What the exam covers, what the license costs, who can skip the exam, and what to do if you fail it. Every figure is checked against the official source it came from.
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How the Texas General Lines Property and Casualty licensing examination is built, how Pearson VUE scores it, and where passing it sits in the wider TDI licensing process.
Reviewed Oct 5, 2026Guide
Renewing a Texas general lines property and casualty license means finishing 24 hours of CE and paying the renewal fee before your expiration date. Here is the full process, and what a lapse costs.
Reviewed Oct 5, 2026Guide
The official outline and candidate handbook are free and answer most of what candidates ask, but neither gives you practice in the format the examination uses.
Reviewed Oct 5, 2026Guide
Three groups do not have to sit the Texas property and casualty examination: a recently expired license, a reciprocal non-resident license, and the CPCU designation.
Reviewed Oct 5, 2026Guide
Texas requires no pre-licensing course for a permanent general lines license. The 40 hours people quote belongs to the sponsored temporary license, which is a different product entirely.
Reviewed Oct 5, 2026Guide
What a Texas general lines property and casualty license costs, who charges each part, which fees can be refunded, and the ordering mistake that makes you pay twice.
Reviewed Oct 5, 2026Guide
The order TDI requires, what applying too early costs you, the twelve-month deadline after passing, the three examination waivers, and how the temporary license works.
Reviewed Oct 5, 2026Guide
Identification rules, check-in timing, how the test center session runs, when your result arrives, and what happens if you need to move or cancel the booking.
Reviewed Oct 5, 2026Guide
The published content outline fixes every domain that can be tested and how many scored questions each one carries. Here is how it is organized and how to revise against it.
Reviewed Oct 5, 2026Comparison
The Texas adjuster license and the general lines property and casualty agent license are different licenses. Here is what each one lets you do and how the two routes compare.
Reviewed Oct 5, 2026Comparison
The HO-3 and HO-5 differ in one place that matters: how they cover your belongings. Here is the difference, how Texas forms map to them, and how the exam tests it.
Reviewed Oct 3, 2026Comparison
List prices for Texas property and casualty prep from five providers, checked on 20 September 2026, and why the pre-licensing hours most of them sell are not required for this license.
Reviewed Oct 5, 2026After a fail
Retake rules, what a scaled score tells you about how close you came, where to focus next, and why a failed attempt does not affect your license application.
Reviewed Oct 5, 2026Free questions
Free casualty practice questions on liability policies, auto, workers compensation and liability provisions, each with the answer and a full explanation.
Reviewed Sep 23, 2026Free questions
Free property insurance practice questions covering policy forms, insurance terms and contract law, each with the answer and an explanation of why the wrong options are wrong.
Reviewed Sep 23, 2026Free questions
Free Texas state-law practice questions with the answers and full explanations, every figure read from the Texas Insurance Code rather than from another study site.
Reviewed Sep 23, 2026