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How Many Questions Are on the Insurance Exam? Every State Compared (2026)

From 60 to 175 scored questions depending on your state and line - the verified exam length and time limit for Life, Health, and P&C exams in all 50 states and DC.

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Fact-checked against official state sources — see how we verify content on our Sources & Updates page.

"How many questions is the insurance exam?" has no single answer: across the 51 US jurisdictions and three major lines, the scored portion runs from 60 to 175 questions. Your state and line determine your exam day almost completely - and both numbers are published in your state's candidate handbook, where we verified every figure below.

Questions and time limits in every state

Counts are the scored portion; most states may add a small number of unscored experimental questions (commonly up to ~10%) that count against your time. Time shown is the official limit for the scored exam.

StateLifeHealthProperty & Casualty
Alabama125 q / 2 hr 30 min100 q / 2 hr150 q / 3 hr
Alaska110 q / 2 hr 15 min110 q / 2 hr 15 min110 q / 2 hr 15 min
Arizona100 q / 2 hr100 q / 2 hr150 q / 2 hr 30 min
Arkansas110 q / 2 hr 30 min110 q / 2 hr 30 min160 q / 3 hr 30 min
California75 q / 1 hr 30 min75 q / 1 hr 30 min150 q / 3 hr
Colorado90 q / 2 hr91 q / 2 hr85 q / 2 hr
Connecticut85 q / 2 hr85 q / 2 hr145 q / 2 hr 30 min
Delaware106 q / 2 hr 15 min115 q / 2 hr 15 min102 q / 2 hr 15 min
District of Columbia90 q / 2 hr85 q / 2 hr85 q / 2 hr
Florida95 q / 2 hr95 q / 2 hr175 q / 3 hr
Georgia90 q / 2 hr90 q / 2 hr135 q / 2 hr 30 min
Hawaii96 q / 2 hr95 q / 2 hr93 q / 2 hr
Idaho86 q / 2 hr86 q / 2 hr80 q / 1 hr 45 min
Illinois91 q / 2 hr 15 min99 q / 2 hr 15 min90 q / 2 hr 15 min
Indiana95 q / 2 hr95 q / 2 hr150 q / 3 hr
Iowa87 q / 2 hr90 q / 2 hr91 q / 2 hr
Kansas95 q / 1 hr 30 min95 q / 1 hr 30 min89 q / 1 hr 30 min
Kentucky150 q / 3 hr 10 min150 q / 3 hr 10 min150 q / 3 hr 10 min
Louisiana100 q / 2 hr100 q / 2 hr100 q / 2 hr
Maine85 q / 1 hr 45 min98 q / 2 hr85 q / 2 hr
Maryland90 q / 1 hr 45 min90 q / 1 hr 45 min90 q / 1 hr 45 min
Massachusetts90 q / 0 hr90 q / 0 hr90 q / 0 hr
Michigan100 q / 2 hr100 q / 2 hr150 q / 2 hr 30 min
Minnesota85 q / 2 hr85 q / 2 hr85 q / 2 hr
Mississippi70 q / 2 hr70 q / 2 hr70 q / 2 hr
Missouri100 q / 2 hr100 q / 2 hr100 q / 3 hr
Montana96 q / 2 hr102 q / 2 hr 15 min92 q / 2 hr
Nebraska105 q / 2 hr105 q / 2 hr155 q / 2 hr 30 min
Nevada90 q / 2 hr98 q / 2 hr 15 min154 q / 3 hr 35 min
New Hampshire100 q / 2 hr100 q / 2 hr150 q / 2 hr 30 min
New Jersey83 q / 3 hr 30 min88 q / 3 hr 30 min79 q / 3 hr 30 min
New Mexico100 q / 2 hr100 q / 2 hr150 q / 2 hr 30 min
New York100 q / 2 hr100 q / 2 hr150 q / 2 hr 30 min
North Carolina60 q / 1 hr 15 min60 q / 1 hr 15 min60 q / 1 hr 15 min
North Dakota110 q / 2 hr 30 min110 q / 2 hr 30 min110 q / 2 hr 30 min
Ohio100 q / 2 hr100 q / 2 hr150 q / 2 hr 30 min
Oklahoma105 q / 2 hr105 q / 2 hr155 q / 2 hr 30 min
Oregon100 q / 2 hr100 q / 2 hr150 q / 2 hr 40 min
Pennsylvania100 q / 2 hr100 q / 2 hr150 q / 2 hr 50 min
Rhode Island90 q / 2 hr90 q / 2 hr87 q / 2 hr
South Carolina85 q / 0 hr85 q / 0 hr140 q / 0 hr
South Dakota90 q / 2 hr90 q / 2 hr145 q / 2 hr 30 min
Tennessee77 q / 1 hr 45 min77 q / 1 hr 45 min77 q / 1 hr 45 min
Texas90 q / 2 hr145 q / 2 hr 30 min145 q / 2 hr 30 min
Utah100 q / 2 hr100 q / 2 hr150 q / 2 hr 30 min
Vermont105 q / 2 hr105 q / 2 hr155 q / 2 hr 30 min
Virginia105 q / 2 hr105 q / 2 hr145 q / 2 hr 30 min
Washington100 q / 2 hr 30 min100 q / 2 hr 30 min150 q / 3 hr 15 min
West Virginia90 q / 2 hr90 q / 2 hr150 q / 3 hr 30 min
Wisconsin100 q / 2 hr100 q / 2 hr100 q / 2 hr
Wyoming100 q / 2 hr100 q / 2 hr150 q / 2 hr 30 min

Patterns worth knowing

  1. **100 questions in about 2 hours is the most common life/health format** - but far from universal.
  1. **P&C exams run longest.** Several states test Property and Casualty as one combined sitting of 150+ questions; Florida's General Lines exam reaches 175. Other states split Property and Casualty into two separate, shorter exams - check your state page for which model applies to you.
  1. **Combined-line options exist.** Some states offer a single Life, Accident & Health sitting (Ohio's Series 11-35 and Michigan's 16-80 are both 150 questions in 2.5 hours) as an alternative to separate exams.
  1. **Pace math matters.** A 150-question exam in 150 minutes is one question per minute; 100 questions in 120 minutes gives you 72 seconds each. Practicing at your state's real pace is the difference between finishing and guessing the last ten questions.

This is exactly why our mock exams are state-mirroring: pick your state and the mock exam runs your state's scored question count against your state's real clock, so exam day pacing is already familiar. Every figure verified July 2026 from official sources - see Sources & Updates and the citation on each state's page.

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