                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

KINDS OF AGENTS&#8217; LICENSES AND APPOINTMENTS ISSUED (§ 38.2-1824)

A. 1. The Commission shall issue the following kinds of agents&#8217; 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 § 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. The Commission shall permit insurers, within each insurer&#8217;s
   authority, to make the following kinds of appointments: life and health
   insurance, property and casualty insurance, and title insurance. The appointed
   agent&#8217;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. 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.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 38.1-306; 1952, c. 317; 1979, c. 513, § 38.1-327.35;
1986, c. 562; 1987, c. 521; 1988, c. 32; 1991, c. 620; 1994, c. 106; 1995, c.
167; 1998, cc. 16, 47, 164; 1999, cc. 86, 490, 586; 2001, c. 706; 2003, c. 979;
2004, c. 460; 2012, cc. 734, 735; 2019, c. 675.