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Oklahoma Life & Health Insurance Cheat Sheet

Contracts, Provisions & Underwriting

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42 Provision Items13 Underwriting ItemsContract RulesApplication Workflow

Life Insurance & Annuities

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30 Life Items2 Replacement ItemsPolicy SelectionAnnuity Choices

Health, Medicare & LTC

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15 Health Items5 Medicare Items5 LTC ItemsCost Sharing

Oklahoma Law & Licensing

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9 Licensing Items29 State Law ItemsProducer ConductSpecial Sales Rules

Quick Facts

Exam
Life, Accident + Health
Provider
PSI
Next outline
Effective August 1, 2026
Scored
150 items
Time
150 minutes
Pass
70% correct
Fee
$38
Testing
Center or remote

Contract Core

COAL plus competent parties

C: considerationO: offerA: acceptanceL: legal purposeParties: competent

Official Outline Allocation

Licensing
9 scored items
State law
29 scored items
Provisions and rights
42 scored items
Life products
30 scored items
Underwriting
13 scored items
Replacement
2 scored items
Health products
15 scored items
Medicare
5 scored items
Long-term care
5 scored items
Passing
70% correct

Contracts & Underwriting

Consideration
Premium plus truthful statements
Competent parties
Legal capacity required
Legal purpose
Lawful contract objective
Adhesion
Insurer drafts language
Aleatory
Unequal value exchange
Unilateral
Insurer makes enforceable promise
Conditional
Performance requires conditions
Application
Primary underwriting source
Consumer report
Third-party underwriting data
Insurable interest
Required at policy inception
Conditional receipt
Coverage depends on conditions
Policy delivery
Explain terms and effective date

Mandatory Policy Provisions

Entire contract
Policy plus attached application
Time limit defenses
Limits later claim challenges
Grace period
Late premium protection
Notice of claim
Starts claim notification
Claim forms
Insurer supplies forms
Proof of loss
Documents covered loss
Claims timing
Sets payment timing
Payment of claims
Names proper recipient
Legal actions
Sets lawsuit window
Change beneficiary
Preserves owner choice
Continuation
Benefits survive termination
Preexisting conditions
Prior-condition coverage limits

Policy Spectrum

Term rents; whole owns; universal flexes; variable fluctuates

Term: temporaryWhole: guaranteedUniversal: flexibleVariable: market risk

Term vs Whole

Term

  • Temporary protection
  • No cash value
  • Lower initial premium

Whole

  • Permanent protection
  • Guaranteed cash value
  • Fixed premium

Temporary vs permanent

Life Policy Picker

  1. Temporary death needTerm life(No cash value)
  2. Permanent fixed guaranteesWhole life
  3. Flexible premium needUniversal life
  4. Market-linked separate accountsVariable life(Owner bears risk)
  5. Two lives; first deathJoint life
  6. Two lives; second deathSurvivorship life
  7. Future coverage optionGuaranteed insurability
  8. Terminal illness liquidityAccelerated benefit

Life Product Map

Term life
Temporary death protection
Whole life
Permanent fixed guarantees
Universal life
Flexible premium policy
Joint life
Pays first death
Survivorship life
Pays second death
Variable life
Separate-account market risk
Group life
Master contract; certificates
Viatical settlement
Owner sells existing policy
MEC
Seven-pay tax classification
Waiver rider
Disability may waive premiums
Guaranteed insurability
Buy more without evidence
Accelerated benefit
Early death-benefit access

Fixed vs Variable Annuity

Fixed

  • General account
  • Insurer bears risk
  • Contract guarantees

Variable

  • Separate accounts
  • Owner bears risk
  • Values fluctuate

Guarantee vs market risk

Life Value Picker

  1. Need policy cashPolicy loan(Coverage continues)
  2. End policy for valueCash surrender
  3. Keep full benefit temporarilyExtended term
  4. Keep smaller permanent benefitReduced paid-up
  5. Protect late premiumAutomatic premium loan
  6. Change beneficiary freelyRevocable designation

Life Rights & Values

Policyowner
Controls contract rights
Insured
Supplies mortality risk
Beneficiary
Receives policy proceeds
Primary beneficiary
First proceeds recipient
Contingent beneficiary
Backup proceeds recipient
Revocable beneficiary
Owner may change
Irrevocable beneficiary
Consent protects rights
Assignment
Transfers policy rights
Policy loan
Borrowing reduces proceeds
Cash surrender
Ends coverage for value
Extended term
Full benefit temporarily
Reduced paid-up
Smaller permanent benefit
Automatic premium loan
Cash value pays premium
Life income
Lifetime settlement stream

Revocable vs Irrevocable

Revocable

  • Owner may change
  • No beneficiary consent

Irrevocable

  • Rights are vested
  • Consent generally required

Flexible vs protected

Annuity Map

Owner
Controls annuity contract
Annuitant
Measuring life
Beneficiary
Receives remaining benefit
Accumulation
Value-building phase
Annuitization
Converts value into income
Fixed annuity
Insurer guarantees values
Indexed annuity
Index-linked interest crediting
Variable annuity
Separate-account market risk
Immediate annuity
Income begins soon
Deferred annuity
Income begins later
Surrender charge
Early-exit contract charge

Medicare Parts

A hospital, B medical, C Advantage, D drugs

A: hospitalB: medicalC: AdvantageD: drugs

HMO vs PPO

HMO

  • Coordinated care
  • Tighter network
  • Referral model

PPO

  • Broader choice
  • Outside-network benefits
  • More flexibility

Coordination vs flexibility

Health Coverage Picker

  1. Broad medical expensesMajor medical
  2. Coordinated network careHMO
  3. Provider flexibilityPPO
  4. Named illness cashSpecified disease
  5. Fixed hospital cashHospital indemnity
  6. Lost earned incomeDisability income
  7. Original Medicare gapsMedigap
  8. Extended daily-living supportLong-term care

Health Product Map

Major medical
Broad medical expense coverage
Limited benefit
Narrow specified coverage
Specified disease
Named-condition benefit
Hospital indemnity
Fixed hospital cash
HMO
Coordinated network care
PPO
Preferred network flexibility
MEWA
Employers pool welfare benefits
Group health
Master contract coverage
Credit disability
Covers debt payments
Disability income
Replaces earned income
Dental
Oral-care benefits
AD&D
Accidental loss benefit

Deductible vs Elimination

Deductible

  • Measured in money
  • Cost-sharing threshold

Elimination

  • Measured in time
  • Benefit waiting period

Dollars vs days

Cost Sharing & Renewability

Deductible
Insured pays first
Coinsurance
Shared percentage
Copay
Fixed service amount
Out-of-pocket maximum
Annual covered-cost ceiling
Waiting period
Coverage-start delay
Elimination period
Benefit-payment delay
Benefit period
Maximum payment duration
Own occupation
Cannot perform own work
Any occupation
Cannot perform suitable work
Cancellable
Insurer may terminate
Guaranteed renewable
Must renew; class rates change
Noncancelable
Must renew; premium locked

Advantage vs Medigap

Medicare Advantage

  • Private Medicare route
  • Provides Parts A-B
  • May include drugs

Medigap

  • Supplements Original Medicare
  • Fills selected gaps
  • Separate policy

Alternative vs supplement

Medicare & Long-Term Care

Medicare Part A
Inpatient hospital coverage
Medicare Part B
Medical and outpatient coverage
Medicare Part C
Private Medicare alternative
Medicare Part D
Prescription drug coverage
Original Medicare
Parts A and B
Medigap
Fills Original Medicare gaps
Medicare Advantage
Replaces Original delivery route
Long-term care
Extended services and supports
Custodial care
Daily-living assistance
ADLs
Measures functional limitations
LTC renewability
Review continuation rights
LTC suitability
Match needs and resources

Replacement Pack

Notice, statement, sales material, twenty-day return

Notice: before signatureStatement: notification choiceMaterials: forward copiesReturn: 20 days

Twisting vs Rebating

Twisting

  • Misleading comparison
  • Induces replacement

Rebating

  • Unstated inducement
  • May return commission

Mislead vs reward

Oklahoma Compliance Path

  1. Pass PSI examWait three business days
  2. Waiting period endsApply through NIPR
  3. Representing an insurerConfirm appointment
  4. Name or address changesReport within 30 days
  5. Administrative action endsReport within 30 days
  6. Criminal pretrial hearingReport within 30 days
  7. Annuity sale plannedComplete approved training
  8. Replacing life coverageDeliver required notice
  9. Applicant requests notificationNotify existing insurer
  10. License renewal approachesVerify CE compliant

Oklahoma Licensing

Regulator
Oklahoma Insurance Department
Minimum age
18 years
Exam eligibility
Open until passed
Work authority
Active license required
After passing
Wait three business days
Application system
NIPR
Appointment
Required before carrier agency
Appointment filing
Within 15 days
Name or address
Report within 30 days
Administrative action
Report within 30 days
Criminal prosecution
30 days from hearing
Transaction records
Keep three years

Oklahoma Thirties

Changes thirty; actions thirty; prosecutions thirty

Changes: 30 daysActions: 30 daysCriminal: 30 days

License vs Appointment

License

  • State grants authority
  • Line-specific qualification

Appointment

  • Carrier grants agency
  • Carrier-specific relationship

State authority vs carrier

Oklahoma Producer Conduct

Misrepresentation
False policy statement
Twisting
Misleading replacement inducement
Rebating
Unstated sales inducement
Returned commission
Rebate when securing business
Defamation
False malicious competitor statement
Boycott
Restrictive concerted action
Coercion
Pressure distorts choice
Unfair discrimination
Unequal same-class treatment
Unlicensed commissions
Payment and acceptance prohibited
Guaranty Association
Never a sales inducement

Oklahoma Replacement Rules

Replacement trigger
New policy displaces existing
Application question
Ask about existing replacement
Applicant notice
Deliver before application signature
Signed statement
Applicant chooses insurer notice
Sales material
Forward copies with application
Insurer review
Within five days
Existing insurer notice
Five days when requested
Replacement records
Keep three years
Return right
At least 20 days
New policy clocks
Suicide and contestability restart

Oklahoma Special Rules

Standard producer CE
24 hours biennially
Ethics CE
Three hours
Legislative update CE
Two hours
General CE
Nineteen hours
CE carryover
Six excess hours
Initial LTC training
Eight hours before sales
LTC renewal training
Four hours each cycle
New annuity producer
Four-hour training before sales
Annuity recommendation
Best interest applies
Annuity paperwork
Disclose and document
Medigap birthday rule
60 days from birthday
Birthday rule choice
Equal-or-lesser benefits
Birthday underwriting
Waived for eligible switch
Life or annuity free look
Ten days
Medigap or LTC
Thirty-day free look

Common Traps

Counts vs weights

PSI publishes item counts Domain percentages not published

License vs appointment

License grants state authority Appointment grants carrier agency

Owner vs insured

Owner controls rights Insured supplies mortality risk

Deductible vs elimination

Deductible is money Elimination is time

Advantage vs Medigap

Advantage delivers Medicare Medigap supplements Original Medicare

Replacement vs twisting

Replacement may be suitable Misleading replacement is twisting

Guaranty vs guarantee

Coverage has statutory limits Never use as inducement

Universal flexibility

Premiums may be flexible Coverage can still lapse

Birthday rule scope

Medigap policies only Equal-or-lesser benefits protected

Last Minute

  1. 1.Use your test-date PSI outline
  2. 2.150 scored; 150 minutes; 70%
  3. 3.OID regulates; PSI tests
  4. 4.License first; appointment carrier-specific
  5. 5.Changes and actions: 30 days
  6. 6.Transaction records: three years
  7. 7.CE: 24 biennially; ethics three
  8. 8.Annuity training: four hours first
  9. 9.Replacement return: at least 20 days
  10. 10.Term temporary; whole permanent
  11. 11.Owner controls; beneficiary receives
  12. 12.Deductible dollars; elimination time
  13. 13.Medigap supplements Original Medicare
  14. 14.Birthday rule: equal-or-lesser only
  15. 15.Never sell on guaranty protection
  16. 16.Rebates include returned commissions
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