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The Commission shall issue the following kinds of agents’ licenses and appointments under this chapter: Life and annuities insurance agent; health agent; property and casualty insurance agent; personal lines agent; limited lines credit insurance agent; limited lines life and health insurance agent; limited lines property and casualty insurance agent; motor vehicle rental contract insurance agent; restricted nonresident life and annuities insurance agent; restricted nonresident health agent; restricted nonresident property and casualty insurance agent; restricted nonresident personal lines agent; public adjuster; surplus lines broker; title insurance agent; variable contract agent; and viatical settlement broker. For the purposes of nonresident reciprocal licensing as provided in \u00a7 38.2-1836, the Commission may issue a license for any other limited line of insurance that the Commission may deem it necessary to recognize.2\n\nThe Commission shall permit insurers, within each insurer’s authority, to make the following kinds of appointments: life and health insurance, property and casualty insurance, and title insurance. The appointed agent’s authority is limited to that provided by his license and may not be expanded by his appointment or by his contractual agreement with an insurer.B\n\nThe licenses of all individuals and business entities who on August 31, 2002, hold limited licenses to write accident and sickness insurance, or automobile insurance, or casualty insurance, or fidelity and surety bonds, or fire insurance, or life insurance and annuities, shall have such licenses automatically converted to the nearest equivalent license type provided in subsection A and shall henceforth be subject to all prelicensing, renewal, and continuing education requirements applicable to such new license type.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":204139,"text":"1. The Commission shall issue the following kinds of agents’ licenses and appointments under this chapter: Life and annuities insurance agent; health agent; property and casualty insurance agent; personal lines agent; limited lines credit insurance agent; limited lines life and health insurance agent; limited lines property and casualty insurance agent; motor vehicle rental contract insurance agent; restricted nonresident life and annuities insurance agent; restricted nonresident health agent; restricted nonresident property and casualty insurance agent; restricted nonresident personal lines agent; public adjuster; surplus lines broker; title insurance agent; variable contract agent; and viatical settlement broker. For the purposes of nonresident reciprocal licensing as provided in \u00a7 38.2-1836, the Commission may issue a license for any other limited line of insurance that the Commission may deem it necessary to recognize.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"A2"},"1":{"id":204140,"text":"The Commission shall permit insurers, within each insurer’s authority, to make the following kinds of appointments: life and health insurance, property and casualty insurance, and title insurance. The appointed agent’s authority is limited to that provided by his license and may not be expanded by his appointment or by his contractual agreement with an insurer.","type":"section","prefixes":["A","2"],"prefix":"2","entire_prefix":"A2","prefix_anchor":"A2","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"B"},"2":{"id":204141,"text":"The licenses of all individuals and business entities who on August 31, 2002, hold limited licenses to write accident and sickness insurance, or automobile insurance, or casualty insurance, or fidelity and surety bonds, or fire insurance, or life insurance and annuities, shall have such licenses automatically converted to the nearest equivalent license type provided in subsection A and shall henceforth be subject to all prelicensing, renewal, and continuing education requirements applicable to such new license type.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A2"}},"ancestry":[{"id":13204,"edition_id":1,"name":"Licensing and Appointment of Agents","identifier":"3","label":"article","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13203,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:26","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:26","permalink":{"id":212513,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13204,"identifier":"3","token":"38.2\/18\/3","url":"\/38.2\/18\/3\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13203,"edition_id":1,"name":"Insurance Agents","identifier":"18","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12698,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:26","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:26","permalink":{"id":212411,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13203,"identifier":"18","token":"38.2\/18","url":"\/38.2\/18\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12698,"edition_id":1,"name":"Insurance","identifier":"38.2","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","permalink":{"id":210661,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12698,"identifier":"38.2","token":"38.2","url":"\/38.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":60216,"structure_id":13204,"section_number":"38.2-1819","catch_line":"Application for license; 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 15 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1952, chapter 317; in 1979, chapter 513; in 1986, chapter 562; in 1987, chapter 521; in 1988, chapter 32; in 1991, chapter 620; in 1994, chapter 106<\/a>; in 1995, chapter 167<\/a>; in 1998, chapters 16<\/a>, 47<\/a>, and 164<\/a>; in 1999, chapters 86<\/a>, 490<\/a>, and 586<\/a>; in 2001, chapter 706<\/a>; in 2003, chapter 979<\/a>; in 2004, chapter 460<\/a>; in 2012, chapters 734<\/a> and 735<\/a>; in 2019, chapter 675<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":67300,"section_number":"38.2-1836","catch_line":"Licensing nonresidents; reciprocal agreements with other states and Canadian provinces","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-1836\/"}],"permalink":{"id":212539,"object_type":"law","relational_id":55686,"identifier":"38.2-1824","token":"38.2\/18\/3\/38.2-1824","url":"\/38.2-1824\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/38.2-1824\/","token":"38.2\/18\/3\/38.2-1824","dublin_core":{"Title":"Kinds of agents’ licenses and appointments issued","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 38.2-1824","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> 1. The Commission<\/span> shall issue<\/span> the following kinds of agents’ licenses<\/span> and appointments under this chapter: Life and annuities insurance agent<\/span>; health agent; property and casualty insurance agent<\/span>; personal lines agent<\/span>; limited lines credit insurance agent<\/span>; limited lines life and health insurance agent; limited lines property and casualty insurance<\/span> agent; motor vehicle rental contract insurance agent<\/span>; restricted nonresident life and annuities insurance agent<\/span>; restricted nonresident health agent<\/span>; restricted nonresident property and casualty insurance agent<\/span>; restricted nonresident personal lines agent<\/span><\/span>; public adjuster; surplus lines broker<\/span>; title insurance agent<\/span>; variable contract agent<\/span>; and viatical settlement broker<\/span>. For the purposes of nonresident reciprocal licensing as provided in \u00a7 38.2-1836<\/a>, the Commission<\/span> may issue<\/span> a license<\/span> for any other limited line of insurance that the Commission<\/span> may deem it necessary to recognize. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> The Commission<\/span> shall permit insurers<\/span>, within each insurer<\/span>’s authority, to make the following kinds of appointments: life and health insurance, property and casualty insurance, and title insurance. The appointed agent’s authority is limited to that provided by his license<\/span> and may not be expanded by his appointment or by his contractual agreement with an insurer<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The licenses<\/span> of all individuals and business entities who on August 31, 2002, hold limited licenses<\/span> to write accident and sickness insurance, or automobile insurance, or casualty insurance, or fidelity and surety<\/span> bonds<\/span>, or fire insurance, or life insurance and annuities, shall have such licenses<\/span> automatically converted to the nearest equivalent license<\/span> type provided in subsection A and shall henceforth be subject to all prelicensing, renewal, and continuing education requirements applicable to such new license<\/span> type. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nKINDS OF AGENTS’ LICENSES AND APPOINTMENTS ISSUED (\u00a7 38.2-1824)\n\nA. 1. The Commission shall issue the following kinds of agents’ licenses\nand appointments under this chapter: Life and annuities insurance agent; health\nagent; property and casualty insurance agent; personal lines agent; limited\nlines credit insurance agent; limited lines life and health insurance agent;\nlimited lines property and casualty insurance agent; motor vehicle rental\ncontract insurance agent; restricted nonresident life and annuities insurance\nagent; restricted nonresident health agent; restricted nonresident property and\ncasualty insurance agent; restricted nonresident personal lines agent; public\nadjuster; surplus lines broker; title insurance agent; variable contract agent;\nand viatical settlement broker. For the purposes of nonresident reciprocal\nlicensing as provided in \u00a7 38.2-1836, the Commission may issue a license for\nany other limited line of insurance that the Commission may deem it necessary to\nrecognize.\n\n 2. The Commission shall permit insurers, within each insurer’s\n authority, to make the following kinds of appointments: life and health\n insurance, property and casualty insurance, and title insurance. The appointed\n agent’s authority is limited to that provided by his license and may not\n be expanded by his appointment or by his contractual agreement with an\n insurer.\n\nB. The licenses of all individuals and business entities who on August 31, 2002,\nhold limited licenses to write accident and sickness insurance, or automobile\ninsurance, or casualty insurance, or fidelity and surety bonds, or fire\ninsurance, or life insurance and annuities, shall have such licenses\nautomatically converted to the nearest equivalent license type provided in\nsubsection A and shall henceforth be subject to all prelicensing, renewal, and\ncontinuing education requirements applicable to such new license type.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 38.1-306; 1952, c. 317; 1979, c. 513, \u00a7 38.1-327.35;\n1986, c. 562; 1987, c. 521; 1988, c. 32; 1991, c. 620; 1994, c. 106; 1995, c.\n167; 1998, cc. 16, 47, 164; 1999, cc. 86, 490, 586; 2001, c. 706; 2003, c. 979;\n2004, c. 460; 2012, cc. 734, 735; 2019, c. 675.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}