Nebraska life and health practice exam
Free life and health practice for the Nebraska producer exam: 273 general questions plus 20 Nebraska state law questions, each with an explanation.
Nebraska state law questions
Every Nebraska question with its answer, explanation, and the law it comes from.
Licensing and CE
4 questions
1. How many continuing education hours must a Nebraska producer with a life or health line complete each two-year renewal period?
- 12 hours, including 1 hour of ethics
- 24 hours, including 3 hours of ethics
- 30 hours, including 3 hours of ethics
- 20 hours, with no ethics requirement
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Nebraska producers holding a major line such as life or accident and health must complete 24 CE hours every two years, including 3 hours of ethics.
2. A Nebraska producer completes 30 CE hours in one renewal period. What happens to the 6 extra hours?
- They carry over to the next period automatically
- Up to 3 hours carry over
- They may be applied to the next period's ethics requirement
- They may not be carried over to the next renewal period
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Nebraska does not allow continuing education credits to be carried over to the next renewal period.
3. Within how many days must a Nebraska licensee report a change of legal name or address to the Director of Insurance?
- 30 days
- 10 days
- 60 days
- 90 days
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Nebraska licensees must report a change of legal name or address within 30 days; violations can bring a fine of up to $500 per violation, suspension, or both.
4. An individual's Nebraska producer license lapses. Within what period may the individual reinstate it without retaking the written examination?
- 30 days
- 90 days
- 12 months
- 24 months
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Under Nebraska law, an individual whose license has lapsed may reinstate it within 12 months without retaking the written exam, upon paying a reinstatement fee.
Producer Regulation
2 questions
1. When a Nebraska insurer appoints a producer, it must file a notice of appointment within how many days after the agency contract is executed or the first application is submitted?
- 5 days
- 15 days
- 30 days
- 45 days
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The appointing insurer must file a notice of appointment, in a format approved by the director, within 15 days from the date the agency contract is executed or the first insurance application is submitted.
2. When a Nebraska insurer terminates a producer's appointment, it must notify the Director of Insurance within how many days following the effective date of the termination?
- 10 days
- 15 days
- 60 days
- 30 days
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A Nebraska insurer must notify the director within 30 days following the effective date of a producer's termination, and must mail a copy of the notification to the producer within 15 days after notifying the director.
Life Policy Provisions
4 questions
1. A Nebraska life insurance policy must allow a grace period for payment of premiums after the first of:
- One month
- Ten days
- Two months
- Seven days
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Nebraska requires life policies to give the insured a grace period of one month for payment of any premium after the first.
2. Under Nebraska law, a life insurance policy becomes incontestable (except for nonpayment of premium) after it has been in force during the insured's lifetime for:
- One year
- Three years
- Two years
- Five years
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A Nebraska life policy must be incontestable after it has been in force during the lifetime of the insured for two years from its date, except for nonpayment of premiums.
3. Under Nebraska's life policy provisions, a policy that lapsed for nonpayment may be reinstated, upon evidence of insurability, within how long after default?
- One year
- Three years
- Five years
- Six months
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Nebraska life policies may be reinstated within three years from default upon evidence of insurability and payment of overdue premiums with interest.
4. In Nebraska, a new individual life insurance policy that is not a replacement must give the owner a free look period of:
- 20 days
- 30 days
- 31 days
- 10 days
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Nebraska individual life policies must give a 10-day free look for new policies and a 30-day free look when the policy is a replacement.
Replacement
2 questions
1. Under Nebraska's replacement regulation, within what time must the replacing insurer notify the existing insurer after receiving a completed application indicating replacement?
- 5 business days
- 10 business days
- 15 calendar days
- 30 calendar days
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Nebraska's replacement rule requires the replacing insurer to notify any existing insurer that may be affected within five business days of receiving a completed application indicating replacement.
2. Under Nebraska's replacement regulation, a policy or contract issued as a replacement must give the applicant the right to return it for an unconditional full refund within how many days of delivery?
- 10 days
- 20 days
- 30 days
- 60 days
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The replacing insurer must provide a 30-day right to return a replacement policy or contract after delivery, with an unconditional full refund of premiums paid.
Accident and Health
4 questions
1. Under Nebraska's required accident and health policy provisions, what grace period applies to a policy with premiums payable monthly?
- 7 days
- 10 days
- 31 days
- 30 days
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Nebraska's uniform grace period provision is 7 days for weekly premium policies, 10 days for monthly premium policies, and 31 days for all other policies.
2. Under Nebraska's required accident and health policy provisions, legal action to recover on the policy may not be brought earlier than ____ after written proof of loss, nor later than ____ after proof of loss is required.
- 30 days; 2 years
- 60 days; 5 years
- 90 days; 3 years
- 60 days; 3 years
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Nebraska's legal actions provision bars a suit until 60 days after written proof of loss is furnished and after 3 years from the time proof of loss is required.
3. Under Nebraska's required accident and health policy provisions, written notice of claim generally must be given to the insurer within how many days after the occurrence or start of the loss?
- 20 days
- 15 days
- 30 days
- 90 days
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Nebraska's notice of claim provision requires written notice to the insurer within 20 days after the occurrence or commencement of loss, or as soon as reasonably possible.
4. A Nebraska health policy covers newborn children from the moment of birth. If the policy requires notice of the birth and payment to continue coverage, the insured must give it within how many days after the date of birth?
- 31 days
- 10 days
- 60 days
- 90 days
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Nebraska requires coverage for newborns from the moment of birth; a policy may require notice and payment within 31 days after birth to continue coverage beyond that period.
Guaranty Association
1 questions
1. According to the Nebraska Department of Insurance, the Nebraska Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association covers up to how much in life insurance death benefits?
- $100,000
- $300,000
- $250,000
- $1,000,000
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The Nebraska Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association covers up to $300,000 in life insurance death benefits.
Medicare Supplement
1 questions
1. A Nebraska Medicare supplement applicant may return the policy or certificate for a full premium refund within how many days of its delivery?
- 10 days
- 20 days
- 30 days
- 60 days
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Nebraska requires Medicare supplement policies and certificates to give the applicant the right to return the policy within 30 days of delivery and have the premium refunded.
Unfair Trade Practices
1 questions
1. A Nebraska producer offers to pay part of a client's first-year premium if the client buys a life policy. Under Nebraska's unfair trade practices law, this is:
- Permitted if disclosed in writing
- Permitted if under $100
- Permitted if the insurer approves
- A prohibited rebate
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Nebraska prohibits paying or offering, directly or indirectly, a rebate of premiums or any valuable consideration or inducement not specified in the policy as an inducement to buy insurance.
Annuities
1 questions
1. Before selling annuities, a Nebraska producer with a life line of authority must complete:
- A one-time 8-credit long-term care course
- A 4-credit annuity course every year
- A one-time four-credit annuity training course
- No additional training
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Nebraska producers with a life or limited-line funeral license who wish to sell annuities must complete a one-time four-credit annuity training course.
Keep studying
The general topics make up most of the exam.
Nebraska exam questions
How much of the Nebraska life and health exam is state law?
State law is usually around 20 to 30 percent of a state's producer exam. Check the Nebraska candidate handbook from your testing provider for the exact content outline.
What does the Nebraska state law section cover?
Common areas include licensing and continuing education, required policy provisions, replacement rules, and the guaranty association. This page covers: licensing and ce, producer regulation, life policy provisions, replacement, accident and health, guaranty association, medicare supplement, unfair trade practices, annuities.
Where do these state questions come from?
Each state question is written from the state's statutes, regulations, or insurance department guidance, and the source is linked under the answer so you can read it yourself.
Do I still need the general questions?
Yes. Most of the exam is general life and health knowledge. The full exam option here mixes 273 general questions with the Nebraska state law questions.