No mandatory course since 2021. What stands between you and your license is 130 questions, and about 1 in 3 first attempts fails them.
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scoreable questions (100 general + 30 Texas law)
sections in the official outline
course hours required since 2021
Sources: Pearson VUE Texas insurance content outlines and Texas Insurance Code (CE: 24 hours per license period, 3 of ethics). Updated Jul 2026.
The path to your license
Step 1
Submit your application to the Texas Department of Insurance and complete fingerprinting for the background check.
Today
you are hereNo mandatory course since 2021. The exam is the only gate, and candidates who train by exam style questions arrive ahead.
Exam day
Schedule online, take it at a test center or via online proctoring. About 1 in 3 first attempts fails, usually for lack of direction.
After
With the exam passed, your license issues and a carrier can appoint you. You start selling.
Ongoing
24 hours of CE per license period, including 3 hours of ethics, keep your license active.
Founding access
Adaptive practice across the whole outline, exam simulations with real weights, and an invite before everyone else. One email, no spam.
What is on the exam
The outline is public and the weights do not change. Your study plan and practice cover every section, in the same proportions as the real exam.
Types of Policies (Life)
15 questions: whole life, term, annuities and variations
Riders, Provisions, Options and Exclusions
15 questions: the fine print that decides claims
Application, Underwriting and Delivery
12 questions: from application to policy in hand
Types of Policies (Health)
16 questions: the heaviest section of the exam
Health Provisions, Clauses and Riders
15 questions: mandatory and optional provisions
Texas Statutes and Rules
30 questions: licensing, marketing practices, policy law and HMOs
No. Texas eliminated the mandatory prelicensing education requirement in 2021. You apply, clear a fingerprint background check and pass the state exam.
The combined exam has 100 scoreable general questions plus 30 scoreable questions on Texas law, with a few unscored pretest questions mixed in. The general portion follows a public outline with fixed weights per section.
Pearson VUE administers Texas insurance licensing exams for the Texas Department of Insurance. You schedule online and take it at a test center or via online proctoring.
About 1 in 3 candidates fails the first attempt. The usual problem is direction, not difficulty: studying everything equally instead of drilling the sections where they lose points.
You answer 20 practice questions covering every section of the official outline, with no signup, and walk out with a study plan: your score per section and exactly where your practice starts.
Complete your plan and pass on the first attempt, or we refund you in full. The only conditions: exam taken after purchase, first attempt, official Pearson VUE score report as proof, requested within your access period, once per customer. Full details in our Refund Policy at lyperprep.com/legal/refund.
A free practice test across every section of the outline, and you walk out with your study plan started.
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