The Virginia Health Insurance Examination, Prometric Series 11-06, tests general health-insurance knowledge and Virginia insurance law. This separate examination preserves the Health-only pathway even though Virginia also offers a combined Life and Annuities/Health examination.
Exam overview
- Exam summary
- Virginia Health Insurance Examination, Prometric Series 11-06.
- Exam-specific prerequisites
- No
- Prerequisite explanation
- Virginia does not require a Health prelicensing course before testing. Applicant-specific transfer and nonresident rules may remove the examination requirement.
Exam structure
- Number of questions
- 90 scored plus 15 pretest/unscored questions
- Exam duration
- 2 hours
- Passing threshold / published scoring model
- Prometric reports a scaled score; the reviewed official materials do not publish the numeric passing cutoff.
- Exam format
- Computer-based examination covering general Health knowledge and Virginia law
- Testing method
- Both
- Exam content / topic overview
- Insurance regulation, health policy concepts and provisions, disability income, medical plans, group insurance, Medicare, long-term care, taxation, and Virginia law.
Cost & attempts
- Exam fee
- $35
- Retake policy
- After three unsuccessful attempts, a Virginia resident must wait 30 calendar days before retesting. Each new attempt requires registration and payment.
- Retake waiting period / attempt limitations
- 30 days after the third unsuccessful attempt
Scheduling & accessibility
- Scheduling instructions
- Register with Prometric online or by phone. Testing is available at test centers and through remote ProProctor delivery.
- Accommodations information
- Request testing accommodations through Prometric before scheduling and provide required supporting documentation.
Administrator (time-sensitive)
- Current exam administrator
- Prometric
- Administrator last verified date
- 2026-08-19
- Official scheduling / reference source
- https://www.prometric.com/exams/insurance-va/
Source governance
- Official candidate handbook / exam outline
- https://www.prometric.com/files/virginia/INSVA-CIB-FINAL.pdf
- Primary authoritative source
- https://www.prometric.com/files/virginia/1106-Health-Insurance.pdf
- Secondary official sources
- Virginia SCC individual application page and Virginia Code § 38.2-1817
- Last verified date
- 2026-08-19
- Verification status
- Verified
- Effective date
- 2026-01-01
- Review / recheck date
- 2026-11-19
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