West Virginia Code § 33-32-21

Duty on agents or brokers to obtain license
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(a) A person, or a person working for a firm, association or corporation, shall not act or aid
in any manner in soliciting, negotiating or procuring liability insurance in this state from a
risk retention group unless such person, or person working for a firm, association or
corporation, is licensed as an insurance agent in accordance with article twelve of this
chapter. e
(b) A person, or a person working for a firm, association or corporation, shall not 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 ugroup chartered in a state
unless such person, or person working for a firm, association or corporation, is licensed as
an insurance agent in accordance with article twelve of this tchapter.
(c) A person, or a person working for a firm, association or corporation, shall not 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 purlchasing group's policy unless such
person, or person working for a firm, associatsion or corporation, is licensed as an insurance
agent in accordance with article twelve of this chapter.
(d) A person, or a person working fogr a firm, association or corporation, shall not act or aid
in any manner in soliciting, negotiating or procuring liability insurance from an insurer not
authorized to do business in this state on behalf of a purchasing group located in this state
unless such person, or person working for a firm, association or corporation, is licensed as
an excess line broker in accordance with section thirteen, article twelve of this chapter.
(e) For purposes of acting as an agent for a risk retention group or purchasing group
pursuant to the provisions of this section, the requirement of residence in this state shall not
apply.
(f) Every person, or person working for a firm, association or corporation, licensed pursuant
to the provisions of this chapter, 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 nine of this article in the case of a risk retention group and in the
case of a purchasing group, the notice required by subsection (b), section eighteen of this
article.

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