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NC Property & Casualty study plan

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

8 weeks · About 7 hours per week

Week 1

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.

Week 2

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.

Week 3

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.

Week 4

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.

Week 5

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%.

Week 6

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.

Week 7

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.

Week 8

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.