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GA Property & Casualty study plan

GA Property & Casualty · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 7 hours per week

Week 1

Insurance Regulation and Licensing (state and national) & General Insurance Concepts and Principles

  • Build a one-page timeline of the Georgia producer licensing lifecycle (prelicensing education, exam, application, appointment, renewal, continuing education), labeling each step with its requirement source.

  • Define 25 foundational terms (insured, insurer, indemnity, insurable interest, subrogation, aleatory, adhesion, utmost good faith, waiver, estoppel) and write an original example sentence for each.

  • Distinguish representations, warranties, concealment, and misrepresentation, and identify which would void coverage versus merely adjust a claim.

  • List the four elements of a valid contract and the four elements of negligence, then apply each element to two short fact patterns.

  • Recite the Commissioner's core powers and ten prohibited unfair trade or claims practices without notes.

Your checkpoint

Closed-book 30-question self-quiz on Domains 1-2 scored at 80% or higher, plus a 25-term glossary with original examples.

Week 2

Property Insurance Basics and Policy Structure & Casualty Insurance Basics and Liability Concepts

  • Outline the structure of a property policy (declarations, insuring agreement, conditions, exclusions, definitions) and label where each of six common provisions lives.

  • Solve five loss-settlement problems (actual cash value, replacement cost, coinsurance penalty, deductible application, and a total loss) showing every calculation step.

  • Distinguish the four liability damage categories (special, general, punitive, compensatory) and match each of six claim examples to its category.

  • Compare the common law and comparative negligence defenses and identify which apply in three given scenarios.

  • Classify 20 policy exclusions as property-related, liability-related, or both, and state the underwriting reason for each.

Your checkpoint

40-question quiz on Domains 3-4 at 80% or higher, plus a worked answer sheet for all five settlement problems.

Week 3

Personal Auto Policy

  • Reconstruct the Personal Auto Policy part by part (liability, medical payments, uninsured/underinsured motorist, physical damage) and list what each part pays and to whom.

  • Apply split liability limits to four multi-claimant accident scenarios and state the maximum payable per person and per accident.

  • Decide coverage for six fact patterns involving newly acquired autos, non-owned autos, temporary substitute autos, and business use of a personal vehicle.

  • List eight PAP exclusions and explain how each one removes or limits coverage.

  • Differentiate collision from other-than-collision coverage and rank five sample losses into the correct coverage.

Your checkpoint

35-question PAP quiz at 85% or higher plus a completed coverage decision matrix for the six scenarios.

Week 4

Homeowners Policy & Dwelling Policy

  • Compare HO-2, HO-3, HO-5, and HO-8 on perils insured against, valuation, and eligibility, and record the distinctions in a table.

  • Compute Coverage A, B, C, and D limits from a given Coverage A amount and apply the special dollar limits (jewelry, money, silverware, business property) to five sample claims.

  • Contrast the DP-1, DP-2, and DP-3 dwelling forms and list three structural differences between a dwelling policy and a homeowners policy.

  • Identify which of 12 losses are covered under an HO-3 but excluded under a dwelling policy, and state why.

  • Explain how the loss-of-use, medical payments to others, and personal liability sections interact on a single homeowners claim.

Your checkpoint

Half-length timed practice exam of 60 questions spanning Domains 1-7, scored at 75% or higher, with a written list of every missed item.

Week 5

Commercial Package Policy and Commercial Property/Casualty Coverages & Businessowners Policy and Other Specialty Coverages

  • Identify the component coverage parts of the commercial package policy and explain how modular forms are attached and coordinated.

  • Distinguish building and personal property coverage, business income with extra expense, and the key commercial property exclusions in a comparison table.

  • Contrast occurrence and claims-made liability triggers, and describe the three CGL coverage parts and who each one protects.

  • Determine Businessowners Policy eligibility for eight sample risks and list the coverages a BOP provides automatically.

  • Select the correct specialty coverage (inland marine, crime, umbrella, or equipment breakdown) for six described exposures.

Your checkpoint

40-question quiz on Domains 8 and 10 at 80% or higher plus a one-page CGL-versus-BOP comparison sheet.

Week 6

Workers Compensation Insurance

  • List the four workers compensation benefit categories (medical, disability income, death, rehabilitation) and describe how each is determined.

  • Explain the exclusive remedy doctrine and the three structural parts of a workers compensation statute.

  • Distinguish Part One, Part Two, and Part Three of a workers compensation and employers liability policy and state what each responds to.

  • Re-study the two lowest-scoring domains from Weeks 1-5 and rewrite ten missed questions with correct reasoning.

  • Recite the Georgia-specific coverage and benefit rules flagged in your state supplement.

Your checkpoint

Timed 50-question cumulative quiz across all ten domains at 80% or higher, with a corrected-answer log.

Week 7

Property Insurance Basics and Policy Structure & Casualty Insurance Basics and Liability Concepts & Homeowners Policy & Personal Auto Policy & Commercial Package Policy and Commercial Property/Casualty Coverages

  • Complete two full-length timed practice exams under exam-day conditions with no notes.

  • Log every incorrect answer by domain and identify the three highest-error domains.

  • Re-drill the three highest-error domains until each reaches 85% or better on a 20-question set.

  • Review Georgia licensing, appointment, continuing education, and cancellation/nonrenewal notice rules from your state supplement.

Your checkpoint

Error log covering 100% of missed questions, with at least 95% of them answered correctly on a retake.

Week 8

Insurance Regulation and Licensing (state and national) & General Insurance Concepts and Principles & Dwelling Policy & Workers Compensation Insurance & Businessowners Policy and Other Specialty Coverages

  • Complete three timed 50-question mixed drills and score 85% or higher on each.

  • Write from memory a one-page sheet of the key numbers and limits (coinsurance percentages, homeowners limit relationships, PAP minimums, deductible mechanics).

  • Re-answer every remaining item in the error log until each is correct twice in a row.

  • Schedule a light review of only the cheat sheet and error log for the final 48 hours before the exam.

Your checkpoint

Final full-length practice exam scored at 85% or higher plus a from-memory numbers-and-limits cheat sheet.

Milestones

Week 2: Score 80% or higher on both the Domain 1-2 quiz and the Domain 3-4 quiz, and correctly solve all five settlement calculations unaided.

Week 4: Score 75% or higher on the 60-question half-length exam covering Domains 1-7, with no domain below 60%.

Week 6: Score 80% or higher on the 50-question cumulative quiz and show a corrected-answer log for every missed item.

Week 8: Score 85% or higher on the final full-length practice exam and complete the numbers-and-limits cheat sheet from memory without notes.