HI Life & Health study plan
HI Life & Health · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 7 hours per week
Hawaii Insurance Laws, Rules and Regulations & General Insurance Concepts
Map every Hawaii licensing requirement (resident and nonresident licensing, prelicensing hours, appointment, renewal, continuing education) into a one-page comparison chart
Explain Hawaii-specific fiduciary duties, premium trust accounts, and commingling rules in your own words without notes
Define the core risk-handling techniques and match each to a life or health example
Differentiate stock versus mutual insurers, admitted versus surplus lines, and agent versus broker authority
Identify prohibited practices and unfair trade acts under Hawaii insurance law and give one example of each
Your checkpoint
Score 80% or higher on a 25-question quiz covering Domains 1 and 2, closed-book
Life Insurance Basics & Life Insurance Policies
Calculate human life value and needs-based coverage amounts for three sample families
Distinguish term, whole, universal, and variable life by premium structure, cash value mechanics, and death benefit behavior
Diagram the underwriting flow from application Part I and II through policy issue and delivery
Apply the elements of a valid contract (offer, acceptance, consideration, legal purpose, insurable interest) to a life policy
Explain replacement, conditional receipt, and statement of good health rules
Your checkpoint
Complete a four-column policy comparison table (term, whole, universal, variable) plus a 15-question quiz at 80% or higher
Life Insurance Policy Provisions, Options and Riders
Match each major life policy provision (entire contract, grace period, reinstatement, incontestability, misstatement of age, suicide clause) to its exact time limit or consequence
Compare nonforfeiture options and dividend options, and compute cash surrender values for two sample policies
Select the correct rider (waiver of premium, disability income, accidental death, guaranteed insurability, long-term care, term) for six client scenarios
Explain the tax treatment of policy loans, dividends, and accelerated death benefits
Your checkpoint
Build a 20-card provision-to-time-limit flashcard deck and pass a 30-question Domain 5 quiz at 85% or higher
Life Insurance Policy Provisions, Options and Riders & Annuities
Trace settlement and payout options (life only, life with period certain, joint and survivor) and rank them by income size
Distinguish fixed, indexed, and variable annuities by accumulation and payout mechanics
Apply the exclusion ratio and a surrender charge schedule to a sample annuity
Explain annuity taxation rules, including exclusion ratio treatment and the early withdrawal penalty
Review and re-drill every missed item from Domains 1 through 5
Your checkpoint
Score 78% or higher on a 60-question cumulative exam covering Domains 1 through 6
Health Insurance Basics
Classify health plans (indemnity, HMO, PPO, POS, HDHP with HSA) by network rules and cost sharing
Compute benefits payable under deductible, coinsurance, and out-of-pocket maximum scenarios
Compare individual versus group health underwriting and outline COBRA and HIPAA continuation and portability rules
Differentiate own-occupation from any-occupation disability definitions and their benefit implications
Your checkpoint
Work 10 health benefit calculations with zero arithmetic errors and score 80% or higher on a 25-question Domain 7 quiz
Health Insurance Policy Provisions
Identify mandatory and optional health policy provisions and state the purpose of each
Explain coordination of benefits, subrogation, and claim filing and payment timeframes
Distinguish Medicare Parts A through D from Medicaid, and outline Hawaii's prepaid health care and QUEST program basics
Apply renewability clauses (noncancellable, guaranteed renewable, conditionally renewable, optionally renewable) to sample policies
Your checkpoint
Build a one-page renewability and time-limit matrix and score 85% or higher on a 30-question Domain 8 quiz
Hawaii Insurance Laws, Rules and Regulations & Life Insurance Policy Provisions, Options and Riders & Health Insurance Policy Provisions
Re-drill every missed item from Weeks 1 through 6 and log the underlying rule for each error
Re-take all Hawaii-specific practice items until scoring 90% or higher
Consolidate every numeric limit (free look, grace periods, reinstatement, incontestability, claim deadlines) into a single reference sheet
Explain the five most frequently missed concepts aloud without notes
Your checkpoint
Produce a written error log with 100% of missed items resolved to a source rule, plus score 85% or higher on a 100-question mixed exam
Hawaii Insurance Laws, Rules and Regulations & General Insurance Concepts & Life Insurance Basics & Life Insurance Policies & Life Insurance Policy Provisions, Options and Riders & Annuities & Health Insurance Basics & Health Insurance Policy Provisions
Simulate full-length timed exams under test-day conditions with no interruptions
Review the top 20 missed concepts until each is explained aloud from memory
Finalize a one-page cheat sheet of Hawaii deadlines and numeric limits
Verify all eight domains have been practiced at least twice since Week 4
Your checkpoint
Complete two full-length timed practice exams scoring 85% or higher, with every missed item reviewed and re-quizzed before the real exam
Milestones
Week 2: Pass a 30-question quiz on Hawaii law and general insurance concepts at 80% or higher before starting life policy content
Week 4: Score 78% or higher on a 60-question cumulative exam covering Domains 1 through 6
Week 6: Score 80% or higher on a 100-question cumulative exam covering all eight domains
Week 8: Achieve 85% or higher on two consecutive full-length timed practice exams