Texas insurance exam prep · Fort Worth & online
Your Texas insurance exam.Let's get you ready.Fort Worth · Live Zoom · On demand
Understand the material. Remember it. Use it when the exam asks. We built Ace Prep around your test day—from the explanations in your textbook to the questions you practice and the help you get along the way. Every part has a purpose: help you walk into your Texas insurance exam prepared.
One ready to help.Two professional instructors in every live class.
Why choose Ace Prep?
Built around your test day.
Two instructors.
Help in the moment.
One teaches. One helps. Ask the question while it is still in front of you, in the Fort Worth classroom or live on Zoom.
The whole video course.
Included with live tuition.
When your two days at Gramercy Center are over, take the teaching home. Your matching Texas exam course comes from our own Pillowfort Studios, built right here in Fort Worth. Watch David explain aleatory, work through loss valuation, and teach the rest of your course. Pause, replay, and keep working until you pass.
A recruit-free classroom.
Your education comes first.
Sending your people to our Gramercy Center classroom in Fort Worth? You sent them to get a passing grade, not to staff somebody else’s agency. We will not poach your people. Nor will we let anyone else. Our instructors are here to teach.
The teaching comes first
Make sense of it.
Then make it stick.
We teach you what is on the exam—and ONLY what is on the exam. Your textbooks come from a practicing insurance agent with 20 years in the business, publishing insurance explanations in simple English since 2014. That experience helps turn confusing terms into explanations you can use. David Offutt cracked the code, so you can spend your study time on what you need to pass. Texas Department of Insurance license #1465807.
Insurance in plain English.
Remember Fort Worth’s Mayfest hailstorm? Picture a 90-year-old roof in historic Fairmount after a hailstorm. You have replacement cost coverage. Is that enough? Learn why rebuilding to today’s requirements can leave a gap—and which coverage addresses it. Real North Texas examples make the lesson stick.
Practice with a purpose.
We’re the only school with a licensed claims adjuster on staff. Angela Groves holds Texas All Lines Adjuster license #2874725. From a roof in historic Fairmount to a parking-lot accident, learn what the coverage actually means, then recognize what the exam question is asking.
Help while you learn.
Two instructors keep the teaching fresh—and help keep you fresh, too. One teaches while the other is ready for your questions. Then they switch. You get a fresh voice, a different way to explain it, and help while the question is still in front of you.
See it before you choose
Watch us teach.
Then decide.
You’re choosing the people who will explain the hard parts. Watch two short lessons from our on-demand courses, then open a page of the textbook. This is the teaching your course is built around.
Property & Casualty
What is the loss worth?
Life & Health
A small premium. A big possibility.
Made in Fort Worth. Owned by us.
Welcome to Pillowfort Studios.
Four screens. Two computers. Six cameras. Three microphones. Two prompters. Two green screens. Custom lighting. And a monkey piggy bank.
We built our own Fort Worth studio to make the teaching clear: David, the explanation, and the material you need to see. Your included on-demand course is a studio production made for learning, not a camera left running at the back of a classroom.
Inside the textbook
Texas is special.
So is the way we explain it.
“Proof that Texas is SPECIAL!” That is how this page introduces domestic, foreign, and alien insurance companies. A Texas company is domestic; outside Texas is foreign; outside the United States is alien. Clear distinctions. A little personality. A book written by someone who loves this state.
Open the textbook page ↗A real lesson from David
Two feet backward.
A lesson that stayed.
At a movie theater, David started to pull his minivan into a space marked for wheelchair access. His wife spotted the sign. He backed up about two feet—and struck a woman walking with her toddler.
The woman was on the ground. Her toddler was crying. David gave her his insurance information. It was a small movement in a parking lot, and suddenly liability insurance was personal.
“Why was she so mad? It was an accident.”
His wife had offered to hug her and pray with her. The woman wanted neither. David’s answer afterward was simple: “Honey, I hit her with my car.” Calling it an accident did not change what she had just experienced. That is a lesson in understanding the person on the other side of a claim.
And the insurance lesson? “I’m glad I had an umbrella policy.”
That is why David now parks facing out. It is also a way to teach bodily-injury liability, policy limits, and why an umbrella matters. An umbrella can add liability protection above the underlying home or auto policy’s limits. Knowing those words for the exam is one thing. Understanding why a family needs the protection makes the lesson stick.
TDI: how umbrella coverage works ↗Try one yourself
Sounds confident.
Still wrong.
Think you can let AI teach you this and get a passing grade? AI still gets this one wrong to this day: a study card said a hit-and-run driver is treated as uninsured only for bodily injury claims. The AI agreed. Confident explanation. Wrong distinction. Would you have caught it before test day?
Only bodily injury?
A driver hits your parked car and leaves. Nobody is hurt. Does that mean uninsured motorist coverage cannot help with the damage?
The car matters, too.
Bodily injury and property damage are different coverages. Texas uninsured/underinsured motorist property damage coverage can pay for car repairs after a hit-and-run.
Check the Texas answer.
The Texas Department of Insurance explains that collision or UM/UIM property damage coverage can pay for hit-and-run repairs. “Only bodily injury” leaves out the property damage coverage.
Read TDI’s explanation ↗This is why you cannot trust AI to teach you the exam. A confident answer can teach you the wrong thing. Your preparation needs an instructor who checks the Texas answer, catches the mistake, and explains why.
Come to class. We’ll take care of you.
A classroom built
to keep you sharp.
Free parking. Great chairs. Room for your book and notes. Even First Class seat upgrades if you want a sit-stand desk of your own. At Gramercy Center in Fort Worth, near I-30 and East Loop 820, we take care of you—and your brain—on purpose. Settle in, enjoy great coffee, and learn with plenty of breaks.
Coming with a carpool?
Mesquite, Weatherford, Burleson, or another North Texas town—bring your group to our Fort Worth class. The designated driver gets a special free prize. It’s our thank-you for getting the group here.
- Two professional instructors. A poach-free classroom.
- A printed textbook to work through and take home.
- Great coffee. Free snacks and drinks all day.
- A catered lunch each day. No teaching, just lunch.
Meet the teaching team
People who know
how to explain it.
Two instructors. Fresh voices. Help when you need it. They take turns teaching and answering questions throughout the day. Your team brings classroom teaching, insurance knowledge, training experience, and the work of running a school to your two days together.
Angela Groves
A career spent teaching.
Angela brings 26 years teaching Texas middle-school science, along with NASA and Space Foundation educator experience. She knows how to take an unfamiliar idea and make it understandable.
Texas All Lines Adjuster license #2874725.
Dave Slonaker
Insurance. Teaching. Training.
Dave’s background includes 25 years in insurance and 17 years teaching and training. His Life & Health focus brings practical insurance experience to the material students need for their exam.
Texas Life & Health insurance license #1129299.
John Kortenhaus
More than one way to explain it.
John’s teaching background includes Junior Achievement, university guest lectures, and helping people prepare for licensing exams. His approach includes drawing, asking questions, and trying a different explanation when the first one does not connect.
Texas Life & Health insurance license #3105925.
Joni Goeders
Texas’s first female driving-school owner.
Now on your teaching team.
Joni Goeders, the first female driving-school owner in Texas, works for us. She co-owned First Class Defensive Driving School in Fort Worth, ran instructors, and brings 25 years of classroom scheduling experience. Now that know-how works for you at Ace Prep.
Ace Prep Academy
Testimonials
and reviews.
“I passed my Texas Life exam this year. David kept after me until it was done, and every time I got stuck, he explained it in plain English. If he’s teaching it, get in the room.”
Aahil CunninghamPassed the Texas Life exam, 2026
“I’ve known David for years. He’s the guy who reads the fine print so you don’t have to, then explains it so it actually makes sense. If his name is on the school, he’ll stand behind it.”
Greg CoeSmall Business Resource Center of Texas
Keep learning after class
Replay it. Ask again.
FREE. Until you pass.
If the depreciation calculation still does not come easily, replay David’s P&C lesson. If “aleatory” still sounds like a word you will never use, revisit his Life & Health example. Bring the question that remains to free Thursday-night study hall. Keep coming until you pass.
The complete on-demand video course, included.
Your Fort Worth classroom or live Zoom purchase includes the matching Texas exam course, filmed separately in our professional Pillowfort Studios in Fort Worth. It is not a recording of your class. Go straight back to the explanation you need: a coverage distinction, a Texas rule, or the calculation you want to work through again.
Thursday-night study hall.
FREE until you pass.
Fort Worth classroom, live Zoom, and on-demand students can bring their Texas exam questions to the same free Thursday-night study hall. An instructor works through the confusing point with you. The question can come from your textbook, a practice test, or a lesson you replayed.
Your live-class study week
Class Monday.
Test Friday.
Class Monday and Tuesday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Practice Wednesday. Review and free study hall Thursday. Take your exam Friday while the material is fresh. Your instructors help you figure out when and where to take your exam. We know the best locations. Enter your test date in your online dashboard, and it builds your study plan around that date. Life & Health and Property & Casualty alternate weeks.
Learn it.
Work through the Texas exam material with two instructors. Ask questions while the explanation is in front of you.
Work through it.
Practice what you learned. Replay a studio lesson, check the book, or bring a question to weekly study hall.
Review it.
Give the material a lighter review, then bring your remaining questions to free Thursday-night study hall. Get the explanation you need and leave yourself time to rest.
Go take it.
Walk into your Texas insurance exam with the week’s teaching, practice, and review fresh in your mind. Get it done in one week.
Prefer to set your own study hours? Choose the on-demand course. You still get a study plan, practice tools, and weekly live study hall.
From Gramercy Center to exam day
Know where you’re going.
Know what to bring.
We know the best testing locations for our Fort Worth students. Your instructors help you choose where and when to test. Two nearby options:
Hurst
500 Grapevine Highway
Suite 401 · Hurst, TX 76054
Arlington
2201 East Lamar Boulevard
Suite 125 · Arlington, TX 76006
Choose your location and available appointment when you book. Use the address in your Pearson confirmation for exam day.
Your exam-day checklist.
- Register in your legal name. It must exactly match your identification.
- Bring two current, signed IDs. Your primary ID must be government-issued with a photo and signature. Your secondary ID must have a valid signature. Both must meet Pearson’s requirements.
- Arrive 30 minutes early. Allow time for identification checks and your score-report photograph.
- Prepare for the test-room rules. Follow Pearson’s instructions for storing personal items; your textbook and notes stay out of the exam room.
Book your Texas insurance exam ↗ Read the current candidate handbook ↗
After you pass
Get your Texas
insurance license.
You passed the exam. Now finish your license application with the Texas Department of Insurance. We help you find the next steps for your Life & Health or Property & Casualty license.
Start with the right code.
Use TDI’s online fingerprint portal to receive your service code and instructions. Complete your IdentoGO appointment and keep the receipt for your application.
Start the fingerprint process ↗Send your license application.
After passing your exam and completing your fingerprints, apply through NIPR or Sircon. The Texas resident agent application fee is $50. Submit within one year of passing.
Life & Health application steps ↗
Property & Casualty application steps ↗Follow your application.
The Texas Department of Insurance reviews your application and background check before issuing your license. Check its current processing dates to see which applications it is working on.
Current TDI processing dates ↗Start with your license
Find your course.
Choose your license, then how you want to learn.
- Choose your license: Life & Health or Property & Casualty.
- Choose your format: classroom in Fort Worth, live Zoom, or on demand.
- Join free Thursday-night study hall. Bring the questions you want an instructor to explain.
- Replay your free included on-demand course. Watch a term or a whole lesson again whenever you need it.
Questions about your course? Call (817) 737-6161.
Fort Worth classroom: 6815 Manhattan Boulevard, Suite 307, Fort Worth, TX 76120.
Straight answers
Why choose Ace Prep?
Which Texas insurance license should I prepare for?
Life & Health prepares you for work with life insurance and health coverage. Property & Casualty prepares you for work with auto, home, commercial property, and liability insurance. Choose the license line that fits the work you want to do, then compare its classroom, Zoom, and on-demand courses.
Can I study online if I live outside Fort Worth?
Yes. Join the live Zoom class from your own desk or choose the on-demand course and set your own study hours. Both license lines are available in all three formats. Every format includes practice tools and free Thursday-night study hall until you pass.
How long are the classroom and live Zoom courses?
Two days: Monday and Tuesday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The study plan then gives you practice and review days before your exam. Life & Health and Property & Casualty alternate weeks.
Where is the Fort Worth classroom?
At Gramercy Center, 6815 Manhattan Boulevard, Suite 307, Fort Worth, TX 76120, near I-30 and East Loop 820. Free parking is available. The shared footer below has the school’s directions link.
What if I want to review a live lesson?
Every live course includes the full matching on-demand video course, filmed separately in our studio. Access until you pass.
What comes with every course?
Textbook, practice tests, study plan, flashcards, and weekly live study hall. Classroom students get the printed book and lunch. Zoom and on-demand students get a digital PDF textbook.
What happens if I don’t pass the exam?
Send us your Pearson VUE report card so we can see which subject areas need work. Bring those questions to study hall and use your included course and practice tools to prepare again. Your course access lasts until you pass.
What is your pass rate?
We don’t publish a school pass-rate claim. We show you the teaching, the textbook, and what comes with your course so you can judge the school for yourself. We stand behind it with a 100% money-back guarantee.
What if I’m not impressed?
100% money-back guarantee.
Where do I take the Texas insurance exam near Fort Worth?
Book a separate Pearson VUE appointment. The Texas handbook lists nearby centers at 500 Grapevine Highway, Suite 401, Hurst, and 2201 East Lamar Boulevard, Suite 125, Arlington. Check locations and available appointments when booking.
What identification do I bring to my Pearson VUE exam?
Bring two current, signed IDs matching your registered name. The primary ID must be government-issued with a photo and signature; the secondary must have a valid signature. Follow the current Pearson VUE handbook’s full requirements.
How early should I arrive for the insurance exam?
Arrive at your Pearson VUE test center 30 minutes before your appointment for check-in. Use the testing-center address in your exam confirmation, rather than the Ace Prep classroom address.