AK-PC Exam Domains 2026: Complete Guide to All 10 Content Areas

How the AK-PC Exam Is Structured

The Alaska Property & Casualty Insurance Producer Exam is not a single test - it's two closed-book, multiple-choice exams administered by Pearson VUE on behalf of the Alaska Division of Insurance. The Property exam and the Casualty exam are each built from 105 questions, of which 90 are scored and 15 are unscored pretest items you can't identify during the test. Each exam gives you a 2-hour-15-minute limit, and each is graded independently on a scaled 0-100 basis, with 70 needed to pass.

Because the two exams are separate, the "10 content areas" referenced throughout this guide are really two five-domain outlines - one for Property, one for Casualty - that happen to share a nearly identical structure. If you want a deeper walkthrough of scoring mechanics, see our AK-PC Passing Score guide, and for a plain-language overview of what the credential actually involves, check What Is AK-PC?

Why the Outline Is Split Into Two Exams

Alaska organizes its producer content outlines by line of authority, and Property and Casualty are treated as distinct lines even though many candidates pursue both licenses at once. This is why the numbering convention you'll see in official materials - Domains 1 through 5 for Property, Domains 6 through 10 for Casualty - mirrors each other almost topic-for-topic: policy types, insurance terminology, policy provisions/contract law, the shared Alaska regulatory domain, and a line-specific regulatory domain.

Understanding this mirrored structure matters for study planning. If you master the terminology and legal concepts tested on the Property side, you'll recognize the same patterns - just applied to casualty coverages like liability and bonds - on the Casualty side. That overlap is one reason many candidates find the second exam easier once the first is behind them, a dynamic we unpack further in How Hard Is the AK-PC Exam?

Property Exam: Domains 1-5

The Property exam's 90 scored questions are distributed across five domains. Here's what each one actually demands from a candidate.

Casualty Exam: Domains 6-10

The Casualty exam mirrors the Property exam's structure with its own five domains, adjusted for liability, bonds, and casualty-specific law.

Property vs. Casualty Domain Weights

Laid side by side, the mirrored structure of the two outlines becomes obvious - and so does where you should concentrate study time.

Percentages are calculated independently within each exam's 90 scored questions, so a 33.3% weighting means roughly a third of your scored Property questions - and separately, roughly a third of your scored Casualty questions - come from that shared law domain.

Why the Alaska Law Domain Dominates Both Exams

Domains 4 and 9 aren't just the largest single domain on their respective exams - they're larger than any two other domains combined on either test. This reflects the Division of Insurance's priority: before testing product knowledge, the state wants assurance that a producer understands licensing standards, conduct rules, and general regulatory authority that apply across every insurance line, not just property or casualty specifically.

Because this domain is identical in scope and weight on both exams, it's the highest-leverage material you can study. Time invested here pays off twice - once on the Property exam, once on the Casualty exam.

Registration, Fees, and the Two-Exam Session

Candidates must be at least 18 years old, reside in Alaska, and meet the state's trustworthy-and-competent standard to sit for either exam. Pearson VUE administers the test, and Alaska allows candidates to schedule Property and Casualty together in a single physical test-center session for one combined $89 fee - a meaningful convenience if you're pursuing both lines at once. Online-proctored exams, by contrast, must be booked separately for each line rather than combined into one session.

A passing scaled score of 70 applies to each exam independently, and results remain valid for one year - relevant if you're staggering your license application or waiting on other paperwork. For the full mechanics of fees, licensing costs, and what to budget for beyond the exam itself, see our AK-PC Certification Cost breakdown, and for scheduling logistics and testing windows, review AK-PC Exam Dates 2026.

Who Actually Uses This Content Outline

The domains above aren't academic - they map directly to what a working Alaska property and casualty producer needs on day one. Independent agencies, captive carriers, and brokerages writing homeowners, dwelling, commercial property, general liability, auto, and bonded-obligation business all expect new producers to already know the distinctions tested in Domains 1, 3, 6, and 8. Compliance-focused roles lean harder on the regulatory domains (4, 5, 9, and 10), since supervisors and agency principals are ultimately responsible for producer conduct under Alaska law.

If you're evaluating whether this license path fits your career goals, our AK-PC Salary Guide and ROI analysis go deeper into how the license translates into employment opportunities, and AK-PC Jobs covers the types of roles that specifically require this credential.

Mapping a Study Plan to the Domains

Rather than studying generically, allocate time in proportion to each domain's weight - and take advantage of the overlap between the shared law domains and the shared terminology domains.

For a more detailed week-by-week methodology, including how to sequence review sessions and practice exams, see our full AK-PC Study Guide. And once you've covered every domain, our AK-PC Cheat Sheet condenses the highest-yield facts from each into a single reviewable page.

Whatever schedule you follow, run practice questions under real time pressure using a tool modeled on the actual exam format - you can start with sample questions at our AK-PC practice test platform to see how these domains actually appear as scored, multiple-choice items.

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