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Producer Fiona is newly appointed by Citadel Health to sell medical expense policies. Her written agency contract explicitly authorizes her to solicit applications and deliver policies, but it makes no specific mention of collecting premiums. When finalizing a sale, Fiona collects an initial premium check made payable to Citadel Health and issues a receipt to the applicant. Under the law of agency, which principle grants Fiona the power to conduct this specific transaction?

  1. A
    Apparent authority, because the applicant reasonably perceived that the producer had the right to accept the payment.
  2. B
    Express authority, because state insurance regulations automatically grant premium collection powers to all appointed producers.
  3. Implied authority, because collecting the initial premium is a standard and necessary action to carry out her expressly authorized duties.Cevap
  4. D
    Waiver, because the insurer voluntarily relinquished its legal right to collect the premium directly from the applicant.

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Implied authority, because collecting the initial premium is a standard and necessary action to carry out her expressly authorized duties.
Implied authority refers to the unwritten powers that a producer is assumed to have in order to carry out their expressly authorized duties. Since soliciting applications naturally requires collecting the initial premium to bind coverage or start the underwriting process, this power is legally implied by the existence of the agency contract.

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1
Analyze the producer's written contract to identify her express authority.
The contract grants express authority to solicit applications and deliver policies.
Establishing the baseline explicitly granted powers is the first step in determining agency authority.
2
Determine the relationship between the express authority and the unwritten action (collecting the premium).
Collecting the initial premium is a customary, standard, and necessary step to successfully complete the authorized task of soliciting a policy application.
An agent must have a legal basis to perform actions not strictly written in their contract.
3
Apply the legal definitions of agency authority to the scenario.
Authority that is unwritten but assumed necessary to conduct expressly authorized business is defined as implied authority.
This confirms the legal doctrine supporting the producer's actions.

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