Hana, a 25-year-old personal assistant, recently got a job where the employer offers all employees access to a defined contribution pension plan (DCPP). Hana meets with the groupinsurance agent, Tom, because she must choose her investments and she doesn't know what she should choose. She is not very knowledgeable about investments, but since the money will only be used at retirement, she wants to invest in a fund that combines stocks and bonds and that is easy to understand.
Which fund should Tom suggest?
Seven years ago, Amber invested $150,000 in a non-registered equity segregated fund. Her investment grew, and today, the market value of her fund is $165,000. She places an order to redeem her fund and she wants to know how her investment will be taxed.
Samira, a 42-year-old single mother of four, owns an individual disability insurance (DI) policy. Last week, she was hospitalized because of complications from diabetes. She hired an emergency nanny to care for her children until she was healthy enough to resume her normal activities. To her relief, Samira's DI policy contains a special rider that would cover up to $250 per day for these types of expenses.
What is the name of the rider contained in Samira's policy?
Rowan works for a construction company that employs 40 employees. The company is newly established, and the owners have yet to implement a group insurance policy. Rowan falls off theside of a building and breaks his collar bone. The doctor informs him that he will be unable to work for five months.
Who will pay him disability benefits while he is recuperating?
Dora meets with the following clients, each of whom fills out a disability insurance application:
• Scott, a ski instructor who skydives every weekend in the summer,
• Lamar, a librarian who drives to work daily and spends his free time collecting stamps and watching nature shows,
• Timothy, an administrative assistant who walks 30 minutes each way to and from work, and
• Yashar, an accountant who participates in 5 online chess competitions a week and studies chess in his spare time.
All else being equal, which of Dora’s clients will qualify for the most favorable insurance premium?
Angus is involved in a motorcycle accident and due to his injuries has to spend a few nights in thehospital. He is released from the hospital with a doctor's note indicating that he is able to perform certain parts of his job, but that it would take months until he can be back to normal. He promptly calls his insurance agent Dawn to ask her if he would be entitled to his disability benefits. Dawn reads his policy and tells him that he will not receive any disability benefits.
Which disability definition is MOST LIKELY included in his policy?
Nikolai owns a guaranteed renewable individual disability policy that he purchased last year. The policy pays a monthly benefit of $3,000 and includes a 4-month waiting period and a 5-year benefit period. Today, he is diagnosed with prostate cancer and learns he must undergo 6 months of radiation.
When should he contact the insurance company to inform them of his diagnosis?
Dominic suffers a heart attack on October 1 and dies a little over a month later, on November 7. At the time of his death, he owned a $150,000 critical illness (CI) insurance policy, purchased 10 years earlier. Dominic never failed to pay the $100 monthly premium. When he died, the insurer had not yet issued the benefit payment.
How will the CI benefit be treated?