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Life & Health Insurance Producer

California Life, Accident and Health (or Sickness) Agent Licence Examination — 150 questions · 195 minutes · Passing score: 60%. PrepPass also publishes a complete study guide for this exam as a downloadable book (141 pages, 200 practice questions inside, $19.99).

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  1. 1General Insurance Principles10% of the examRead free →
  2. 2California Insurance Code & Ethics20% — the largest sectionRead free →
  3. 3Life Insurance Fundamentals15%Read free →
  4. 4Life Policy Provisions, Options, and RidersLife Policy Provisions · 15%Read free →
  5. 5Group Life Insurance and AnnuitiesGroup Life & Annuities · 10%Read free →
  6. 6Accident & Health Insurance FundamentalsAccident & Health Fundamentals · 10%Read free →
  7. 7Accident & Health Policy Provisions and RidersA&H Policy Provisions · 10%Read free →
  8. 8Disability Income & Long-Term Care InsuranceDisability & Long-Term Care · 5%Read free →
  9. 9Senior Insurance — Medicare, Medigap, and Senior ProtectionsMedicare & Senior Insurance · 3%Read free →
  10. 10Federal Tax Treatment of Life Insurance, Annuities, and Health BenefitsTax Treatment · 2%Read free →
Cover: California Life & Health Insurance Producer Exam — Complete Study Guide (2026)
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California Life & Health Insurance Producer Exam — Complete Study Guide (2026)
141 pages · 200 practice questions inside · updated 2026-09-23
$19.99 one-time · yours to keep
  • All 9 chapters of the national portion plus a full California insurance-law chapter — PDF + EPUB you keep
  • A KEY CONCEPT box, a Common Traps list and a Check Yourself set closing each of the 9 national chapters
  • 45 Check Yourself questions with a worked answer key, plus 5 more written on California law and a California quick-facts table
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Real items, with the answer marked and the reason written out — the same format as all 716.

Life Policy Provisions

Under the incontestability clause required in California life policies, after how many years from the date of issue can an insurer no longer contest the policy except for fraud or non-payment of premium?

  1. A2 yearsCorrect
  2. B18 months
  3. C3 years
  4. D1 year

Why: California requires every life insurance policy to be incontestable after it has been in force during the lifetime of the insured for 2 years from its date of issue, except for non-payment of premium and certain fraud-related defenses.Cal. Ins. Code §10113.5

General Insurance Principles

Under the California Insurance Code, insurance is best described as which of the following?

  1. AAn investment contract that guarantees the buyer a stated rate of return on every premium dollar
  2. BA government benefit program that pays benefits to all residents regardless of contract or premium
  3. CA contract whereby one party undertakes to indemnify another against loss from a contingent eventCorrect
  4. DAn interest-bearing savings account whose earnings accumulate free of all federal and state income tax

Why: Cal. Ins. Code §22 defines insurance as a contract whereby one undertakes to indemnify another or pay a specified amount upon determinable contingencies. It is not an investment guarantee, a government program, or a savings account.Cal. Ins. Code §22

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The exam itself

Life & Health Insurance Producer, by the numbers.

Questions150 questionsCDI and PSI publish no per-exam count of unscored items — only the rule that “a small number of one to ten experimental items, generally, approximately 10% of the number of questions” may be added, unscored, and that they count against examination time. Do not compute a per-exam figure from that.
Time195 minutesUnreconciled conflict between two official sources: the Candidate Information Bulletin revised March 2026 says 195 minutes for the combined exam and 105 minutes each for Life and for Accident & Health, while CDI's own Examination Times table says 3 hours and 1.5 hours. The bulletin figure is shown because it is the document CDI hands candidates; both are linked.
SectionsCalifornia Insurance Code & Ethics · Life Insurance Fundamentals · Life Policy Provisions · Accident & Health Fundamentals · A&H Policy Provisions · General Insurance Principles · Group Life & Annuities · Disability & Long-Term Care · Medicare & Senior Insurance · Tax Treatment
Passing score60%CDI: all producer license examinations require a 60 percent score to pass (adjuster and bail examinations require 70 percent). No sectional or per-subject cut score is published — the March 2026 Candidate Information Bulletin was searched in full and contains none. A failing candidate receives a per-topic diagnostic, which is a diagnostic, not a cut score.
Our bank716 questions · updated August 2026Written from California Department of Insurance (CDI)
LanguagesEnglish · 中文, Español, Tiếng Việt (314 of 716 questions translated)
SourceCalifornia Department of Insurance (CDI)Verified 2026-09-03

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Is the practice really free, or does it stop after a few questions?

All 716 questions, the timed mock and the report are free with no sign-up. A free account only adds saving your progress. The study guide book is sold separately, $19.99 one-time; nothing in the practice requires it.

Is your mock the same as the real Life & Health Insurance Producer?

No. Ours is 150 questions in 180 minutes; the real exam is 150 questions in 195 minutes. Use the mock for stamina and section timing, not as a score predictor.

What score do I need?

60% — as published by California Department of Insurance (CDI). Confirm the current rule with them before your exam date.

Which insurance license practice test do I need?

The one for the license line you are applying for, in the state that will issue the license. California tests each producer line with its own examination, and PrepPass has a free practice test for each: California Life, Accident and Health (or Sickness) Agent Licence Examination — 150 questions · 195 minutes · Passing score: 60%. California Property and Casualty Broker-Agent Licence Examination (combined) — 150 questions · 195 minutes · Passing score: 60%. California Personal Lines Broker-Agent Licence Examination — 90 questions · 135 minutes · Passing score: 60%. For other states, Insurance License Exams lists 151 insurance exams with free practice.

Who administers the California Life, Accident and Health (or Sickness) Agent Licence Examination?

California Department of Insurance (CDI), Producer Licensing Bureau — exam delivered by PSI Services LLC. CDI confirms PSI as the current examination vendor on its own scheduling page.

How many questions are on the California Life, Accident and Health (or Sickness) Agent Licence Examination?

150 questions. CDI and PSI publish no per-exam count of unscored items — only the rule that “a small number of one to ten experimental items, generally, approximately 10% of the number of questions” may be added, unscored, and that they count against examination time. Do not compute a per-exam figure from that.

How long is the California Life, Accident and Health (or Sickness) Agent Licence Examination?

195 minutes. Unreconciled conflict between two official sources: the Candidate Information Bulletin revised March 2026 says 195 minutes for the combined exam and 105 minutes each for Life and for Accident & Health, while CDI's own Examination Times table says 3 hours and 1.5 hours. The bulletin figure is shown because it is the document CDI hands candidates; both are linked.

How much does the California Life, Accident and Health (or Sickness) Agent Licence Examination cost?

$188 — Licence filing fee (California Department of Insurance, one-time); $55 — Examination fee, per examination (California Department of Insurance, per attempt); $43 — Convenience fee to test at a PSI location (PSI Services LLC, per attempt); $74 — Live Scan fingerprinting (FBI, DOJ and Capital Live Scan components combined) (Capital Live Scan / FBI / California DOJ, one-time). The renewal fee equals the filing fee; a late renewal is charged at a higher rate. The Live Scan total is the sum of three separately published components, and the Capital Live Scan vendor is new — the Candidate Information Bulletin carries a front-page alert about the change.

What languages is the California Life, Accident and Health (or Sickness) Agent Licence Examination offered in?

English · Spanish · Simplified Chinese · Vietnamese · Korean · Tagalog. Offered under AB 451 (Chapter 136, Statutes of 2023), which required CDI to offer license examinations in Spanish, Simplified Chinese, Vietnamese and Korean from 1 January 2024; § 1677 adds Tagalog from 1 July 2024, making six. CDI's own Examination Times table is stale on this point and still lists only Spanish variants.

Is the Life & Health Insurance Producer study guide a PDF?

Yes. California Life & Health Insurance Producer Exam — Complete Study Guide (2026) downloads as PDF + EPUB (141 pages, 200 practice questions inside), $19.99 one-time, and the files are yours to keep. The 716 practice questions on this page stay free without it. See the study guide →

Practice questions are AI-assisted study material written from California Department of Insurance (CDI) and reviewed by PrepPass — for practice only, not official exam questions. Bank updated August 2026. PrepPass is an independent study resource and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or approved by California Department of Insurance (CDI).
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