NC Property & Casualty study plan
NC Property & Casualty · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 7 hours per week
Property Insurance Basics and Personal Property Coverages
Define the seven characteristics of insurance contracts and distinguish indemnity, insurable interest, subrogation, and utmost good faith in property claim scenarios.
Differentiate named-peril from open-peril (special) forms and list which perils each ISO homeowners form (HO-2, HO-3, HO-5) covers.
Identify the homeowners coverage parts (A through F) and state what each pays for, including Coverage D loss of use and Coverage F medical payments to others.
Compute a coinsurance penalty and an actual cash value settlement given replacement cost, depreciation, deductible, and amount carried.
Your checkpoint
A one-page coverage-comparison chart plus a score of at least 75% on a 50-question domain-3 practice set.
Property Insurance Basics and Personal Property Coverages & Casualty Insurance Basics and Personal Casualty Coverages
Compare the dwelling property forms (DP-1, DP-2, DP-3) and explain when a dwelling policy is used instead of a homeowners policy.
Outline special limits of liability for money, securities, jewelry, firearms, and business property on homeowners contents.
Describe endorsements commonly added to personal property policies, such as scheduled personal property, water backup, and replacement cost on contents.
Explain the four elements of negligence and identify the common law defenses a liability adjuster must evaluate.
Your checkpoint
A written 10-scenario worksheet matching each loss fact pattern to the correct form, coverage part, and settlement amount, with 8 of 10 correct.
Casualty Insurance Basics and Personal Casualty Coverages
Break down the personal auto policy parts (A through D plus duties after loss) and state what each part covers and excludes.
Distinguish financial responsibility limits, split limits, combined single limits, and uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage as written in North Carolina.
Apply the PAP definitions of covered auto, newly acquired auto, and non-owned auto to at least five fact patterns.
Explain personal liability and medical payments coverage under Section II of the homeowners policy, including the business-pursuits and intentional-acts exclusions.
Your checkpoint
A completed PAP coverage matrix and at least 80% on a 40-question auto/liability quiz.
Casualty Insurance Basics and Personal Casualty Coverages & Insurance Principles and Concepts
Compare umbrella and excess liability coverage and explain the self-insured retention and required underlying limits.
Classify each of the following as a hazard, a peril, or a risk: moral hazard, morale hazard, physical hazard, speculative risk, pure risk.
Describe how deductibles, coinsurance, and limits of liability share loss between insured and insurer.
Review all domain-3 and domain-4 errors from prior quizzes and restate the correct rule for each.
Your checkpoint
A 100-question cumulative exam covering domains 3 and 4, scored at 75% or higher.
North Carolina Insurance Laws, Rules, and Regulations
Summarize North Carolina producer licensing requirements, appointment, continuing education hours, and the grounds for license suspension or revocation.
State the rules for cancellation, nonrenewal, and conditional renewal notices for personal and commercial property/casualty policies in North Carolina, including the required day counts.
Explain the role of the North Carolina Rate Bureau, the Department of Insurance, the FAIR Plan, and the North Carolina Insurance Underwriting Association and Guaranty Association.
Describe unfair trade practice and rebating prohibitions and identify a violation from a given producer scenario.
Your checkpoint
A one-page North Carolina deadlines-and-notices cheat sheet (cancellation days, CE hours, claim acknowledgment days) scored correct on a 30-question domain-2 quiz at 80%.
Commercial Property Coverages
Identify the building and personal property coverage form components: covered property, coverage extensions, valuation, coinsurance, and deductible.
Explain causes-of-loss forms (basic, broad, special), the business income and extra expense coverage, and the period of restoration.
Compare the businessowners policy (BOP) eligibility rules, coverages, and optional endorsements to the commercial package policy.
Distinguish builder's risk, commercial inland marine, and equipment breakdown coverage by the exposure each addresses.
Your checkpoint
A completed commercial property coverage outline plus 75% or higher on a 35-question domain-5 quiz.
Commercial Casualty Coverages & Commercial Property Coverages
Analyze the commercial general liability occurrence form: Coverage A, Coverage B, Coverage C, the insuring agreement, and the key exclusions.
Explain the claims-made trigger, retroactive date, and extended reporting period, and contrast them with an occurrence trigger.
Outline workers compensation Part One, Part Two, and Part Three and state the North Carolina employer obligations for coverage.
Describe business auto symbols, garage and trucking exposures, and how commercial umbrella coverage sits over auto, general liability, and employers liability.
Your checkpoint
A written 12-question CGL exclusion-and-trigger exercise, plus a 40-question mixed domain-5/6 quiz scored at 75% or higher.
Insurance Principles and Concepts & North Carolina Insurance Laws, Rules, and Regulations
Re-drill the insurance principles terms most often missed on prior quizzes: risk retention and transfer, indemnity, subrogation, and the law of large numbers.
Re-verify the North Carolina-specific notice, licensing, and unfair-practice rules against your week-5 cheat sheet.
Complete two timed 150-question practice exams under exam conditions and log every missed item by domain.
Build and restate a final one-page list of the 25 facts you missed most often.
Your checkpoint
Two full-length practice exams with a logged error analysis, both scored at 75% or higher and no single domain below 70%.
Milestones
Week 2: Score 75% or higher on a 40-question quiz drawn only from domains 3 and 4, and show the coverage-comparison chart is complete.
Week 4: Score 75% or higher on the 100-question cumulative domains 3 and 4 exam, with domains 3 and 4 fully covered before any commercial material begins.
Week 6: Score 80% or higher on the domain-2 quiz and 75% or higher on the domain-5 quiz, and confirm the deadlines cheat sheet is memorized.
Week 7: Score 75% or higher on the mixed domain-5/6 quiz and explain aloud the difference between occurrence and claims-made triggers without notes.
Week 8: Two timed full-length practice exams at 75% or higher overall with no domain below 70%; error log reviewed and top-25 facts list finalized.