features about a permanent insurance policy is TRUE?
Cassie applies for a $100,000 renewable 10-year term insurance policy through Mason, her insurance of persons representative. A month later, when Mason meets with Cassie again to deliver her contract, Cassie says she had to have a biopsy the previous week for a persistent cough. Mason tells her not to worry because the policy is already accepted. He completes the policy delivery. Six months later, Mason receives a call from Cassie's boyfriend informing him that Cassie died of stage 4 throat cancer.
How will the insurance company handle the claim?
Jane took out a $100,000 Term 20 life insurance policy on herself when she got her first baby. She does not work and has no group insurance coverage. Five years later, she got another two newborn babies and needed greater insurance coverage to support her children financially in case of her own death. Jane talked to her insurance agent about having more coverage and, rather than having multiple policies, she decided to have one policy for the total coverage amount. She made an application to the life insurance company to change the coverage from $100,000 to $300,000. She is still in good health and the request for change has been approved. One year later, Jane took her own life after losing her husband in a tragic car accident. Based on the situation, how will the insurance company pay out the claim?
Josh is an established advisor who specializes in group benefits. He recently hired Bryan as a marketing manager. Bryan will be responsible for advertising and creating a social media platform for Josh's company. Among other things, Bryan is developing a monthly electronic newsletter, which he plans to email to potential and existing clients. However, because this is a brand new initiative, none of the would-be recipients has subscribed to the newsletter or asked to receive any such communication from Josh's company. What law should Josh and Bryan be mindful of before sending their newsletter?
Kaamil meets with Omar, his insurance agent, to purchase a whole life insurance policy. Kaamil wants to name his wife Ofra as the irrevocable beneficiary of the policy. Before proceeding, which of the following considerations should Omar CORRECTLY ask his client to reflect on?
Arthur is a 79-year-old long-term care (LTC) policyholder whose daughter, Sheila, visits daily to help him get dressed and prepare meals. Sheila wants him to enter a nursing home because heisunable to dress himself. Though he cannot prepare his own meals, he can still feed himself, and once undressed, he can wash himself, seated in the bathtub.
Is Arthur eligible to receive LTC benefits?
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 retirementincome. Dimitri explains to Chandler that the type of annuity contract he is recommending has two distinct phases.
What are those two phases?