North Dakota Life (Product and Laws) and Accident and Health or Sickness (Product and Laws) Insurance Producer Examinations — exam facts

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Every source below was read on 2026-09-22

North Dakota Life (Product and Laws) and Accident and Health or Sickness (Product and Laws) Insurance Producer Examinations — Exam facts
Administering bodyNorth Dakota Insurance & Securities Department — exam delivered by PSI

The bulletin states that remote proctored examinations stopped on 24 April 2026; the exams are given in person at PSI test sites. The Department's application page states that North Dakota law does not require pre-licensing classroom instruction.

Source: PSI — North Dakota Insurance & Securities Department Insurance Licensing Examination Candidate Information Bulletin (9/14/2026) (2026-09-22)

QuestionsNo combined exam — Life and Accident and Health or Sickness are separate exams of 110 items each, split into a state portion of 40 items and a general portion of 70; 5 to 10 unscored experimental questions may be added

What we read and found nothing in: PSI — North Dakota Insurance & Securities Department Insurance Licensing Examination Candidate Information Bulletin (9/14/2026) (2026-09-22) · PSI — North Dakota Life Insurance Examination content outline (110 items, 150 minutes) (2026-09-22)

Time limitNo combined exam — the Life outline and the Accident and Health outline each state "Duration 150 minutes" for that exam

What we read and found nothing in: PSI — North Dakota Life Insurance Examination content outline (110 items, 150 minutes) (2026-09-22) · PSI — North Dakota Insurance & Securities Department Insurance Licensing Examination Candidate Information Bulletin (9/14/2026) (2026-09-22)

Passing score70% (at least 77 of the 110 scored questions)

The bulletin's exam table gives both exams the same rule: 70 percent, 77 correct answers of 110 items. It states that candidates may retest an unlimited number of times, but a new appointment cannot be made on the same day as a failed exam.

Source: PSI — North Dakota Insurance & Securities Department Insurance Licensing Examination Candidate Information Bulletin (9/14/2026) (2026-09-22)

Fees
  • $67 — Examination fee, per exam (Life, or Accident and Health or Sickness) (PSI, per attempt) Source
  • $100 — Initial insurance producer licence application (North Dakota Insurance & Securities Department, one-time) Source
  • $40 — Fingerprint background check (BCI), current amount (North Dakota Attorney General, one-time) Source
  • $43 — Fingerprint background check (BCI), new amount (North Dakota Attorney General, one-time, from 2026-10-01) Source
  • $29 — Fingerprint processing when printed at a PSI test centre (PSI, one-time) Source

A candidate for both lines sits two exams and pays the examination fee for each; PSI's registration data lists the same $67 as the retake fee. The $40 fingerprint fee appears in both the bulletin and the Department's page; only the Department's page announces the $43 amount from 1 October 2026. Fingerprints are needed only for a first resident licence.

Source: PSI — North Dakota Insurance & Securities Department Insurance Licensing Examination Candidate Information Bulletin (9/14/2026) (2026-09-22)

Languages offeredEnglish

PSI's North Dakota exam list carries one form of each exam, in English, and no other-language form. The bulletin offers candidates whose primary language is not English an ESL authorization for time and a half.

Source: PSI — North Dakota Insurance exam list (test-takers.psiexams.com/ndins) (2026-09-22)

Change log

  • 2026-10-01Upcoming: the fingerprint (BCI) fee rises from $40 to $43, per the Department's application page.
  • 2026-09-22Fact sheet created from the PSI North Dakota candidate bulletin dated 9/14/2026, PSI's Life and Accident and Health content outlines, PSI's exam list and the Department's resident producer application page.
  • 2026-04-24Remote proctored examinations ended; North Dakota exams are given in person at PSI test sites only, per the bulletin.

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