Personal Finance Essay

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Section 6 Study Questions (9.0 points) Answer each question fully. Complete sentences are not necessary. Lesson 1 (3.0 points) 1. What is a pure risk? (0.5 points) is a risk of something negative happening with no possibility for profit or gain. 2. Why do people take speculative risks? (0.5 points) because you hope to gain a profit 3. What is meeting the deductible? (0.5 points) The amount you have to pay out-of-pocket for expenses before the insurance company will cover the remaining costs 4. What does health insurance help to pay for? (0.5 points) Health insurance helps pay for doctors , dentists , eye doctors and even hospital visits. 5. What is COBRA? (0.5 points) A federal government act that allows employees who lose their health insurance to continue participating in the insurance plan for a specific amount of time. 6. What is an insurance claim? (0.5 points) An employee of an insurance company who is responsible for verifying insurance claims. Lesson 2 (3.0 points) 1. Name at least two types of disability insurance. (1.0 points) Workers' compensation? , Veterans' benefits? 2. What is life insurance? (0.5 points) Insurance that protects your family against the negative financial impact that would be caused by your death 3. Which tax provides federal funding for unemployment insurance? (0.5 points) Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA) 4. What is liability insurance? (0.5 points)Insurance that protects you by helping to cover costs that are caused by events you're responsible for. 5. What does property insurance cover? (0.5 points)Covers property you own or rent,and the items inside the

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