§ 4796. Commissions; payment; acceptance

(a) An insurance company, insurance producer, limited lines, or surplus lines broker shall not pay a commission, service fee, brokerage, or other valuable consideration to a person for selling, soliciting, or negotiating insurance in this State if that person is required to be licensed under this chapter and is not so licensed.

(b) A person shall not accept a commission, service fee, brokerage, or other valuable consideration for selling, soliciting, or negotiating insurance in this State if that person is required to be licensed under this chapter and is not so licensed.

(c) Renewal or other deferred commissions may be paid to a person for selling, soliciting, or negotiating insurance in this State if that person was required to be licensed under this chapter at the time of the sale, solicitation, or negotiation and was so licensed at the time.

(d) An insurer, insurance producer, or limited lines producer may pay or assign commissions, service fees, brokerages, or other valuable consideration to an insurance agency or to persons who do not sell, solicit, or negotiate insurance in this State, unless the payment would violate subdivision 4724(8) of this title.

(e) A person licensed under this chapter shall not accept a commission, service fee, brokerage, or other valuable consideration for selling, soliciting, negotiating, or otherwise orchestrating the sale, enrollment, membership, or other connection between a Vermont resident and any arrangement involving the sharing of health-related expenses that is not insurance as defined in section 3301a of this title. (Amended 1973, No. 217 (Adj. Sess.), § 6; 2001, No. 97 (Adj. Sess.), § 5; 2019, No. 63, § 8, eff. June 17, 2019.)