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Licensing Examination Application Information

General Insurance Council Exams

The Fundamentals of Insurance and CAIB courses and examinations will continue to be arranged through the Insurance Brokers' Association of Saskatchewan ("IBAS"). The General Insurance Council Bylaw examination can also be written in conjunction with the Fundamentals and CAIB examinations through IBAS. For those exams, please contact IBAS at 306.525.5900 or visit their website at https://www.ibas.ca/

All other Council licensing exams should now be arranged directly with the Insurance Councils of Saskatchewan, using the forms below. Those writing the General Insurance Council Bylaw examination on its own should also use the forms below.

To register for an exam, applicants must complete and submit a completed Licensing Examination Application (including fee) to the Insurance Councils of Saskatchewan before an exam sitting will be scheduled.

Completed Licensing Examination Application Forms must be emailed to info@skcouncil.sk.ca or faxed to 306-347-0525.

Exam Links

Examination Application Form
- Hail Insurance Study Guide
- Important Notice regarding Hail Adjuster Bylaw Examination

LLQP Information

Completion of the Life Licence Qualification Program ("LLQP") and passing the LLQP exam is required if you or your organization want to sell life insurance products in Saskatchewan.

The providers identified below offer their course through a distance learning format. Details about their respective courses can be obtained by contacting the organizations directly.

Applicants can apply to directly to Durham College.

Any questions regarding the online process can be emailed to llqpadmin@durhamcollege.ca

Life Licensing Qualification Program (LLQP)

Complete an approved LLQP certification course from the LLQP Course Listing. Upon registration, you will receive a Canadian Insurance Participant Registry number (CIPR), which is used to sign into Durham College's LLQP exam registration system.
Once you have obtained certification to write the LLQP, proceed to register for the exam through Durham College at https://llqp.durhamcollege.ca/.
After registering through Durham College, you will receive confirmation of your exam schedule.

You must have a Canadian Insurance Participant Registry (CIPR) number, which is provided by your LLQP certification Course Provider.
You must provide confirmation of successful completion of the LLQP certification course through an approved course provider within the last 12 months. If your course certification expires, you will no longer be certified to write any exam module and will need to re-certify by completing an approved LLQP certification course.
You must present valid government-issued ID, such as a driver's license, passport, or other identification containing the applicant's residential address.

Life Licence Qualification Program (LLQP) examination (exam) integrity is fundamental to the Canadian Insurance Services Regulatory Organizations (CISRO)’s consumer protection mission in the Life Insurance Industry. Standardization of examination procedures is a way to support exam integrity, ensure fairness in testing, and reinforce the core values of CISRO.

Online exam administration procedures

➢ Examinees are responsible for being present during their scheduled exam day and time.

➢ Examinees shall have their login credential to access the system and present an officially recognized ID card with photo to a live proctor upon successful login.

➢ Examinees are required to be equipped with appropriate, properly functioning technology such as a computer with one display or monitor, webcam, microphone, and stable internet connection. Exam space must be walled with a closed door, well-lit and free from any disruptions. The workstation shall be clean and clear of all materials. A shared office or public space shall not be accepted.

➢ Examinees’ surroundings shall be monitored before and during the exam upon request of the live proctor.

➢ Examinees shall only use authorized materials during the examination. Use of cellphones, programmable calculators, personal computers, smart watches, cameras, and other unauthorized electronic devices is strictly prohibited.

➢ Examinees shall be recorded at all times during the exam session (face, voice and physical room where they sit to write the exam). The video will be viewed by authorized personnel and for audit purposes only.

➢ Examinee shall comply with all rules specified before, during and after the examination
session.

Exam Retake policy

➢ An examinee who fails an exam is entitled to write three supplemental exams (three retakes), provided that the minimum qualifications (training) are valid. The validity period of this training is twelve months from the date on which it was successfully completed.

➢ A 24-hour waiting period is mandatory between attempts.

➢ An examinee who fails the 3rd retake (4th attempt) has to wait for a period of one year as of the date of the failed fourth attempt to register for the initial exam. They also have to retake pre-requisite courses in order to have their minimum qualifications valid upon initial exam registration.

➢ An examinee who has failed an exam and who does not register for the supplemental exam (retake) within a period of one year as of the date they failed the said exam must complete the minimum qualifications before registering for the initial exam.

Exception to Exam Retake Policy effective April 1, 2024

➢ An examinee who fails the 1st exam attempt before April 1, 2024, is entitled to write four supplemental exams (4 retakes).

➢ An examinee who fails the 1st retake (2nd attempt) may without a waiting period make a subsequent attempt.

➢ An examinee who fails the 2nd retake (3rd attempt) has to wait for a period of three months before a subsequent attempt.

➢ An examinee who fails the 3rd retake (4th attempt) has to wait for an additional period of three months before a subsequent attempt.

➢ An examinee who fails the 4th retake (5th attempt) has to wait for a period of one year and recertify through the prerequisite LLQP course before a subsequent attempt.

Examinee misconduct and rule violations
Any practice occurring before, during or after the exam determined to compromise the security and reliability of the examination may result in termination of the exam and a failing grade. CISRO takes a serious view of all misconduct and determines appropriate consequences for examinees who are found guilty of exam integrity breaches.

Consequences of LLQP exam breaches and outcomes

➢ Information on the breach/violation and its consequences will remain on the examinee’s record at RO in accordance with applicable law and in CIPR.

➢ Based on the level of severity, careful observation or/and subsequent statistical analysis of the examinee’s responses, an LLQP exam breach may result in one or more of the following consequences:

A zero on the exam to which the misconduct or rule violation refers and a notation of an attempt logged on the examinee’s file.
Re-write a new form of the original module in person, on a date and time specified by the Life Insurance Council.
Re-write new forms of other modules in person, whether exam violation is detected in these modules or not.
Suspension from the LLQP exam process for a period of two or three years (from the date of the integrity breach) based on the level of severity of the exam breach.
Permanent removal from the LLQP exam process and denial of certification.