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Another licensing test down. This morning I went over to the testing center to take the r the Texas Life and Health Insurance exam. I didn't study all that much over the weekend, but I managed to stun myself by scoring a 92. Now I can sell insurance in Texas. over the next few weeks I have to get the licenses for the remaining 50 states (count in Washington DC) before I can go on the regulated phones.
I don't have to take the test for the other states, but I do have to send off requests to them to show i passed the Texas exam. Now the job doesn't sell insurance, but we sell annuities, so the license overlaps the securities license I have for the brokerage aspects of the job.
In the long run it just means I can answer trivia questions about insurance.
Several other members of my training class were also taking the test. Most have been working in the financial world for some time, but had, like myself, no insurance experience. A couple of them were outside the testing place this morning still going over flash cards. I have a feeling that I'm not going to learn much in the minutes right before the exam, so I just have to rely on whatever I picked up before. Luckily the practice tests were giving me most of what I needed, and common sense picked up the rest. I know one of our classmates failed the test and will have to take it again.
I have one more examination before I'm fully in the clear for my new employer. I still have to take the Series 63. It's a selling license for stocks and other securities. The Series 7 that i took last year is one part, it allows you to be a registered representative with the stock exchanges and allows you to work with securities, but the 63 allows you to sell and market those securities. I never picked up the 63 because I never did sales to the public, oh, and my previous employer was too cheap to let me sit for it. I guess that's one reason that half of my training class is from Fidelity.
I know they want me to sit for the Series 63 exam soon, but since the next two weekends are very busy, Chris' brother's wedding this weekend, and TBRU the next, I'm not sure when I'll have a lot of time to study.
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Speaking of the upcoming weekend, Chris' brother's wedding is happening on a yacht. A Yacht on the Pacific Ocean. Thank goodness I still have one of the sea-sickness patches left over from last year's cruise, otherwise I'm not sure I would make it to the reception.
Because I have no vacation time, it's going to be a quick hop in an out for the wedding. We are looking to hit Disneyland on Saturday, and the wedding is on Sunday. I fly back just a short bit after the ceremony ends. We aren't renting a car, so I doubt we'll be able to leave the OC for anything Saturday night. Still, I'm excited about Disneyland, and seeing the changes since I went there in 1972 (the year Chris was born).
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Finally, Should you be inclined to ask me a question, you can still do so HERE, where comments are screened.
I don't have to take the test for the other states, but I do have to send off requests to them to show i passed the Texas exam. Now the job doesn't sell insurance, but we sell annuities, so the license overlaps the securities license I have for the brokerage aspects of the job.
In the long run it just means I can answer trivia questions about insurance.
Several other members of my training class were also taking the test. Most have been working in the financial world for some time, but had, like myself, no insurance experience. A couple of them were outside the testing place this morning still going over flash cards. I have a feeling that I'm not going to learn much in the minutes right before the exam, so I just have to rely on whatever I picked up before. Luckily the practice tests were giving me most of what I needed, and common sense picked up the rest. I know one of our classmates failed the test and will have to take it again.
I have one more examination before I'm fully in the clear for my new employer. I still have to take the Series 63. It's a selling license for stocks and other securities. The Series 7 that i took last year is one part, it allows you to be a registered representative with the stock exchanges and allows you to work with securities, but the 63 allows you to sell and market those securities. I never picked up the 63 because I never did sales to the public, oh, and my previous employer was too cheap to let me sit for it. I guess that's one reason that half of my training class is from Fidelity.
I know they want me to sit for the Series 63 exam soon, but since the next two weekends are very busy, Chris' brother's wedding this weekend, and TBRU the next, I'm not sure when I'll have a lot of time to study.
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Speaking of the upcoming weekend, Chris' brother's wedding is happening on a yacht. A Yacht on the Pacific Ocean. Thank goodness I still have one of the sea-sickness patches left over from last year's cruise, otherwise I'm not sure I would make it to the reception.
Because I have no vacation time, it's going to be a quick hop in an out for the wedding. We are looking to hit Disneyland on Saturday, and the wedding is on Sunday. I fly back just a short bit after the ceremony ends. We aren't renting a car, so I doubt we'll be able to leave the OC for anything Saturday night. Still, I'm excited about Disneyland, and seeing the changes since I went there in 1972 (the year Chris was born).
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Finally, Should you be inclined to ask me a question, you can still do so HERE, where comments are screened.
