AL Property & Casualty study plan
AL Property & Casualty · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 6 hours per week
Alabama Insurance Laws, Rules, and Regulations
List from memory Alabama producer licensing requirements, appointment and termination procedures, and the state's continuing-education hour and deadline rules
Distinguish the regulatory authority of the Alabama Department of Insurance and the Commissioner from federal and other state authority
Match at least ten unfair trade practices and prohibited acts in the Alabama code to fact patterns that illustrate each
State the penalties, fines, and license-revocation triggers the Commissioner may impose and the timeframes for hearings and appeals
Your checkpoint
One-page Alabama numbers-and-deadlines cheat sheet plus a timed 30-question Domain 1 quiz scored at 85% or higher
Dwelling and Homeowners Policies
Compare HO-2, HO-3, HO-5, HO-4, HO-6, and HO-8 by named-peril versus open-peril treatment and by who each form insures
Map Section I Coverages A through D to a sample policy and calculate a dwelling loss settlement including the deductible and any sublimits
Apply Section II Coverage E and F limits, exclusions, and the duties-after-loss conditions to at least six claim scenarios
Differentiate the DP-1, DP-2, and DP-3 dwelling forms from one another and from the HO forms on perils, valuation, and endorsements
Your checkpoint
A completed form-comparison matrix for all dwelling and homeowners forms, plus a 40-question Domain 4 quiz scored at 80% or higher
General Insurance Concepts and Principles & Property Insurance Basics and Policy Provisions
Define risk, peril, hazard, indemnity, insurable interest, subrogation, and adverse selection and apply each to a short insurance scenario
Differentiate representations, warranties, concealment, misrepresentation, waiver, and estoppel and identify which void or merely reduce coverage
Deconstruct a specimen policy into declarations, insuring agreement, conditions, exclusions, and definitions and explain the function of each section
Compute coinsurance penalties, ACV versus replacement-cost settlements, and deductible applications from given numbers
Your checkpoint
Ten fully worked loss-settlement and coinsurance problems with at least 90% computational accuracy
Casualty Insurance Basics and Liability Concepts
Break negligence into its four elements and analyze proximate cause, comparative versus contributory negligence, and the last clear chance doctrine in scenarios
Distinguish strict and absolute liability, vicarious liability, and contractual liability and name one common example of each
Separate compensatory special and general damages from punitive and nominal damages and state what each covers
Identify the common liability exclusions and defenses that appear across commercial and personal liability forms
Your checkpoint
A 60-question half-length mixed practice exam scored at 75% or higher with every missed item logged by domain
Commercial General Liability & Workers' Compensation Insurance
Break down CGL Coverages A, B, and C and explain the occurrence versus claims-made trigger, the retroactive date, and the extended reporting period
Apply the CGL exclusions for your work, your product, contractual liability, and employers liability to at least eight claim scenarios
Determine workers' compensation benefits for medical, temporary total, permanent partial, permanent total, and death claims including Alabama's waiting period and benefit percentage
Explain workers' compensation exclusivity, the employer's liability Part Two coverage, and how coverage responds to out-of-state exposure
Your checkpoint
A 20-question drill combining CGL exclusion analysis and workers' compensation benefit calculations, scored at 80% or higher
Commercial Property and Commercial Package Policies
Compare commercial property forms and the basic, broad, and special causes-of-loss forms on covered perils and exclusions
Compute coinsurance, agreed-value, and business income with extra expense payments for a sample commercial account
Explain blanket versus specific insurance, reporting forms, and the margin clause and when each is used
Outline the commercial package policy structure and identify which inland marine and crime endorsements are commonly attached
Your checkpoint
A one-page underwriting summary of a sample commercial account listing each coverage, limit, and coverage gap found
Personal and Commercial Automobile Insurance & Other Coverages (umbrella/excess liability, inland marine, crime, boiler and machinery)
Compare personal auto Coverages A through D, the major exclusions, and Alabama's financial responsibility minimum limits
Differentiate common personal auto endorsements and explain why Alabama's tort-based system differs from no-fault and PIP states
Apply business auto symbols 1 through 9 and the MCS-90 and trucking concepts to given fleet and delivery scenarios
Outline the coverage triggers for umbrella and excess liability, inland marine, crime, and boiler and machinery
Your checkpoint
A 40-question auto quiz scored at 80% or higher plus a ten-line cheat sheet on the four other-coverage lines
Alabama Insurance Laws, Rules, and Regulations & General Insurance Concepts and Principles & Property Insurance Basics and Policy Provisions & Dwelling and Homeowners Policies & Commercial Property and Commercial Package Policies & Casualty Insurance Basics and Liability Concepts & Commercial General Liability & Personal and Commercial Automobile Insurance & Workers' Compensation Insurance & Other Coverages (umbrella/excess liability, inland marine, crime, boiler and machinery)
Complete a timed 150-question full-length practice exam under exam conditions and score at least 80% overall
Re-drill the three lowest-scoring domains from the practice score report until each reaches 85% or higher
Recite Alabama-specific numbers, deadlines, and penalty amounts from flashcards with 100% recall
Rehearse policy-limit and deductible calculations under time pressure without reference to notes
Your checkpoint
Final practice score report at 80% or higher plus a one-page master sheet of all numbers, limits, and deadlines
Milestones
Week 2: Can name Alabama licensing, CE, and unfair-trade-practice rules from memory, and score 80% or higher on the homeowners and dwelling quiz
Week 4: Half-length practice exam score of 75% or higher with a written log showing misses tagged by domain
Week 6: All 10% domains completed; CGL, workers' compensation, and commercial property drills each at 80% or higher
Week 8: Full-length timed exam at 80% or higher overall with no domain below 70%, and 100% recall on the Alabama numbers sheet