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Life Insurance

Learn about requirements and limitations that are unique to life insurance.

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Life insurance is a type of first-party insurance, meaning it protects an insured’s personal interest in a life, the insured’s own or someone else’s. In this lesson, we’ll look at some of life insurance’s unique features.

I. Forms of Life Insurance

Life-insurance policies either last a set period of time or last the insured’s entire life.

Term life insurance covers only a set time period, such as one year or 10 years. A term policy guarantees the insured a set amount of death benefits during the...

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Lessons

1. Welcome to Insurance Law
  • Welcome to Insurance Law
2. Insurance Basics
  • Fundamental Insurance Principles
  • Laws Governing Insurance
  • Types of Insurance
3. The Insurance Policy
  • Forming An Insurance Contract or Policy
  • Interpreting Policy Terms: General Principles
  • Interpreting Policy Terms: Plain Meaning and Ambiguity
  • Policyholder Claims and Remedies for Policy Disputes
  • Insurance Company’s Policy Rights and Remedies
4. Property (First-Party) Insurance
  • Property Insurance Coverage
  • Property Insurance Conditions, Exclusions, and Limits
  • Property Loss Claims
5. CGLs and Liability (Third-Party) Insurance
  • Claims Covered by Liability Insurance
  • Liability Insurance Conditions and Exclusions
  • Insurer’s Duty to Defend
  • Claim Settlement and Insurer Duty to Indemnify
  • Coverage from Multiple Liability Policies
6. Specific Types of Insurance
  • Homeowners’ and Renters’ Insurance
  • Automobile Insurance
  • Life Insurance
  • Disability Insurance
  • Health Insurance
  • Excess Insurance
  • Reinsurance