(a) No person, partnership, association, or corporation shall act as or hold himself or herself out to be an insurance producer, surplus lines insurance broker, managing general agent, reinsurance intermediary, limited lines producer, consultant, insurance adjuster, or insurance appraiser unless duly licensed.
(b) No insurance producer, surplus lines insurance broker, or limited lines producer shall make application for, procure, negotiate for, or place for others, any lines of insurance as to which he or she is not then qualified and duly licensed.
(c) No person shall investigate or negotiate settlement of any claim arising under 21 V.S.A. chapters 9 and 11 unless the person is licensed as a workers’ compensation adjuster under this subchapter.