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Life Insurance Occupations, part one

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Question 1:

In 1948, about 64% of the population lived to the age of 65, when they had an opportunity to retire. Many of these took out life insurance policies, which were paying out about how much, once someone bought the farm?

	$4,700			Two shiny nickels!

	$800

Question 2:

"Until needed to pay these policy benefits, most of the premium dollars paid by policy holders to their insurance companies" can be located where?

	Buried in the ground in jelly jars			Used to finance the expansion of industry and commerce

	In bank vaults

Question 3:

In the world of 1948, once an insurance agent gets a written application for life insurance, it's mailed to the home office. The lay underwriters determine if the applicant is qualified for insurance. The underwriter considers the financial, physical and_

	Marital status of the applicant			Ethnic status of the applicant

	Moral status of the applicant

Question 4:

Next, the medical department of the insurance company had a look at the application. Strangely enough, the film points out that the medical department is staffed by?

	Monkeys			Doctors

	Pirates

Question 5:

"Information from medical reports on policy holders is filed for future reference." Enter the file clerks. What types of skills would have helped you be a top-notch insurance company file clerk back in 1948?

	Alive and breathing			Accurate and diligent

	Filing and sorting