- What Does AK-PC Mean?
- Who Administers the AK-PC Exam
- Exam Format: Two Separate Tests, One Session
- Inside the Property Exam Domains
- Inside the Casualty Exam Domains
- Registration, Fees, and Eligibility
- Passing Score, Validity, and What Happens After
- Who Pursues AK-PC and Why
- A Domain-Ordered Study Approach
- Frequently Asked Questions
- AK-PC stands for the Alaska Property & Casualty Insurance Producer Exam, regulated by the Alaska Division of Insurance.
- Property and Casualty are two separate 105-question exams, each with a 2-hour-15-minute limit.
- Both exams can be taken in one Pearson VUE test-center visit for a single $89 fee.
- Alaska law content is the largest domain on both exams, at 33.3% each.
What Does AK-PC Mean?
AK-PC stands for the Alaska Property & Casualty Insurance Producer Exam, the licensing test required by the state of Alaska for anyone who wants to sell, solicit, or negotiate property and casualty insurance products within the state. It is not a designation you earn once and keep for life without upkeep, and it is not a generic industry certificate - it is a state-administered producer licensing exam tied directly to Alaska Division of Insurance statutes and rules.
Because the "AK-PC" abbreviation is used elsewhere for unrelated credentials, it's worth being precise: on this site, and in this article, AK-PC refers exclusively to the Alaska insurance producer exam covering property and casualty lines. If you landed here researching a different acronym, this content will not apply to that credential.
For a broader orientation to the credential itself, see What Is AK-PC? and AK-PC Meaning, which unpack the term from slightly different angles than this page.
Who Administers the AK-PC Exam
The Alaska Division of Insurance owns the licensing requirement and content outline, but day-to-day exam delivery is handled by Pearson VUE, the testing vendor that runs the computer-based exam at physical test centers and through online proctoring. That split matters practically: policy questions, content outlines, and licensing eligibility come from the Division of Insurance, while scheduling, seat availability, and test-day logistics come from Pearson VUE.
The current content outline governing what appears on the exam took effect March 3, 2025, so any prep material referencing an older outline may not match today's domain weighting. If you're unsure whether your study resources reflect the current version, cross-check them against the domain breakdown later in this article.
Exam Format: Two Separate Tests, One Session
A detail that trips up a lot of first-time candidates: "Property and Casualty" is not one combined exam. It is two separate closed-book, multiple-choice exams - a Property exam and a Casualty exam - each built independently.
- Each exam contains 105 questions: 90 that are scored and 15 unscored pretest items mixed in without identification.
- Each exam has its own 2-hour-15-minute time limit.
- At a physical test center, candidates can sit for both exams back-to-back in the same visit.
- Online-proctored exams must be scheduled separately - you cannot chain Property and Casualty together in one online session the way you can in person.
Because you can't identify which 15 questions on either exam are unscored pretest items, the practical approach is to treat every question as if it counts. This is one reason candidates who rush through practice questions on our AK-PC practice test platform tend to underperform compared to those who slow down and reason through each answer choice.
Key Takeaway
Budget your test-center appointment as a two-exam block if you plan to take Property and Casualty together - the physical session structure supports it, but online booking does not.
Inside the Property Exam Domains
The Property exam is built from five domains. Percentages are calculated against that exam's 90 scored questions only - they do not blend with the Casualty exam's numbers.
Domain 1: Types of Policies (24.4%)
Covers the structure and purpose of the property policy forms a producer needs to recognize and explain to clients.
- Distinguishing coverage forms and what triggers each one
Domain 2: Insurance Terms and Related Concepts (16.7%)
Tests foundational vocabulary and conceptual mechanics that apply across property coverage - the language every later domain depends on.
- Precise definitions matter more than general familiarity
Domain 3: Policy Provisions and Contract Law (14.4%)
Focuses on how property contracts are constructed and enforced, including the legal principles that govern them.
- Expect scenario-based questions, not pure definitions
Domain 4: Alaska Laws, Rules and Regulations Common to Life, Health, Property, Casualty and Personal Lines Insurance (33.3%)
The single largest domain on the Property exam. It covers statutory and regulatory material that applies across every line the state licenses, not just property.
- This domain alone accounts for roughly a third of your scored Property questions
Domain 5: Alaska Laws, Rules, and Regulations Pertinent to Property Insurance Only (11.1%)
Narrower than Domain 4 - this is where property-specific statutory nuance lives.
- Don't confuse this with the common-law material in Domain 4
For a deeper breakdown of every domain with study emphasis suggestions, see AK-PC Exam Domains 2026: Complete Guide to All 10 Content Areas.
Inside the Casualty Exam Domains
The Casualty exam mirrors the Property exam's structure with five parallel domains, again weighted against its own 90 scored questions.
| Casualty Domain | Weight |
|---|---|
| Domain 6: Types of Policies, Bonds, and Related Terms | 25.6% |
| Domain 7: Insurance Terms and Related Concepts | 16.7% |
| Domain 8: Policy Provisions | 13.3% |
| Domain 9: Alaska Laws, Rules and Regulations Common to Life, Health, Property, Casualty and Personal Lines Insurance | 33.3% |
| Domain 10: Alaska Laws, Rules, and Regulations Pertinent to Casualty Insurance Only | 11.1% |
Notice the pattern: on both exams, the common Alaska-law domain (Domain 4 on Property, Domain 9 on Casualty) is the largest single content area at 33.3%. That means nearly a third of your scored questions on either exam draw from the same general regulatory body of knowledge - licensing procedures, producer conduct standards, and general statutory framework that apply across insurance lines in Alaska.
Registration, Fees, and Eligibility
Before you can sit for AK-PC, you need to meet Alaska's basic producer-license eligibility standards:
- Be at least 18 years old
- Reside in Alaska (for resident licensing)
- Be considered trustworthy and competent by the Division of Insurance
On the fee side, taking both Property and Casualty at a physical Pearson VUE test center in one session costs a combined $89. If you instead schedule an online-proctored exam, Property and Casualty must be booked and paid for as separate appointments rather than bundled into a single visit.
A full walkthrough of who qualifies, the paperwork involved, and how residency is verified is available in AK-PC Requirements 2026: Eligibility, Prerequisites & How to Qualify. For a pricing breakdown that separates exam fees from any prep material costs, see AK-PC Certification Cost 2026: Complete Pricing Breakdown.
Passing Score, Validity, and What Happens After
Both the Property and Casualty exams use a scaled score of 70 as the passing threshold. Because the score is scaled rather than a raw percentage, it accounts for slight difficulty variation between different question sets pulled from the item bank - but 70 is the number to plan around.
Once you pass, your exam result remains valid for one year, which is the window you have to complete the licensing application process before the exam result expires and you'd need to retest. For the exact mechanics of how the scaled score works and what a "70" actually represents, see AK-PC Passing Score 2026: Exactly What You Need to Pass.
Licensing doesn't end at the exam, either. After a full two-year resident producer license period, license holders must complete 24 continuing-education hours, including at least 3 hours of ethics content, to renew. That ongoing CE obligation is part of why treating AK-PC as a one-time hurdle undersells what the license actually requires over time.
Key Takeaway
Passing is only step one - plan for the one-year result validity window and the recurring 24-hour CE requirement (3 hours ethics) every two-year license period.
Who Pursues AK-PC and Why
Candidates for AK-PC are typically people entering or transferring into insurance sales roles in Alaska - captive agents joining a single carrier, independent agency hires who will represent multiple insurers, and sometimes experienced producers licensed elsewhere who are adding Alaska as a nonresident state. Because Property and Casualty are licensed together under this exam pairing, most candidates need both lines regardless of which one they expect to sell more heavily, since homeowners, auto, commercial property, and general liability products all fall somewhere across these ten domains.
If you're weighing whether the licensing effort is worth pursuing relative to the career opportunity, Is the AK-PC Certification Worth It? Complete ROI Analysis 2026 and AK-PC Salary Guide 2026: Complete Earnings Analysis go deeper into that decision. For candidates specifically job-hunting after licensing, AK-PC Jobs covers where licensed producers typically find openings.
A Domain-Ordered Study Approach
Generic study techniques matter less here than sequencing your review around how the exams are actually weighted. Since Domain 4 (Property) and Domain 9 (Casualty) each carry 33.3% and cover the same common Alaska law material, that's the natural starting point rather than an afterthought.
Common Alaska Law (Domains 4 & 9)
- Master this shared material first since it's the single largest domain on both exams
Types of Policies (Domains 1 & 6)
- Property policy forms, then Casualty policies and bonds - the second-largest domain on each exam
Insurance Terms & Policy Provisions (Domains 2, 3, 7, 8)
- Build shared vocabulary, then layer in contract law and provisions for each line
Line-Specific Law & Full Practice (Domains 5 & 10)
- Finish with the smaller property-only and casualty-only law domains, then run full-length timed practice
Running timed 105-question practice sets on our AK-PC practice exam tool in the final week helps you get comfortable with the 2-hour-15-minute pace before test day, since pretest questions are mixed in unlabeled and you won't know which ones don't count. For a more detailed treatment of difficulty and where candidates typically struggle, read How Hard Is the AK-PC Exam? Complete Difficulty Guide 2026, and for pass-rate context, see AK-PC Pass Rate 2026: What the Data Shows.
If you want a condensed reference for last-minute review, AK-PC Cheat Sheet 2026: One-Page Review of Must-Know Facts distills the highest-yield facts across all ten domains into one page. A more comprehensive prep roadmap is available in AK-PC Study Guide 2026: How to Pass on Your First Attempt, and scheduling logistics are covered in AK-PC Exam Dates 2026: Testing Windows, Deadlines & Scheduling.
Frequently Asked Questions
Two separate exams - Property and Casualty - each with 105 questions (90 scored, 15 pretest) and its own 2-hour-15-minute time limit. They can be taken together in one test-center visit.
The $89 fee covers both the Property and Casualty exams when taken together in one physical Pearson VUE test-center session. Online-proctored exams are booked and paid for separately.
A scaled score of 70 passes each exam. Your passing result stays valid for one year, giving you that window to complete the licensing application.
The common Alaska law domain - Domain 4 on Property and Domain 9 on Casualty - since each is weighted at 33.3%, the largest single content area on both exams.
Yes. After a full two-year resident producer license period, license holders must complete 24 continuing-education hours, including at least 3 hours of ethics.