Basic Definitions
Employee Benefits
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100

This is someone who legally represents the insured even though he or she receives a commission from the insurer.

What is a Broker?

100

This type of program provides coverage for medical expenses and prescriptions for employees.

What is Health Insurance?

100

This can be a Secured, unsecured, and Guaranteed

What are the types of loans?


100

This is my GIS Chapter's name

What is Beta Epsilon? 

100

This is an amount the insurer will deduct from the loss before paying up to its policy limits

What is a Deductible?


200

This is someone who legally represents the principal and has the authority to act on the principal’s behalf.

What is an Agent?

200

Some senior citizens rely on this government benefit for their health care when they retire.

What is Medicare?

200

This is the number of exams passed to become a CERA

What is 7?

200

This is the year GIS was founded? 


What is 1966?

200

This is the highest insurance company rating A.M. Best

What is A++?

300

This is the spreading of losses incurred by the few over the entire group, so that in the process, the average loss is substituted for actual loss.

What is Pooling? 

300

This type of program is designed to help employees with financial and family concerns, among other issues.

What is an Employee Assistance Program/ EAP?

300

Average forward rate

What is zero rate?

300

This is the number of GIS Chapters

What is 87?

300

This is the coverage provided for medical costs and loss of wages when the insured is injured by a hit-and-run driver

What is uninsured motorists coverage?


400

This means that the insured is restored to his or her approximate financial position prior to the occurrence of the loss.

What is Indemnification?

400

 This is currently the most common source of health care coverage for U.S. workers.

What is employer-sponsored group health insurance?

400

This is the number of exams to become a FAS or FCAS

What is 10?

400

This is were GIS was founded

What is  Ohio State University or Columbus, OH?

400

The first example of this happened in China, around 3000 B.C.

What is Insurance?

500

This is the tendency of persons with a higher-than-average chance of loss to seek insurance at standard (average) rates, which, if not controlled by underwriting and policy provisions, results in higher-than-expected loss levels and unprofitable business.

What is Adverse selection?

500

This “holiday” occurs on April 2 each year to recognize trustees, benefits professionals, etc. for the important role their play in their colleagues’ well-being.  

What is National Employee Benefits Day?

500

This is the amount of time the preliminary exams are

What is 3 hours?

500

This is the First Grand Chapter president's Name

Who is Warren L. Weeks?

500

This is the application of two or more underinsured motorists (UIM) coverage limits to a single auto accident because two or more separate policies apply


What is inter-policy stacking?