Insurance Risk Quiz
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What is the definition of speculative risk?

  • The potential for losses where there is no viable opportunity for any gain
  • The possibility of loss that might directly affect an individual, such as injury or death
  • The possibility of something going wrong that would expose your business to financial damages
  • Price uncertainty and the potential for losses in investments (correct)
  • What are the outcomes of speculative risk?

  • A loss
  • A gain
  • Nothing or a loss
  • Nothing, a loss, or a gain (correct)
  • What is the most important type of risk for homeowners insurance purposes?

  • Property risk (correct)
  • Personal risk
  • Speculative risk
  • Pure risk
  • What is the definition of pure risk?

    <p>The potential for losses where there is no viable opportunity for any gain</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the definition of a peril?

    <p>The direct cause of a loss</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of hazard results from unintentional carelessness or laziness?

    <p>Morale hazard</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the difference between a moral hazard and a morale hazard?

    <p>Intent</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of insurance covers only the perils listed in the policy?

    <p>Named perils insurance</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does a physical hazard do?

    <p>Increases the likelihood of a loss occurring due to inadequacies in the condition, structure, or operation of an insured property</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which factor or activity may cause or exacerbate a loss?

    <p>Hazard</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the source of the loss?

    <p>Peril</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of coverage protects against any loss that is not specifically excluded?

    <p>Special form coverage</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the intent behind a moral hazard?

    <p>Deliberate intent to deceive</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What results from fraudulent acts committed by an insured?

    <p>Moral hazard</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does a legal hazard do?

    <p>Increases the likelihood and severity of a loss due to a condition imposed by the legal process</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the potential for a loss?

    <p>Risk</p> Signup and view all the answers

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