NV Life — Information & Free Practice
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NV Life
- Provider
- Pearson VUE
- Format
- Multiple choice; general knowledge and Nevada-specific sections; one score
- Time limit
- 2 hours
- Passing score
- 70 on a scaled 0–100 scale
- Exam fee
- $37
Examination outline
Life — General Knowledge: I. TYPES OF POLICIES
- A. Traditional whole life products
- A.1. Ordinary whole life
- A.2. Limited-pay and single-premium life
- B. Interest/market-sensitive/adjustable life products
- B.1. Universal life
- B.2. Variable whole life
- B.3. Variable universal life
- B.4. Interest-sensitive whole life
- B.5. Indexed life
- C. Term life
- C.1. Types
- C.1.a. Level
- C.1.b. Decreasing
- C.1.c. Return of premium
- C.1.d. Annually renewable
- C.2. Special features
- C.2.a. Renewable
- C.2.b. Convertible
- D. Annuities
- D.1. Single and flexible premium
- D.2. Immediate and deferred
- D.3. Fixed and variable
- D.4. Indexed
- D.5. Accumulation and Annuity Periods
- D.6. Payout options
- E. Combination plans and variations
- E.1. Joint life (first to die)
- E.2. Survivorship life (second to die)
Life — General Knowledge: II. LIFE PROVISIONS, RIDERS, OPTIONS, AND EXCLUSIONS
- A. Policy riders
- A.1. Waiver of premium and waiver of monthly deduction
- A.2. Guaranteed insurability
- A.3. Payor benefit
- A.4. Accidental death and/or accidental death and dismemberment
- A.5. Term riders
- A.6. Other insureds
- A.7. Long term care
- A.8. Return of premium
- A.9. Disability
- A.10. Cost of Living
- B. Policy provisions and options
- B.1. Entire contract
- B.2. Insuring clause
- B.3. Free look
- B.4. Consideration
- B.5. Owner’s rights
- B.6. Beneficiary designations
- B.6.a. Primary and contingent
- B.6.b. Revocable and irrevocable
- B.6.c. Common disaster
- B.6.d. Minor beneficiaries
- B.6.e. Designation by class
- B.7. Premium Payment
- B.7.a. Modes
- B.7.b. Grace period
- B.7.c. Automatic premium loan
- B.7.d. Level or flexible
- B.8. Reinstatement
- B.9. Policy loans, withdrawals, partial surrenders
- B.10. Non-forfeiture options
- B.11. Dividends and dividend options (eg. participating, non-participating)
- B.12. Incontestability
- B.13. Assignments
- B.14. Suicide
- B.15. Misstatement of age and gender
- B.16. Settlement options
- B.17. Accelerated death benefits
- C. Policy exclusions
- C.1. War
- C.2. Aviation
- C.3. Dangerous Occupation
Life — General Knowledge: III. COMPLETING THE APPLICATION, UNDERWRITING, AND DELIVERING THE POLICES
- A. Completing the application
- A.1. Required signatures
- A.2. Changes in the application
- A.3. Consequences of incomplete applications
- A.4. Warranties and representations
- A.5. Collecting the initial premium and issuing the receipt
- A.6. Replacement
- A.7. Disclosures at point of sale (e.g., HIPAA, HIV consent)
- A.8. USA PATRIOT Act/anti-money laundering
- A.9. Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) Privacy
- B. Underwriting
- B.1. Insurable interest
- B.2. Medical information and consumer reports
- B.3. Fair Credit Reporting Act
- B.4. Risk classification
- B.5. Stranger/Investor-owned life insurance (STOLI/IOLI)
- C. Delivering the policy
- C.1. When coverage begins
- C.2. Explaining the policy and its provisions, riders, exclusions, and ratings to the client
- D. Contract law
- D.1. Elements of a contract
- D.1.a. Consideration
- D.1.b. Offer and Acceptance
- D.1.c. Competent parties
- D.1.d. Legal purpose
- D.2. Unique aspects of the insurance contract
- D.2.a. Conditional
- D.2.b. Unilateral
- D.2.c. Adhesion
- D.2.d. Aleatory
Life — General Knowledge: IV. RETIREMENT, AND OTHER INSURANCE CONCEPTS
- A. Third-party ownership
- B. Life Settlements
- C. Group life insurance
- C.1. Conversion privilege
- C.2. Contributory vs. noncontributory
- D. Retirement plans
- D.1. Qualified plans
- D.2. Nonqualified plans
- E. Life insurance needs analysis/suitability
- E.1. Personal insurance needs
- E.2. Business insurance needs
- E.2.a. Key person
- E.2.b. Buy sell
- F. Social Security benefits
- G. Tax treatment of insurance premiums, proceeds, and dividends
- G.1. Individual life
- G.2. Group life
- G.3. Modified Endowment Contracts (MECs)
Life — Nevada Specific: I. NEVADA STATUTES AND REGULATIONS COMMON TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY, AND CASUALTY INSURANCE
- A. Insurance Commissioner
- A.1. General powers and duties
- A.2. Examinations
- A.3. Notice and hearings, penalties
- B. Definitions
- B.1. Insurer
- B.2. Authorized and unauthorized
- B.3. Domestic, foreign, and alien
- B.4. Transacting insurance
- B.5. Certificate of authority
- B.6. Premiums
- C. Licensing
- C.1. Persons required to be licensed
- C.1.a. Producer
- C.1.b. Nonresident
- C.1.c. Prepaid Funeral contract agent
- C.1.d. Limited Lines producer
- C.1.e. Insurance Consultant
- C.1.f. Reinsurance intermediary
- C.1.g. Administrator
- C.2. Obtaining a license
- C.2.a. Insurance company appointment
- C.2.b. License requirements
- C.3. Termination of license
- C.3.a. Renewal/Continuing Education
- C.3.b. Suspension, revocation, and refusal of license
- C.4. Name of licensee–true, fictitious
- D. Marketing practices
- D.1. Unfair practices
- D.1.a. Unfair claims methods and practices; Settlement of claims
- D.1.b. Rebating - Inducement
- D.1.c. Twisting
- D.1.d. Misrepresentation
- D.1.e. Fraud
- D.1.f. Unfair discrimination
- D.1.g. Defamation
- D.2. Fiduciary responsibilities
- D.3. Commissions - payments, acceptance, sharing, prohibitions
- D.4. Required records and record retention
- E. Nevada Life & Health Insurance Guaranty Association
Life — Nevada Specific: II. NEVADA STATUTES AND CODES COMMON TO LIFE AND HEALTH INSURANCE ONLY
- A. Credit life and health insurance
- B. Group life and health insurance
- B.1. Eligible groups
- B.2. Required provisions
- C. Advertising
Life — Nevada Specific: III. NEVADA STATUTES AND CODES PERTINENT TO LIFE INSURANCE ONLY
- A. Marketing methods and practices
- A.1. Replacement
- A.1.a. Definition
- A.1.b. Duties of agents
- A.2. Disclosure, statement of policy cost in benefit information, Buyer's Guide
- A.3. Fraternals
- B. Ten-day free look
- C. Viaticals
Examination sources
- Nevada Insurance Content Outlines #122903
PDF page 2, edition effective date
- Nevada Insurance Candidate Handbook
Page 10, About the Exam — general and state scope
- Nevada Insurance Content Outlines #122903
PDF page 2, published scope heading LIFE-GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
- Nevada Insurance Content Outlines #122903
PDF page 2, published scope heading III.
- Nevada Insurance Content Outlines #122903
PDF page 3, published scope heading LIFE – NEVADA SPECIFIC
- Nevada Insurance Content Outlines #122903
PDF page 3, published scope heading IV.
- Nevada Insurance Content Outlines #122903
PDF page 4, published scope heading III.
- Nevada Insurance Content Outlines #122903
PDF page 4, published scope heading IV.
- Nevada Insurance Content Outlines #122903
PDF page 25, successor effective date
- Nevada Insurance Candidate Handbook
Page 10, About the Exam — multiple-choice format and answer scoring
- Nevada Insurance Candidate Handbook
Page 11, Score Reporting — one result
- Nevada Insurance Candidate Handbook
Back cover, test-center examination registration — InsNV_Life01
- Nevada Insurance Candidate Handbook
Page 5, line of authority and examination 01