General Insurance✓ Verified · outline & fact-checked · Sep 2026Difficulty 1/5
A fraternal benefit society is best described as a(n):
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Why A is correct
A fraternal benefit society is a nonprofit insurer that provides life, health, and related benefits to its members, who belong to a lodge or are represented through a representative form of government. Members typically share common bonds such as religion, ethnicity, or occupation. It is one of the recognized insurer forms alongside stock and mutual companies.
Why the other options are wrong
- B) Stock insurers are investor-owned and distribute profits to shareholders, unlike nonprofit fraternals.
- C) Mutual companies are owned by policyholders and may write various lines, not only property.
- D) Insurers, including fraternals, are regulated entities, not government regulators.
Memory hook
Fraternal = members' club that insures its own. Nonprofit, lodge-based, unlike stock and mutual.