LA Life & Health study plan
LA Life & Health · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 7 hours per week
Life Policy Provisions, Options, Riders, and Beneficiaries
Name every major life policy provision (entire contract, incontestability, grace period, reinstatement, misstatement of age, misstatement of sex, suicide, free look, payment of claims) and state its time limit from memory
Distinguish nonforfeiture options, dividend options, and settlement options, writing one worked example scenario for each
Differentiate irrevocable vs. revocable and primary vs. contingent beneficiary designations, and explain per stirpes, per capita, and spendthrift clauses
Apply the transfer-for-value rule, facility-of-payment provision, and common disaster clause to four short fact patterns
Your checkpoint
Closed-book 30-question Domain 5 quiz scored at 80% or higher, plus a corrected error log listing every missed item with the reason for the miss
Life Insurance Policies & Life Insurance Basics
Compare term, whole life, universal life, variable life, and indexed universal life on premium structure, cash value behavior, and death benefit design
Compute the effect of a partial withdrawal and of a policy loan on cash value and death benefit in a universal life illustration
Sequence the underwriting process from application through policy delivery, including the agent's report, paramedical exam, and attending physician statement
Explain the relationship among premium mode, total annual outlay, and the grace period
Identify the parties to a life insurance contract and the elements that make an application a binding contract
Your checkpoint
A one-page comparison table of the five life policy types built from memory, plus 80% or better on a 40-question mixed Domain 3/4 quiz
Insurance Regulation (Louisiana laws, rules, and licensing) & General Insurance Concepts
Outline Louisiana producer licensing: prelicensing education, exam, appointment by an insurer, license term, renewal, and continuing education reporting
Describe Louisiana rules on rebating, twisting, misrepresentation, commingling of premiums, fiduciary duty, and the penalties attached to each
Distinguish stock vs. mutual insurers, admitted vs. nonadmitted insurers, and explain the roles of the insurance department and the guaranty association
Define risk retention, risk transfer, adverse selection, coinsurance, and deductible, and match each to a short scenario
Your checkpoint
A Louisiana regulation cheat sheet (licensing, appointment, CE, prohibited acts, penalties) written from memory, then verified and corrected against the study notes
Health Insurance Coverage (disability income, medical expense, group, Medicare, long-term care)
Differentiate own-occupation, any-occupation, and split-definition disability, and calculate the benefit payable given an elimination period and benefit period
Compare HMO, PPO, POS, and indemnity plans on network rules, referral requirements, and cost sharing
Explain Medicare Parts A, B, C, and D, the initial and general enrollment periods, and the Medigap open enrollment right
Identify the triggers, elimination period, benefit duration, and inflation protection features of qualified long-term care insurance
Apply group health coordination-of-benefits, continuation, and conversion rules to three short scenarios
Your checkpoint
50-question Domain 8 practice set scored at 80% or higher, covering disability income, medical expense, group health, Medicare, and long-term care
Health Insurance Basics and Policy Provisions
Map each required uniform health policy provision (entire contract, time limit on certain defenses, grace period, reinstatement, claim procedures, physical exam, legal actions, change of occupation) and state its time frame
Explain the purpose of the free look, the incontestability clause, the insurance-with-other-insurers clause, and the relation-of-earnings clause in a health contract
Calculate benefits payable in scenarios involving a deductible, coinsurance percentage, and an out-of-pocket maximum
Distinguish cancellable, optionally renewable, conditionally renewable, guaranteed renewable, and noncancellable health policies
Your checkpoint
A completed table of required health policy provisions with time limits, plus 85% or better on a 35-question Domain 7 quiz
Annuities
Compare fixed, indexed, and variable annuities on interest crediting, market risk borne by the owner, and separate account treatment
Explain the accumulation phase, the annuitization phase, and the straight life, life with period certain, joint and survivor, and systematic withdrawal payout options
Compute the exclusion ratio and identify which portion of an annuity payment is taxable, including the treatment of early withdrawals and loans
Describe surrender charge schedules, market value adjustments, free withdrawal amounts, and annuity suitability and senior protection obligations
Your checkpoint
A fully worked exclusion-ratio example with the taxable and nontaxable portions labeled, plus an 85% or better score on a 30-question Domain 6 quiz
Insurance Regulation (Louisiana laws, rules, and licensing) & General Insurance Concepts & Annuities
Re-answer every previously missed question from weeks 1 through 6 and group the errors by domain to expose the two weakest areas
Redo Louisiana licensing, appointment, CE, and prohibited-practice material without notes and score 100% on a 20-question regulation drill
Retest general insurance concepts and annuities with a 30-question set and reach 85% on each
Rewrite each missed concept as a single sentence in your own words and file it in the error log
Your checkpoint
An updated error log in which every previously missed item is re-answered correctly, plus a prioritized list of the three weakest remaining topics
Insurance Regulation (Louisiana laws, rules, and licensing) & General Insurance Concepts & Life Insurance Basics & Life Insurance Policies & Life Policy Provisions, Options, Riders, and Beneficiaries & Annuities & Health Insurance Basics and Policy Provisions & Health Insurance Coverage (disability income, medical expense, group, Medicare, long-term care)
Complete two full-length timed practice exams under test conditions with no notes and the clock running
Review every missed question from both exams and confirm the underlying rule before moving on
Drill Louisiana regulation and life provisions and beneficiary questions until each area holds at 90% or better
Recite from memory the key numeric facts: grace periods, free look, reinstatement, incontestability, and health and annuity time limits
Your checkpoint
Two full-length practice exams completed at 80% or higher overall, with no single domain below 70%
Milestones
Week 2: Two of eight domains are fully studied and the 40-question mixed Domain 3/4 quiz is at 80% or higher
Week 4: Half the domains are complete; the 50-question Domain 8 set is at 80% or higher and a 50-question mixed exam over Domains 3, 4, and 5 is at 75% or higher
Week 6: All eight domains have been studied at least once, and every domain-level quiz is at 80% or better
Week 8: Two full-length timed exams are complete at 80% or higher overall with no domain below 70%