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Agent licensing and appointments

# Carrier Appointment

A carrier appointment is the approval an insurance company gives an agent to sell its policies in specific states. The carrier registers the agent with each state's insurance department.

## Why it matters

It is the same idea as an appointment, stated for a single carrier. An agent with ten carrier appointments can offer ten companies' products where licensed. Appointments are tied to the agent's license, so a lapsed license can void them. Carriers may remove an appointment for poor conduct or low activity, depending on the contract and state rules.

Source: [naic.org](https://content.naic.org/insurance-topics/producer-licensing)

[Read next, for agentsWhich carriers can Epic Life agents sell for?](https://epicline.preview.multisites.ai/careers/carriers)

## Where we use this term

-   [How to get a multi-state life insurance license: resident first, then nonresident](https://epicline.preview.multisites.ai/guides/multi-state-life-insurance-license)
-   [How to become a life insurance agent with no experience](https://epicline.preview.multisites.ai/careers/new-agents)

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