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The CO-LH exam has 181 questions and runs 4 hours.
These 10 free CO-LH questions are organized by exam domain, so you can see how each part of the Colorado Life & Health Insurance Producer Exam blueprint is tested. Reveal the answer and explanation under each question.
Domain 1: Life General Knowledge - Types of Policies
Question 1
An indexed universal life segment has a 0% floor, an 80% participation rate, and an 8% cap. The index rises 12% during the segment, and the policy separately deducts monthly mortality and expense charges. Select the accurate result:
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Correct answer: C - The segment is credited 8%; charges may still reduce policy value
Question 2
Two spouses have adequate resources while either is alive. Their principal concern is creating estate liquidity only after both have died. The policy design that most directly matches this objective is:
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Correct answer: A - Survivorship life, payable at the second death
Domain 2: Life General Knowledge - Life Provisions, Riders, Options, and Exclusions
Question 3
A policyowner named an adult child as irrevocable beneficiary. The owner later requests a policy loan that would reduce the child's protected interest, and the child refuses consent. The insurer should:
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Correct answer: D - Decline the loan unless the irrevocable beneficiary consents
Question 4
A whole life policyowner no longer wants to pay premiums. She wants coverage to remain in force for life, accepts a smaller face amount, and does not want cash now. Her election should be:
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Correct answer: B - Reduced paid-up insurance
Domain 3: Life General Knowledge - Completing the Application, Underwriting, and Delivering the Policies
Question 5
An applicant pays the first premium and receives a conditional receipt stating that coverage begins on the application date only if the proposed insured was insurable as applied for on that date. Underwriting later determines that this condition was not met, and the applicant dies before policy delivery. The receipt produces which result?
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Correct answer: A - No temporary coverage; the receipt's insurability condition failed
Question 6
A producer receives three $2,000 money orders over two days to fund a cash-value life policy. The payor is unrelated to the applicant, refuses to explain the source of funds, and asks whether any government report will be filed. The producer's compliant next step is to:
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Correct answer: C - Escalate under AML procedures and do not disclose any SAR decision
Domain 4: Life General Knowledge - Retirement, and Other Insurance Concepts
Question 7
A 54-year-old owns a Modified Endowment Contract with $80,000 of basis and $30,000 of gain. She takes a $20,000 policy loan, and no tax exception applies. Federal tax treatment is generally:
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Correct answer: B - The $20,000 is taxable gain and may face a 10% additional tax
Domain 5: Colorado Specific Life - Colorado Statutes, Rules, and Regulations Common to Life, Sickness and Accident, Property (Fire), and Casualty Insurance
Question 8
A Colorado producer receives a client's life premium on June 1 under the ordinary producer-collected-premium rule. The agency agreement requires no earlier remittance. On July 5, the funds remain segregated in the premium trust account and have not been used. Which assessment is most accurate?
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Correct answer: D - No 45-day violation has occurred, but the producer should remit promptly
Question 9
An unlicensed receptionist gives a licensed producer the name of a prospective client. She receives a fixed $25 for each name provided, whether or not insurance is purchased, and she neither discusses policies nor urges anyone to apply. Under Colorado law, this referral arrangement is:
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Correct answer: B - Permissible because the fee is fixed and no licensed activity occurs
Domain 6: Colorado Specific Life - Colorado Statutes, Rules, and Regulations Pertinent to Life Insurance Only
Question 10
A Colorado client will use a $12,000 withdrawal from an existing whole life policy to pay the first premium on a new annuity while leaving the old policy technically in force. The transaction should be handled as:
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Correct answer: C - A replacement; complete the required notice at application
Domain 7: Accident and Health General Knowledge - Types of Policies
Domain 8: Accident and Health General Knowledge - Policy Provisions, Clauses, and Riders
Domain 9: Accident and Health General Knowledge - Social Insurance
Domain 10: Accident and Health General Knowledge - Other Insurance Concepts
Domain 11: Accident and Health General Knowledge - Field Underwriting Procedures
Domain 12: Colorado Specific Accident and Health - Colorado Statutes, Rules, and Regulations Common to Life, Sickness and Accident, Property (Fire), and Casualty Insurance
Domain 13: Colorado Specific Accident and Health - Colorado Statutes, Rules, and Regulations Pertinent to Sickness and Accident Insurance Only
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