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Property and Casualty Insurance Producer Exam

Licensing (CA): practice questions

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Question 1 · California

California licensees must print their license number on business cards in type at least as large as the phone number or, for business cards, at least:

  1. 6-point type
  2. 10-point type
  3. 14-point type
  4. 8-point type
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D. 8-point type — Cal. Ins. Code 1725.5(a): the license number must be at least as large as any phone number, address or fax number, or 12-point type (8-point for business cards), whichever is larger.

Question 2 · California

After a written agency contract has been in effect for at least a year, a California insurer generally may not end it without how much written notice?

  1. 30 days
  2. 120 days
  3. 60 days
  4. 180 days
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B. 120 days — Cal. Ins. Code 769(a): unless by mutual agreement, 120 days' advance written notice, with exceptions such as exceeding binding authority or license revocation.

Question 3 · California

In California, a property broker-agent license allows the licensee to transact insurance on:

  1. Legal liability for injury to others only
  2. Legal liability of the insured for injury to other people and their property
  3. Direct or consequential loss or damage to property of every kind
  4. Only homeowners and renters policies
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C. Direct or consequential loss or damage to property of every kind — Cal. Ins. Code 1625(b): a property broker-agent license covers direct or consequential loss or damage to property of every kind.

Question 4 · California

The commissioner may disapprove a California licensee's fictitious name if it:

  1. Implies the licensee is an insurer
  2. Includes the owner's surname as part of the name
  3. Is longer than three words
  4. Was registered in another state first
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A. Implies the licensee is an insurer — Cal. Ins. Code 1724.5(c): a name may be disapproved if it states, infers or implies that the licensee is an insurer, motor club or hospital service plan, among other grounds.

Question 5 · California

Every California licensee must file with the commissioner:

  1. A copy of each policy sold during the license term
  2. Its annual income tax return
  3. A list of all clients
  4. Its true name and every fictitious name it uses or intends to use
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D. Its true name and every fictitious name it uses or intends to use — Cal. Ins. Code 1724.5: every licensee and applicant files its true name and all fictitious names, and later any change or discontinuance.

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