New York Life & Health Insurance Practice Test 2026
Practice the exam New York uses, from general life & health knowledge to New York's own insurance law. Every answer quotes the statute behind it.
General Insurance & Contract Law, Life Insurance Policies & Provisions, Annuity Products & Federal Taxation and Accident & Health Insurance, plus New York's own insurance law.
Life 100, Health 100, Combined 150 scored questions. The time limit and passing score are set by New York; check the candidate handbook.
Last verified September 2026 · Department of Financial Services Insurance Candidate Information Bulletin
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About the New York Life & Health exam
The Life & Health exam licenses you to sell life insurance, annuities, and accident and health coverage. Every state writes its own version, and each one tests both general insurance knowledge and that state's insurance law.
What it covers
- Life insurance policy types, provisions and riders
- Annuities and how they are taxed
- Accident and health insurance, including HMOs and managed care
- Your state's producer licensing, marketing and unfair trade practice rules
Who takes it
New agents and career changers getting a first producer license, and agents adding life and health to an existing license.
What is on the New York Life & Health test
New York's published content outline, with the weight it gives each topic. Which parts you take depends on the license you are applying for.
- Insurance Regulation10%
- General Insurance10%
- Life Insurance Basics19%
- Life Insurance Policies20%
- Life Insurance Policy Provisions, Options, and Riders20%
- Annuities10%
- Federal Tax Considerations for Life Insurance and Annuities5%
- Qualified Plans4%
- Life Settlement2%
- Insurance Regulation8%
- General Insurance6%
- Accident and Health Insurance Basics12%
- Individual Health Insurance Policy General Provisions10%
- Disability Income and Related Insurance10%
- Medical Plans15%
- Federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act10%
- Long-Term Care (LTC) Insurance5%
- Group Health and Blanket Insurance10%
- Government Insurance Plans9%
- Private Insurance for Senior Citizens and Special Needs Individuals5%
- Insurance Regulation7%
- General Insurance4%
- Life Insurance Basics8%
- Life Insurance Policies8%
- Life Insurance Policy Provisions, Options, and Riders10%
- Annuities7%
- Federal Tax Considerations for Life Insurance and Annuities2%
- Qualified Plans2%
- Life Settlement3%
- Accident and Health Insurance Basics5%
- Individual Health Insurance Policy General Provisions4%
- Disability Income and Related Insurance6%
- Medical Plans6%
- Federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act6%
- Long-Term Care (LTC) Insurance6%
- Group Health and Blanket Insurance5%
- Government Insurance Plans5%
- Private Insurance for Senior Citizens and Special Needs Individuals6%
Source: PSI New York Department of Financial Services Insurance Candidate Information Bulletin, Copyright © 2023 by PSI Services LLC, Updated 4/28/2023. Area weights are the bulletin's own percentages of the examination; 5 to 10 unscored experimental items are administered in addition to the item counts recorded here, so those counts are the scored counts. Sub-topic codes are positional (the bulletin's sub-topics are un-numbered indented lists); area order and nesting are the bulletin's own. (New York Department of Financial Services Insurance Candidate Information Bulletin). Confirm current weights with the testing company before you book.
What to bring to the New York exam
New York official sources
- Individual life insurance policies; standard provisionsN.Y. Ins. Law s. 3203 · New York State Senate (nysenate.gov)
- Individual accident and health insurance policy provisionsN.Y. Ins. Law s. 3216 · New York State Senate (nysenate.gov)
- Revocation or suspension of producer licenseN.Y. Ins. Law s. 2110 · New York State Senate (nysenate.gov)
- Misrepresentations, misleading statements and incomplete comparisonsN.Y. Ins. Law s. 2123 · New York State Senate (nysenate.gov)
- Insurance Agents, Brokers, Adjusters, Consultants and IntermediariesNew York Insurance Law Article 21, Secs. 2101-2140 · New York State Senate, NYS Open Legislation (nysenate.gov)
- Unfair Methods of Competition and Unfair and Deceptive Acts and PracticesNew York Insurance Law Article 24, Secs. 2401-2409 · New York State Senate, NYS Open Legislation (nysenate.gov)
- Unfair Claim Settlement Practices and Interest Upon SettlementNew York Insurance Law Article 26, Secs. 2601-2620 · New York State Senate, NYS Open Legislation (nysenate.gov)
- Insurance Contracts: Life, Accident and Health, Annuities and Certain Property/Casualty Policies, first halfNew York Insurance Law Article 32, Secs. 3201-3220 · New York State Senate, NYS Open Legislation (nysenate.gov)
All New York insurance laws and exam sources
Provisions these questions cite most
Every answer quotes the provision it tests. These are the New York provisions the questions on this page cite most often.
- N.Y. Ins. Law § 3216 · Entire Contract; Changes13 questions
- N.Y. Ins. Law § 3203 · Exclusions / Restrictions on Liability10 questions
- N.Y. Ins. Law Article 32 § 3221 · Group A&H Standard Provisions - Certificate for Each Member of the Insured Group10 questions
- N.Y. Ins. Law § 2110 · Grounds for discipline: conversion of funds5 questions
- N.Y. Ins. Law Article 21 § 2102 · Acting Without a License4 questions
- N.Y. Ins. Law Article 32 § 3201 · Credit insurance form and rate approval4 questions
- N.Y. Ins. Law § 2123 · Misleading estimate of future dividends3 questions
- N.Y. Ins. Law Article 21 § 2101 · Definition of Insurance Broker3 questions
Exam figures on this page were checked against official pages: License fee · Pre-licensing. Confirm anything you rely on with the testing company and the New York Department of Insurance.