Texas Adjuster – All Lines License Examination (InsTX-ALAdj16) — exam facts

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Texas Adjuster – All Lines License Examination (InsTX-ALAdj16) — Exam facts
Administering bodyTexas Department of Insurance (TDI) — exam delivered by Pearson VUE

TDI licenses adjusters and set the passing score with Pearson VUE, which delivers the exam by reservation at its test centers; walk-in exams are not available. Content outline effective September 1, 2026: General Property and Casualty Insurance Product Knowledge Pertinent to Adjusters 40%, Insurance Terms and Related Concepts 40%, Texas Statutes and Rules Pertinent to Property and Casualty Adjusting 20%. Pearson VUE publishes no list of changes from the previous outline. The same exam (InsTX-ALAdj16) is used for TDI's designated home state adjuster license, which only residents of states that do not license adjusters may hold.

Source: Pearson VUE — Texas Insurance Licensing Candidate Handbook, #124400 (October 2024; PDF revised September 4, 2026) (2026-09-25)

Questions150 questions

The outline heading reads "150 scoreable questions" and lists no pretest questions; the candidate handbook says that when no pretest number is listed, the exam has none.

Source: Pearson VUE — Texas Insurance Supplement, Examination Content Outlines, #124401 (9/2026), effective September 1, 2026 (PDF) (2026-09-25)

Time limit150 minutes

150 minutes is the time allotted in the handbook's exam table, for both the English and the Spanish exam.

Source: Pearson VUE — Texas Insurance Licensing Candidate Handbook, #124400 (October 2024; PDF revised September 4, 2026) (2026-09-25)

Passing scoreScaled score of 70 on a 0–100 scale

Raw scores are converted to a scaled score from 0 to 100. The handbook states that the reported scaled score is neither the number nor the percentage of questions answered correctly; a score below 70 shows how close the candidate came to passing.

Source: Pearson VUE — Texas Insurance Licensing Candidate Handbook, #124400 (October 2024; PDF revised September 4, 2026) (2026-09-25)

Fees
  • $49 — Examination fee (English or Spanish), paid when reserving (Pearson VUE, per attempt)
  • $50 — License application fee (Texas Department of Insurance, one-time)

The handbook gives the $50 application fee per license type. TDI's designated home state page states the same $49 exam fee and $50 application fee.

Source: Pearson VUE — Texas Insurance Licensing Candidate Handbook, #124400 (October 2024; PDF revised September 4, 2026) (2026-09-25)

Languages offeredEnglish · Spanish

The English exam is InsTX-ALAdj16 and the Spanish exam is InsTX-ALAdj36; both allow 150 minutes and cost $49.

Source: Pearson VUE — Texas Insurance Licensing Candidate Handbook, #124400 (October 2024; PDF revised September 4, 2026) (2026-09-25)

Change log

  • 2026-09-25Fact sheet created from Pearson VUE's Texas Insurance Licensing Candidate Handbook (#124400, revised September 4, 2026), the Texas content outlines effective September 1, 2026 (#124401) and TDI's designated home state adjuster page.

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