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Hong KongResults: what you get, when, and what happens next
Immediately. The examination is scored at the Pearson VUE test center and you leave with a scaled result and a pass or fail. There is no waiting period and no percentage on the report. A pass starts a one-year clock to file the license application through Sircon.
This is one of the few parts of Texas insurance licensing that is genuinely painless. You find out at the center, on the day, before you have taken your parking ticket out of your pocket.
The timing
- When you are scored
- At the test center, on the day
- What you get
- A scaled score and a pass or fail
- What you do not get
- A percentage, or a raw count out of 130
- Waiting period
- None
- Who sets the standard
- TDI
- Who reports the score
- Pearson VUE
- What a pass starts
- A twelve-month window to apply
No portal to refresh, no results date circled on a calendar, no fortnight of low-grade dread. The rest of the process has its own delays; this bit does not.
What the report tells you, and what it withholds
The result is a scaled score. That is a position on a common reporting scale rather than a share of questions you answered correctly, and it is why nobody can tell you what percentage you got.
Candidates find this frustrating and the frustration is reasonable. You sat 130 scored questions and you would like to know how many you got right. The scale exists so that your result means the same thing as someone else's who sat a slightly different form, and what a scaled score actually means explains the trade properly.
You will also not find a published pass mark to compare it against, because TDI does not publish one. The 70 percent quoted on prep sites is not the Department's number.
If you passed
You have not got a license. You have got the qualifying result for one, and the clock starts now.
| Next step | Where | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Fingerprinting | TDI's online initial application and fingerprint portal | A real cost, not published here |
| License application | Filed through Sircon | USD 50 |
| Deadline | Within one year of the passing result | Or you resit at USD 49 |
That deadline is the single most avoidable expense in Texas insurance licensing. People pass, feel finished, get busy, and discover eleven months later that the qualifying result is about to expire. The one-year window to apply covers what actually has to be filed.
If you failed
You are in company: 57.7 percent of first-time candidates passed in fiscal year 2025, so roughly four in ten walked out with the other result. Those are people rather than sittings, which makes the figure honest rather than flattering.
A retake is a fresh registration at the same USD 49 and you sit the whole paper again, both portions. The candidate handbook sets no waiting period for this license, and this site does not state one. Retaking the Texas insurance exam goes through what to do with the gap.
The hour immediately after, before the detail fades, spent writing down every topic you remember struggling with. You will not get a section breakdown from the score report, so your own memory is the only diagnostic you have and it has a very short shelf life.
Why the report will not tell you which half you lost
The general and Texas portions are published as separate outlines and scored as one result. There is no line saying you cleared the 100 general questions and lost the 30 Texas ones.
That is a real gap in the feedback and it is the strongest practical argument for sitting timed practice papers that do report by section. Not because a practice paper predicts your scaled score, which it cannot, but because it tells you where the holes are while the official result will not.
What the result does and does not entitle you to
| A passing result | Status |
|---|---|
| Qualifies you to apply for the license | Yes |
| Is itself a license | No |
| Lets you sell insurance in Texas | No, not until TDI issues the license |
| Lasts indefinitely | No. Twelve months to file the application |
| Covers a second state | No. The Texas portion is Texas |
| Requires a course certificate alongside it | No. Texas requires no pre-licensing course |
That fourth row is where the money goes. Everything else on the list is intuitive; the deadline is the one that gets forgotten, because a year is long enough to feel like no deadline at all until it is a fortnight away.
One thing worth doing on the way out
Keep whatever the center gives you. The passing result is what the license application is built on, and the year runs from it. Photograph it before it lives in a coat pocket for four months.
Common questions
When do you get Texas insurance exam results?
Immediately. The examination is scored at the Pearson VUE test center and you leave with a scaled result and a pass or fail outcome. There is no waiting period and no separate results release.
Does the score report show a percentage?
No. The result is a scaled score, which is a position on a common reporting scale rather than a share of the 130 scored questions. TDI publishes no percentage pass mark to compare it against either.
Does the report say which portion you failed?
No. The general and Texas portions are scored as one combined result, so there is no section breakdown. Your own notes written straight after the exam are the only diagnostic available to you.
How long is a passing result valid?
The license application must be filed within one year of passing, or the examination has to be retaken. That clock starts on the day you pass, not on the day you begin the application.
What happens straight after a pass?
Fingerprinting through TDI's portal, then a license application filed through Sircon with a USD 50 fee. A pass is the qualifying step for a license rather than the license itself.