BrokerExamPublications
Guides
Reference pages on how the exam and its rules work, newest first.
- How hard is the RIBO Level 1 exam?
RIBO's 2024/2025 Annual Report puts the Level 1 pass rate at 51%, blended with the equivalency exams. What that covers, and how to plan study time.
- RIBO Level 1 exam pass rate, year by year
RIBO has printed 51% in three annual reports running. What each figure counts, and why the last Level 1 only rate RIBO published was 46%.
- What to study for the RIBO Level 1 exam
RIBO publishes no textbook. What it does publish, free: a competency profile and blueprint, a curriculum guide, 79 sample questions, and the examinee resource.
- Failed the RIBO Level 1? Rules for your next attempt
The two-week wait, two attempts per provider, the 8-month lockout, and why there is no remark: what RIBO's Exam Rules say about rewriting.
- Is the RIBO Level 1 exam open book?
What RIBO's exam rules actually allow, what the Consolidated Examinee Resource is, and what candidates report about searching it during the exam.
- SABS reform 2026: what changed for Ontario brokers
O. Reg. 383/24 made most Ontario accident benefits optional on July 1, 2026. What moved, what stayed mandatory, and what the exam resource now carries.