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WY Property & Casualty study plan

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

8 weeks · About 6 hours per week

Week 1

Insurance Principles and Practices

  • Define risk, peril, hazard, loss, and exposure, then classify physical, moral, morale, and legal hazards across 20 written scenarios

  • Apply the characteristics of an insurable risk to accept or reject five sample coverage offerings with written justification

  • Explain indemnity, insurable interest, utmost good faith, representations, warranties, concealment, subrogation, and contract of adhesion using plain-language examples

  • Sequence the claims process from notice of loss through investigation, proof of loss, settlement, or denial

Your checkpoint

A 40-term self-written flashcard deck plus a closed-book 25-question Domain 1 quiz scored at 80% or higher

Week 2

Insurance Principles and Practices & Property Insurance

  • Label the declarations, insuring agreement, conditions, exclusions, definitions, and endorsements in three sample policy forms

  • Differentiate stock, mutual, reciprocal, and surplus lines insurers, and describe the roles of producer, MGA, and reinsurer

  • Summarize the scope of state insurance regulation and the Wyoming commissioner's core powers over licensing, solvency, and market conduct

  • Match the HO-3, HO-4, HO-5, and HO-8 forms to four described insureds and justify each match

Your checkpoint

A one-page hand-drawn policy-structure diagram plus a 30-question mixed Domains 1 and 2 quiz scored at 75% or higher

Week 3

Property Insurance

  • Map Coverage A through F of the homeowners policy to the exposures each addresses, including the standard exclusions and conditions

  • Compare named-peril and open-peril (special) forms and list which perils are added or removed by common endorsements

  • Calculate actual cash value, replacement cost, coinsurance penalties, and deductible applications in multi-step claim problems

  • Explain the personal property special limits and how they change with scheduled endorsements

Your checkpoint

Three fully worked claim scenarios showing correct dollar settlements for ACV, replacement cost, coinsurance, and policy limits

Week 4

Property Insurance

  • Distinguish the dwelling policy forms (DP-1, DP-2, DP-3) by perils insured and loss settlement basis

  • Outline commercial property coverage under the building and personal property form, including coinsurance and valuation options

  • Compare the basic, broad, and special causes-of-loss forms and the exclusions common to all three

  • Describe business income, inland marine, crime, and equipment breakdown coverages and the gap each fills

Your checkpoint

A 40-question Domain 2 practice exam scored at 80% or higher with a written error log naming the cause of every miss

Week 5

Casualty Insurance

  • Break down the personal auto policy by part, identifying who is an insured and what each coverage pays

  • Differentiate liability, medical payments, PIP, uninsured/underinsured motorist, and physical damage coverages in claim scenarios

  • Apply negligence, proximate cause, comparative versus contributory negligence, and the doctrines of respondeat superior and vicarious liability

  • List the major auto exclusions and explain how a named driver exclusion and a business-use endorsement change the analysis

Your checkpoint

A personal auto coverage matrix plus a 30-question auto and liability foundations quiz scored at 80% or higher

Week 6

Casualty Insurance & Wyoming Insurance Laws and Regulations

  • Compare the commercial general liability occurrence and claims-made forms, including the coverage triggers and aggregate limits

  • Explain workers compensation benefits, exclusive remedy, and employer's liability coverage in a workplace injury scenario

  • Distinguish umbrella/excess, professional liability, employment practices, and commercial crime coverages by the exposure each responds to

  • Identify the Wyoming producer licensing, appointment, and continuing education requirements at a high level to prepare for Week 7

Your checkpoint

A comparison chart of liability coverages that correctly assigns the paying policy in ten claim scenarios

Week 7

Wyoming Insurance Laws and Regulations

  • Outline Wyoming producer licensing, appointment, termination, and continuing education requirements with the specific timeframes and fees

  • Explain unfair trade practices, producer fiduciary duties, and the commissioner's examination, hearing, and penalty authority

  • State the notice requirements for cancellation, nonrenewal, and premium increase for personal and commercial lines in Wyoming

  • Describe the Wyoming guaranty fund, surplus lines eligibility rules, and the state-specific auto and workers compensation requirements

Your checkpoint

A one-page Wyoming rules cheat sheet listing every deadline, notice period, and penalty range, plus a 50-question Domain 4 exam scored at 85% or higher

Week 8

Insurance Principles and Practices & Property Insurance & Casualty Insurance & Wyoming Insurance Laws and Regulations

  • Complete two full-length timed practice exams under exam-day conditions with no notes and a single sitting per exam

  • Re-drill every flashcard and error-log item missed in Weeks 1 through 7 until each is answered correctly twice

  • Rank the four domains by practice-exam score and write a targeted remediation plan for the two weakest

  • Rehearse exam logistics: question pacing, flag-and-return strategy, and time allocation per question

Your checkpoint

Two timed 100-question practice exams scored at 80% or higher plus a final one-page weak-area remediation list

Milestones

Week 2: Policy-structure diagram complete and the 30-question mixed Domains 1 and 2 quiz at 75% or higher

Week 4: Domain 2 practice exam at 80% or higher with a written error log covering every missed item

Week 6: Casualty coverage comparison chart finished and a 40-question Domain 3 exam at 75% or higher

Week 7: Domain 4 exam at 85% or higher and the Wyoming cheat sheet cross-checked against the official state statutes and regulations

Week 8: Two full-length timed exams at 80% or better and every flashcard in the review deck answered correctly twice