Maine Life, Accident & Health Producer Examination — exam facts
Maine
Every source below was read on 2026-09-22
| Administering body | Maine Bureau of Insurance — exam delivered by Pearson VUE The exam is taken at a Pearson VUE test center. The Bureau directed Pearson VUE to stop online-proctored insurance exams for Maine and accepted no new online registrations from 10 May 2025. Source: Pearson VUE — Maine Insurance Licensing Candidate Handbook (March 2026, #122000) (2026-09-22) |
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| Questions | The combined exam has three parts, each printed separately: Life general knowledge, 50 scored plus 5 pretest questions; Accident & Health general knowledge, 50 scored plus 5 pretest questions; Maine laws and rules, 36 scored plus 5 pretest questions. Neither the outlines nor the handbook prints a total for the exam. What we read and found nothing in: Pearson VUE — Maine Insurance Supplement Examination Content Outlines (effective February 2, 2026, #122006) (2026-09-22) · Pearson VUE — Maine Insurance Licensing Candidate Handbook (March 2026, #122000) (2026-09-22) |
| Time limit | 210 minutes Published as “3 hrs 30 minutes” for exam 12-ME-01; shown here in minutes. Candidates approved for English as a Second Language get one and a half times the normal length. Source: Pearson VUE — Maine Insurance Licensing Candidate Handbook (March 2026, #122000) (2026-09-22) |
| Passing score | Scaled score of 70 on a 0–100 scale The handbook says the reported scaled score is neither the number nor the percentage of questions answered correctly, and numeric scores are reported only to failing candidates. A candidate must wait one day before scheduling a reexamination. Source: Pearson VUE — Maine Insurance Licensing Candidate Handbook (March 2026, #122000) (2026-09-22) |
| Fees |
The exam fee is from the March 2026 handbook; the application and licence fees are from the Bureau's fee schedule, which lists them for a resident producer. The handbook prints no licence or fingerprint fee. Source: Pearson VUE — Maine Insurance Licensing Candidate Handbook (March 2026, #122000) (2026-09-22) |
| Languages offered | English The handbook's exam list has one form of each exam and no translated form. Candidates whose first language is not English may apply to Pearson VUE for extra time under its English as a Second Language procedure. Source: Pearson VUE — Maine Insurance Licensing Candidate Handbook (March 2026, #122000) (2026-09-22) |
Change log
- 2026-09-22Fact sheet created from the Pearson VUE Maine candidate handbook (March 2026), the content outlines effective 2 February 2026, and the Maine Bureau of Insurance exam information and fee schedule pages.
- 2026-02-02Current Maine insurance content outlines took effect.
- 2025-05-10The Bureau stopped accepting new registrations for online-proctored insurance exams; exams are now taken at Pearson VUE test centers.