South Carolina § 38-87-120 License required to solicit, negotiate or procure liability insurance; notice to insured.

South Carolina Statutes

§ 38-87-120 — License required to solicit, negotiate or procure liability insurance; notice to insured.

South Carolina § 38-87-120

Title 38INSURANCE

Ch. 87REGULATION AND TAXATION OF RISK RETENTION GROUPS AND PURCHASING GROUPS

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S.C. Code Ann. § 38-87-120 (2026).

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(A)Risk retention group. No person may act or aid in any manner in soliciting, negotiating, or procuring liability insurance in this State from a risk retention group unless such person is licensed as an insurance agent for the risk retention group in accordance with Chapter 43 of this title or is licensed as a broker in accordance with Chapter 45.

(B)Purchasing groups.

(1)No person may act or aid in any manner in soliciting, negotiating, or procuring liability insurance in this State for a purchasing group from an authorized insurer or a risk retention group chartered in a state unless such person is licensed as an insurance agent for the insurer or risk retention group in accordance with Chapter 43 of this title or is licensed as a broker in accordance with Chapter 45 of this title. (

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(A) Risk retention group. No person may act or aid in any manner in soliciting, negotiating, or procuring liability insurance in this State from a risk retention group unless such person is licensed as an insurance agent for the risk retention group in accordance with Chapter 43 of this title or is licensed as a broker in accordance with Chapter 45. (B) Purchasing groups. (1) No person may act or aid in any manner in soliciting, negotiating, or procuring liability insurance in this State for a purchasing group from an authorized insurer or a risk retention group chartered in a state unless such person is licensed as an insurance agent for the insurer or risk retention group in accordance with Chapter 43 of this title or is licensed as a broker in accordance with Chapter 45 of this title. (2) No person may act or aid in any manner in soliciting, negotiating, or procuring liability insurance coverage in this State for any member of a purchasing group under a purchasing group's policy unless such person is licensed as an insurance agent for the insurer in accordance with Chapter 43 of this title or is licensed as a broker in accordance with Chapter 45 of this title. (3) No person may act or aid in any manner in soliciting, negotiating, or procuring liability insurance from an approved nonadmitted surplus lines insurer on behalf of a purchasing group located in this State unless such person is licensed as a broker in accordance with Chapter 45 of this title. (C) For purposes of acting as an agent or broker for a risk retention group or purchasing group pursuant to Subsections (A) and (B) of this section, the requirement of residence in this State does not apply. (D) Every person licensed as an agent or broker as required in this section, on business placed with risk retention groups or written through a purchasing group, shall inform each prospective insured of the provisions of the notice required by Section 38-87-40(7) in the case of a risk retention group and Section 38-87-90(A) in the case of a purchasing group.