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Illinois Life-Only Prelicensing Course

Start with a scheduled live class, then complete your Life-only online course. This approved Combination course includes both online self-study and live instruction.

20 hoursApproved prelicensing education
7.5 hoursRequired live Life instruction
70 daysOnline course access

Approval 6000219695
Illinois Life Prelicensing Course - Online Self-Study with Live Webinar

The live webinar is required. Complete 12.5 hours of online self-study plus 7.5 hours of live Life instruction. Self-study alone does not complete this approved Illinois course.

Study Life topics

Life insurance, policy types and provisions, underwriting, annuities, retirement plans, and Illinois regulation, with lessons and chapter quizzes.

Complete the webinar

Attend the required live Life instruction, then submit the signed attendance and course-completion affidavit. Shared Life & Health sessions may cover both lines; your course and certificate cover Life only.

Earn your certificate

Pass the chapter quizzes, Practice Test and Life-only final examination with 70% or higher after completing the instruction and affidavit. Download your Illinois course-completion certificate from your course.

Choose a live class date

The calendar uses TSI's shared Life & Health sessions. Complete at least 7.5 hours of Life instruction. Selecting the first day includes the complete class booking.

Pick an event on the calendar:

Your Illinois licensing steps

  1. Complete this approved 20-hour Combination course and download your certificate.
  2. Register for both the Life General and State exams through Pearson VUE. Bring proof of prelicensing completion to the test center.
  3. After passing both exam parts, follow Illinois DOI's license application instructions.

Illinois DOI licensing requirements · Pearson VUE Illinois exams

Course purchase includes TSI instruction and study access. State examination and licensing fees are separate.

Provider: Insurance Training Professionals LLC d/b/a TSI National · Illinois provider 500033075 · Life · Combination · GEN-20. Course approval expires December 31, 2026. Contact Support for enrollment or webinar scheduling help.

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Inside your Illinois Life Only course

Use the online course to build your foundation, then bring the topics you want to review to your selected live online session.

1. Definitions

Build the insurance vocabulary first. Keep a short review list so unfamiliar terms do not distract you from the coverage or benefit being tested.

2. Life & Annuity

Connect policy roles, life insurance benefits and annuity concepts. Identify what the question is asking before comparing the answer choices.

3. State Regulation

Study the Illinois material alongside the general insurance concepts. Keep a separate list of state-specific topics to revisit during practice review.

Try two course study examples

Choose an answer before opening the explanation. These original examples demonstrate insurance concepts; they are not state examination questions.

Identify the beneficiary

Morgan owns a life policy on Alex and names Casey as beneficiary. Which person is designated to receive the death benefit?

Show answer and reasoning 1

Casey. The policyowner, insured and beneficiary can be different people. Match the role in the question to the correct person.

Compare level and decreasing term

Policy A has a $250,000 death benefit throughout a 20-year term. Policy B starts at $250,000 and reduces the death benefit each year. Which illustrates decreasing term?

Show answer and reasoning 2

Policy B. The changing death benefit is the key clue. The term length tells you how long coverage lasts; it does not tell you whether the benefit stays level or decreases.

Examples use simplified assumptions. Actual policy terms and loss facts determine real coverage and payments.

Turn practice into a review plan

After working through the topics, use your course’s Practice Tests section to identify weak areas. Return to the relevant lesson and explain why the answer fits. Follow the instructions in Final Exam and any other completion steps shown in your course.

Reinforce your review with the course reference and printable study cards available in your course.

Choose a live online class dateCurrent course price: $174.95