Property and casualty insurance agents may be licensed as surplus lines brokers for certain insurance from eligible nonadmitted insurers

Va. Code Ann. § 38.2-1857.1
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The Commission may issue a surplus lines broker's license to any individual or business entity actively licensed as a property and casualty insurance agent for the procuring of insurance of the classes enumerated in §§ 38.2-109 through 38.2-122.2 and §§ 38.2-124 through 38.2-134 from eligible nonadmitted insurers in the Commonwealth. However, nothing in this article or in Chapter 48 (§ 38.2-4805.1 et seq.) shall apply to the sale, solicitation, or negotiation of (i) the contracts of insurance cited in subsection C of § 38.2-1802 or (ii) contracts of insurance for any insured whose home state, as defined in § 38.2-4805.2 , is a state other than the Commonwealth. 2001, c. 706 ; 2011, c. 498 ; 2018, c. 205 .
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