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Virginia Property & Casualty Insurance License, Practice Exams

Virginia Property & Casualty producer licensing (Prometric). National P&C insurance knowledge plus Virginia insurance law (auto, property and homeowners, workers' compensation), authored from public-domain statutes.
Content last updated 2 July 2026

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How is the Virginia producer licensing exam structured?

Virginia licenses Property & Casualty producers through Prometric, requiring 70% to pass. This bank covers the national property & casualty material plus Virginia law - auto (the current 50/100/25 minimum limits and mandatory UM/UIM), property and homeowners (the standard fire policy, the FAIR Plan and the guaranty association), and workers' compensation (the 3-employee threshold and the employer's panel of physicians).

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Sample Virginia Property & Casualty Insurance License practice questions

A selection of free questions with answers and explanations. Use the interactive modules above for timed, scored drills.

The Business Auto Coverage Form (BACF) is designed primarily for:

  1. Motorcycle clubs
  2. Individuals insuring a single family car
  3. Businesses needing liability and physical damage coverage on their autos ✓
  4. Personal use of recreational vehicles

Why: The Business Auto Coverage Form provides liability and physical damage coverage for vehicles owned, hired, or used by a business.

A crew member (seaman) injured aboard a vessel in navigation would most likely pursue a claim under which law?

  1. The Defense Base Act
  2. The Jones Act ✓
  3. FECA
  4. FELA

Why: The Jones Act protects seamen (crew members of vessels in navigation), allowing them to sue their employer for injuries caused by negligence, borrowing FELA's fault-based framework.

Under the Dwelling Policy, if no liability supplement is attached, an injured visitor's medical bills are:

  1. Paid under Coverage E
  2. Not covered, because the Dwelling Policy has no liability or med pay by default ✓
  3. Paid under Coverage M automatically
  4. Paid under Coverage A

Why: The basic Dwelling Policy contains no liability or medical payments coverage; these must be added via the personal liability supplement.

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A contractor must guarantee it will enter into the contract at its quoted price if awarded the job. This is provided by a:

  1. Bid bond ✓
  2. Performance bond
  3. Payment bond
  4. Fidelity bond

Why: A bid bond guarantees the contractor will honor its bid and enter the contract if selected.

Under § 38.2-2701, to be 'qualified property' for the FAIR Plan, the property generally must meet which requirement?

  1. It must be insured to 100% of replacement cost
  2. It must be located in a designated coastal zone
  3. It must be newer than 20 years of age
  4. It must comply with applicable state laws, regulations, and local building codes ✓

Why: Section 38.2-2701's definition of 'qualified property' requires compliance with applicable state laws, regulations, and local building codes and ordinances.

In a surety bond, the party who is required to provide the bond and perform the obligation is the:

  1. Obligee
  2. Beneficiary
  3. Principal ✓
  4. Surety

Why: The principal is the party who must perform the obligation and is required to furnish the bond.

For a death claim under the Act, § 65.2-601 requires that a claim be filed within two years after the accident and also:

  1. Within two years from the date of death ✓
  2. At any time, with no death-based deadline
  3. Only if the employer consents
  4. Within five years from the date of death

Why: Section 65.2-601 requires that the claim for death benefits be filed within two years after the accident and within two years from the date of death.

Under § 38.2-1812, an insurer may pay a commission for services as an agent only if, at the time of the transaction, the person held a valid license and was:

  1. A member of the continuing education board
  2. A resident of Virginia
  3. Then a duly appointed agent of that insurer for the class involved ✓
  4. Bonded for at least $10,000

Why: Section 38.2-1812 prohibits an insurer from paying commission for agent services unless the person is then a duly appointed agent of the insurer and held a valid license for the class of insurance involved.

Lloyd's of London is best described as:

  1. A stock insurance company
  2. A marketplace where syndicates of individuals and corporations provide insurance ✓
  3. A government reinsurance pool
  4. A mutual insurer owned by policyholders

Why: Lloyd's is not an insurer itself but a marketplace where syndicates of members assume insurance risk.

Combined temporary total and temporary partial disability (wage-loss) benefits in Virginia are generally subject to a maximum total duration of:

  1. 500 weeks ✓
  2. 400 weeks
  3. There is no durational cap
  4. 300 weeks

Why: Wage-loss benefits are subject to a maximum allowable period of 500 weeks; § 65.2-503(E) references the 'total maximum allowable period of 500 weeks.'

Under § 38.2-1831, 'twisting' — an enumerated ground for license action — is defined as:

  1. Inducing an insured to terminate an existing policy and purchase a new policy through misrepresentation ✓
  2. Backdating an application
  3. Charging an unauthorized fee
  4. Sharing commissions with an unlicensed person

Why: Section 38.2-1831(5) defines 'twisting' as inducing an insured to terminate an existing policy and purchase a new policy through misrepresentation.

What is the primary purpose of the Virginia Property and Casualty Insurance Guaranty Association?

  1. To set uniform homeowners rates
  2. To pay covered claims arising from the insolvency of a member insurer ✓
  3. To provide property insurance to high-risk applicants
  4. To reinsure catastrophe losses for member insurers

Why: Chapter 16 creates the Guaranty Association to pay covered claims existing before and arising after an insurer's insolvency, protecting policyholders and claimants.

The Ordinance or Law endorsement provides coverage for:

  1. Liability for code violations
  2. Increased costs from enforcement of building codes after a covered loss ✓
  3. Flood damage
  4. Earthquake only

Why: Ordinance or Law covers loss to the undamaged portion, demolition costs, and increased construction costs required to comply with current building codes after a covered loss.

Defining key terms (often in quotation marks or bold) so they have a consistent meaning throughout the contract is the purpose of the:

  1. Definitions section ✓
  2. Endorsements
  3. Exclusions section
  4. Declarations

Why: The definitions section clarifies the precise meaning of specific terms used throughout the policy.

Under § 65.2-509, no compensation is allowed for how many initial days of incapacity resulting from an injury?

  1. The first three calendar days
  2. The first ten calendar days
  3. The first seven calendar days ✓
  4. The first five calendar days

Why: Section 65.2-509 provides that no compensation is allowed for the first seven calendar days of incapacity (a seven-day waiting period), except medical benefits.

A new NFIP flood policy generally does not take effect until how many days after the application and premium are submitted?

  1. 10 days
  2. 60 days
  3. 30 days ✓
  4. 15 days

Why: The NFIP imposes a standard 30-day waiting period before a new flood policy becomes effective, to discourage buying coverage only when a flood is imminent.

A restaurant's walk-in freezer fails due to compressor breakdown, spoiling $8,000 of food. Which coverage best responds?

  1. Business income
  2. Spoilage endorsement (and/or equipment breakdown) ✓
  3. Ordinance or Law
  4. Legal liability

Why: Spoilage coverage (or equipment breakdown) addresses loss to perishable stock caused by refrigeration/equipment breakdown.

When a Virginia auto insurer mails a cancellation notice, what does § 38.2-2208 require to make the notice effective?

  1. Notarization of the cancellation notice by a corporate officer of the insurer
  2. Publication of the cancellation notice in a newspaper of general circulation
  3. A signed return receipt from the insured obtained before the effective date
  4. Proof of mailing obtained through registered, certified, or an approved USPS tracking method ✓

Why: A mailed cancellation/nonrenewal notice is effective only if the insurer obtains proof of mailing using registered mail, certified mail, or another approved USPS tracking/certificate-of-mailing method showing the date sent.

Under Title 38.2, after notice and opportunity for all interested parties to be heard, the Commission may issue:

  1. Rules that apply solely to domestic stock insurers
  2. Rules only with prior approval of the General Assembly
  3. Any rules and regulations necessary or appropriate for the administration and enforcement of the title ✓
  4. Only advisory bulletins with no force of law

Why: Section 38.2-223 authorizes the Commission, after notice and opportunity for all interested parties to be heard, to issue any rules and regulations necessary or appropriate for the administration and enforcement of the title.

To be eligible for a standard Personal Auto Policy, a private passenger auto generally must be:

  1. Owned by a corporation
  2. Rated for over 10,000 pounds gross vehicle weight
  3. Owned by an individual or spouses (or co-owned individuals) and not used for business delivery ✓
  4. Used primarily as a taxi or livery vehicle

Why: PAP eligibility generally requires the vehicle be owned by an individual or by a husband and wife (or resident individuals) and used for personal, not commercial livery, purposes.

Under § 38.2-2105, may an insurer change the sequence of the standard provisions or the catch words when issuing a Virginia fire policy?

  1. Yes, for commercial policies only
  2. No; the sequence, arrangement, line numbers, and catch words must be retained ✓
  3. Yes, if approved by the agent
  4. Yes, if the insured consents in writing

Why: Subsection B forbids changing the sequence of the words and paragraphs; the line numbers and catch words at the beginning of each paragraph must be retained.

An insurer decides not to renew a Virginia auto policy at expiration for underwriting reasons. How much advance notice of nonrenewal must it provide?

  1. 60 days
  2. 15 days
  3. 45 days ✓
  4. 30 days

Why: A refusal to renew must state an effective date at least 45 days after the notice is mailed or delivered to the insured.

Under § 38.2-608, when an individual requests his own medical-record information and a treating physician determines direct disclosure would be reasonably likely to endanger life or physical safety, the entity may:

  1. Disclose it only to the press
  2. Charge a $1,000 fee
  3. Deny direct disclosure, and upon request arrange for a review by an independent qualified professional or release the information to a professional selected by the individual ✓
  4. Permanently refuse all access

Why: Section 38.2-608(C) allows direct disclosure to be denied when a treating professional determines it would reasonably likely endanger life or physical safety, but upon request the entity must arrange a review by an independent qualified professional or release to a professional selected by the individual.

The premium basis for workers' compensation insurance is generally expressed as a rate applied to:

  1. Square footage of the workplace
  2. Gross sales revenue
  3. Each employee per year
  4. Each $100 of payroll ✓

Why: WC premium is calculated using rates per $100 of payroll for each job classification, then adjusted by other factors.

Under the FAIR Plan definitions in § 38.2-2701, which property is expressly excluded from being 'qualified property' eligible for the residual market facility?

  1. Tangible personal property at a fixed Virginia location
  2. A single-family owner-occupied dwelling
  3. Property exposed to an external hazard on adjoining land
  4. Property used for manufacturing purposes ✓

Why: Section 38.2-2701 defines 'qualified property' to exclude property used for manufacturing purposes, among other conditions.

A joint underwriting association (JUA) is best described as:

  1. A group of insurers that pool to provide coverage for a line that is otherwise hard to obtain, sharing profits and losses ✓
  2. A type of reinsurance treaty
  3. A single insurer writing all residual risks
  4. A federal agency that insures crops

Why: A JUA is a residual market in which multiple insurers join to provide a hard-to-place coverage (such as medical malpractice), sharing the resulting premiums, profits, and losses.

Which factor may NOT be the sole basis for an insurer's refusal to renew a Virginia auto policy?

  1. Failure to pay the renewal premium
  2. Two or more at-fault accidents within the policy period
  3. The insured's occupation changed to materially increase the risk
  4. The insured's race, creed, or national origin ✓

Why: An insurer may not refuse to renew solely because of protected/prohibited factors such as age, sex, race, color, creed, national origin, marital status, or lawful occupation, among others.

A manufacturer being held liable for injury caused by a defective product, without the injured party needing to prove negligence, is an example of:

  1. Comparative negligence
  2. Strict liability ✓
  3. Contributory negligence
  4. Vicarious liability

Why: Strict liability in product cases holds the manufacturer responsible for defective products regardless of the level of care exercised.

An insured who leaves a car unlocked with keys inside because insurance will cover it demonstrates:

  1. A legal hazard
  2. A morale hazard ✓
  3. A physical hazard
  4. A moral hazard

Why: A morale hazard arises from carelessness or indifference to loss because insurance exists, increasing the likelihood of loss.

In a Homeowners policy, neglect by the insured to use reasonable means to save property at and after a loss is:

  1. Required for payment
  2. A covered cause of loss
  3. Part of Coverage F
  4. An exclusion, meaning resulting additional damage is not covered ✓

Why: Neglect is listed among the exclusions; the insured must take reasonable steps to protect property, and damage from failing to do so is not covered.