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NY Property & Casualty study plan

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

8 weeks · About 7 hours per week

Week 1

General Insurance Principles and Concepts & Property Insurance Basics and Policy Provisions

  • Define the characteristics of insurable risk and classify given exposures as insurable or uninsurable

  • Explain indemnity, insurable interest, utmost good faith, subrogation, and the rules of contract adhesion and ambiguity

  • Differentiate named-peril from open-peril forms and compare actual cash value, replacement cost, and functional/agreed valuation

  • Apply coinsurance, deductible, and other-insurance clauses to short numeric loss scenarios

Your checkpoint

Closed-book 30-question quiz on general principles and property policy provisions, scored 80% or better, with a written log of every missed concept and its correct rule.

Week 2

Homeowners and Dwelling Policy Coverages

  • Compare HO-2, HO-3, HO-5, HO-4, HO-6, and HO-8 by perils insured against and by eligible insured

  • Build your own sample declarations page and map Coverage A through F limits, special limits, and the deductible against it

  • Distinguish DP-1, DP-2, and DP-3 dwelling forms from homeowners forms and identify which perils each adds

  • Resolve ten claim scenarios involving loss of use, debris removal, collapse, and ordinance-or-law coverage

Your checkpoint

One-page comparison matrix covering every homeowners form plus a 20-question self-test scored 80% or better.

Week 3

Casualty Insurance Basics and Liability Concepts & Auto Insurance (Personal and Commercial)

  • Identify the elements of negligence and the defenses that bar or reduce recovery, including comparative fault and assumption of risk

  • Distinguish PAP Parts A through D and state the coverage trigger for liability versus physical damage coverage

  • Calculate split-limit and combined single-limit settlements under New York rules, including no-fault/PIP application

  • Compare personal auto, commercial auto, garage, and trucking coverage forms and their key exclusions

  • Explain New York financial responsibility, mandatory uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage, and transportation expense provisions

Your checkpoint

Written answer key to eight auto claim scenarios (liability, PIP, UM/SUM, physical damage), with correct limits applied and each step shown.

Week 4

New York Insurance Law and Regulations

  • Outline New York producer licensing, appointment, and continuing education requirements and the duties owed to clients

  • State New York rules for policy cancellation, nonrenewal, and conditional renewal for personal and commercial lines

  • Identify unfair claim settlement practices and claims-handling standards under New York regulation

  • Summarize the purpose and limits of the New York Property and Casualty Insurance Security Fund

  • Re-drill the weakest objectives from Domains 2, 3, 4, 6, and 7 flagged by your quiz logs

Your checkpoint

Timed 50-question half-length exam spanning Domains 2, 3, 4, 6, and 7, scored 75% or better, with any domain below 70% flagged for re-review.

Week 5

Commercial Property and Inland Marine Coverages

  • Map commercial building and business personal property coverage, including personal property of others and the 5,000 dollar limit structure you construct yourself

  • Compare the basic, broad, and special causes-of-loss forms and list the perils each adds

  • Apply coinsurance, agreed value, blanket vs. specific insurance, and reporting forms to a numeric example

  • Explain business income and extra expense coverage, including the period of restoration

  • Differentiate builders risk, inland marine floaters, and ocean marine coverages by what they insure

Your checkpoint

One-page coverage map of the commercial property policy plus worked solutions to five commercial property and business income problems.

Week 6

Other Casualty Lines (Workers' Compensation, General Liability, Umbrella, Crime) & New York Insurance Law and Regulations

  • Apply New York workers' compensation benefit categories, employer liability, and the exclusive remedy rule to claim scenarios

  • Distinguish occurrence from claims-made general liability forms and explain retroactive dates and extended reporting periods

  • Compare umbrella and excess liability triggers, self-insured retention, and drop-down provisions

  • Identify employee theft, forgery, computer fraud, and safe burglary coverages and how crime limits apply

  • Revisit the New York regulatory objectives from Week 4 that carry into workers' compensation and commercial liability

Your checkpoint

Twenty-question mixed quiz on Domains 8 and 1 scored 80% or better, plus a one-page summary of claims-made versus occurrence triggers written in your own words.

Week 7

General Insurance Principles and Concepts & Property Insurance Basics and Policy Provisions & Homeowners and Dwelling Policy Coverages & Commercial Property and Inland Marine Coverages & Casualty Insurance Basics and Liability Concepts & Auto Insurance (Personal and Commercial) & Other Casualty Lines (Workers' Compensation, General Liability, Umbrella, Crime)

  • Rank all eight domains by your running quiz accuracy and rebuild the three weakest from their objectives

  • Re-work every previously missed question without looking at the answer key first

  • Drill coverage-comparison tables for HO forms, dwelling forms, commercial property forms, and auto forms from memory

  • Practice pacing by completing 50 questions in 55 minutes with no notes

Your checkpoint

Personal weak-area remediation sheet listing each weak objective, the corrected rule, and a passing re-quiz score on that objective.

Week 8

New York Insurance Law and Regulations & General Insurance Principles and Concepts & Property Insurance Basics and Policy Provisions & Homeowners and Dwelling Policy Coverages & Commercial Property and Inland Marine Coverages & Casualty Insurance Basics and Liability Concepts & Auto Insurance (Personal and Commercial) & Other Casualty Lines (Workers' Compensation, General Liability, Umbrella, Crime)

  • Complete two full-length timed practice exams covering all eight domains

  • Review every flagged item and confirm you can state the underlying rule without prompting

  • Recite the New York-specific rules (cancellation, no-fault, UM/SUM, security fund) from memory

  • Finalize a one-page formula and limits sheet for last-minute review

Your checkpoint

Two full-length practice exams scored 85% or better overall with no single domain below 75%.

Milestones

Week 2: Homeowners and dwelling comparison matrix complete and a 20-question self-test scored 80% or better.

Week 4: 50-question half exam scored 75% or better with no domain below 70%, and New York cancellation/nonrenewal rules explained from memory.

Week 6: Domains 5 and 8 quizzes both at 80% or better and all commercial policy comparisons written out in your own words.

Week 8: Two full-length practice exams at 85% or better overall and no domain below 75%.