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Bulgarian Insurance Broker Qualification Exam study plan

Bulgarian Insurance Broker Qualification Exam · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 7 hours per week

Week 1

Legal and regulatory framework of insurance and insurance intermediation (Insurance Code, FSC supervision)

  • Map the structure of the Insurance Code into a one-page outline: licensing, supervision, intermediation, contract, distribution, AML, consumer protection

  • Define the FSC's supervisory powers and the registration/authorisation requirements for brokers and agents from memory

  • List the categories of insurance intermediaries under Bulgarian law and state the threshold conditions that distinguish them

  • Identify the sanctions regime for unlicensed intermediation and for breach of supervisory orders

Your checkpoint

A one-page mind map of Domain 1 with all key statutory terms and a 20-question self-quiz scored at 80% or better

Week 2

Legal and regulatory framework of insurance and insurance intermediation (Insurance Code, FSC supervision) & Insurance intermediation: broker and agent roles, duties, conflicts of interest, remuneration and disclosure

  • Distinguish broker from agent by who they represent, whose instructions they act on, and to whom they owe duties

  • Explain the registration, ongoing requirements, and professional indemnity obligations of insurance brokers

  • Describe remuneration structures (commission, fee, mixed) and state when and how they must be disclosed

  • Identify conflict-of-interest situations in distribution and the required mitigation steps

Your checkpoint

A comparison table broker vs agent (representation, duties, remuneration, disclosure, liability) plus 15 scenario questions answered in writing

Week 3

Insurance contract law: conclusion, content, rights and obligations of the parties, termination

  • Sequence the stages of concluding an insurance contract: proposal, offer, acceptance, policy issue, inception

  • Classify the rights and obligations of insurer and policyholder into a two-column checklist

  • Explain the duty of disclosure of material facts and the consequences of breach

  • List and distinguish the grounds for termination (cancellation, withdrawal, lapse, avoidance, expiry) and their notice requirements

Your checkpoint

A decision tree for termination scenarios with the correct legal ground and notice period for each branch

Week 4

General principles of insurance: risk, insurable interest, indemnity, subrogation, sum insured and sums assured

  • Define risk, insurable interest, indemnity, subrogation, sum insured, and sums assured in your own words without notes

  • Apply the indemnity principle to underinsurance, overinsurance, and total loss worked examples

  • Explain how subrogation operates and trace the insurer's recovery rights step by step

  • Distinguish sum insured from sums assured and explain which product types use each

Your checkpoint

A worked-problems set of 10 numerical indemnity/subrogation exercises solved with full calculations, plus a glossary of 20 Domain 3 terms

Week 5

Non-life insurance products and coverages (property, liability, motor, accident, health, transport, agricultural)

  • Compare coverage scope, exclusions, and typical limits across property, liability, and motor insurance

  • Outline accident, health, transport (cargo/hull), and agricultural insurance coverages and their key exclusions

  • Explain compulsory motor third-party liability requirements and the role of the guarantee fund

  • Match a set of 12 client scenarios to the appropriate non-life product and justify each choice

Your checkpoint

A product comparison grid covering all seven non-life lines with coverage, exclusions, and limits, validated against 12 scenario matches

Week 6

Life insurance products and coverages (risk life, savings/endowment, annuities, unit-linked) & General principles of insurance: risk, insurable interest, indemnity, subrogation, sum insured and sums assured

  • Distinguish risk life, savings/endowment, annuity, and unit-linked products by purpose, payout structure, and risk borne by the policyholder

  • Explain surrender values, paid-up options, and policy loans for savings products

  • Describe how investment risk transfers to the policyholder in unit-linked contracts and what disclosure is required

  • Calculate a simple endowment maturity payout and an annuity income example

Your checkpoint

A one-page product matrix for the four life categories plus two solved calculation examples (endowment maturity, annuity income)

Week 7

Anti-money-laundering, counter-terrorist-financing and sanctions compliance for insurance intermediaries & Consumer protection, data protection and professional ethics in insurance distribution

  • List the AML/CFT customer due-diligence steps an intermediary must perform, including identification, verification, and ongoing monitoring

  • Identify red flags specific to life insurance and unit-linked products and state the escalation path

  • Explain sanctions screening obligations and what to do on a potential match

  • Summarise consumer-protection and data-protection duties in distribution, including advice standards, disclosure, and lawful processing

  • State the core professional-ethics duties and resolve three ethical-dilemma scenarios

Your checkpoint

An AML/CFT one-page procedure (CDD steps, red flags, escalation) plus written resolutions to three ethics scenarios

Week 8

Legal and regulatory framework of insurance and insurance intermediation (Insurance Code, FSC supervision) & Insurance contract law: conclusion, content, rights and obligations of the parties, termination & General principles of insurance: risk, insurable interest, indemnity, subrogation, sum insured and sums assured & Non-life insurance products and coverages (property, liability, motor, accident, health, transport, agricultural) & Life insurance products and coverages (risk life, savings/endowment, annuities, unit-linked) & Insurance intermediation: broker and agent roles, duties, conflicts of interest, remuneration and disclosure & Anti-money-laundering, counter-terrorist-financing and sanctions compliance for insurance intermediaries & Consumer protection, data protection and professional ethics in insurance distribution

  • Re-sit a full mixed mock exam under timed conditions and score each domain separately

  • Re-study only the two weakest domains identified by the mock results

  • Rehearse statutory definitions and key thresholds from memory until recall is automatic

  • Review every previously wrong answer and state the correct rule and the reason for the error

Your checkpoint

A full timed mock exam completed with a per-domain score report and a written remediation log for every missed question

Milestones

Week 2: Score 80% or better on a 30-question mixed quiz covering Domains 1 and 6, and explain broker-vs-agent differences aloud without notes

Week 4: Solve all 10 indemnity/subrogation problems correctly and define all Domain 3 terms from memory

Week 6: Score 75% or better on a 40-question mock covering Domains 2, 3, 4, and 5

Week 7: Complete the AML/CFT procedure and ethics resolutions, and pass a 15-question compliance quiz at 80% or better

Week 8: Achieve 75% or better overall on the full timed mock with no domain below 65%