Pearson VUE administers Tennessee’s standalone Life Agent examination at test centers and through OnVUE. Passing the examination is one licensing step and is not a license.
Exam overview
- Exam summary
- Standalone Pearson VUE Life Agent examination for Tennessee’s separate Life authority.
- Exam-specific prerequisites
- No
- Prerequisite explanation
- Tennessee’s ordinary Life pathway does not identify a mandatory prelicensing course prerequisite. Confirm current eligibility and reservation details with Pearson.
Exam structure
- Number of questions
- 68 scored questions plus 9 pretest questions
- Exam duration
- 1 hour 45 minutes
- Passing threshold / published scoring model
- Scaled score of 70
- Exam format
- Standalone computerized Life Agent examination
- Testing method
- Both
- Exam content / topic overview
- 50 scored plus 5 pretest general Life questions and 18 scored plus 4 pretest Tennessee questions under the content outline effective October 15, 2025.
Cost & attempts
- Exam fee
- $55 per attempt
- Retake policy
- A new examination fee is required for each attempt. After the first failure, wait 10 days; after later failures, wait 30 days. Pearson limits OnVUE delivery to two attempts per line of authority; later attempts must use a test center. No separate successful-exam validity period is published in the current official sources.
Scheduling & accessibility
- Scheduling instructions
- Schedule through Pearson VUE at least 24 hours before the desired appointment. Choose a test center or OnVUE where eligible and follow the current identification, accommodation, cancellation, and remote-testing requirements.
Administrator (time-sensitive)
- Current exam administrator
- Pearson VUE
- Administrator last verified date
- 2026-08-25
- Official scheduling / reference source
- https://www.pearsonvue.com/us/en/tn/insurance.html
Source governance
- Official candidate handbook / exam outline
- https://www.pearsonvue.com/content/dam/VUE/vue/en/documents/publications/124300.pdf
- Primary authoritative source
- https://www.pearsonvue.com/content/dam/VUE/vue/en/documents/publications/124300.pdf
- Last verified date
- 2026-08-25
- Verification status
- Verified
- Effective date
- 2025-10-15
- Review / recheck date
- 2026-09-24
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