Moving states as an agent - potholes to avoid?

[sshafran]

I'm making the move from OH to NC this summer. Almost all of my clients are in Ohio - but I have a few in some other states.

I'm a "little bit" concerned about making the license transition smooth. I've been told by the OH and NC DOI's that I need to surrender my resident license, then apply for the NC resident license, then apply for the OH non-resident licenses.

When it comes to carrier appointments, does anyone know if this is a major headache or is it a pretty smooth process? I'm hoping that I will not need to fill out new contracting paperwork for the carriers.

I'm also hoping that it doesn't take more than a week or so to transition. Any experiences on timeframes for these types of transitions?

Any tips from the crowd on how to make the move smooth from a licensing and appointing standpoint, I'm all ears.

 

[jdlash]

I don't really have any experience with this type of stuff, but you may want to try this.


Organic Smooth Move Tea

It seems like it fits your keywords to a T

 

[justsayinisall]

Your timeframe is way off. I transferred from one state to another and the process took over a month, closer to 6 weeks, to move the resident license from one state to the other. I'm not sure how it works on the carrier end though.

 

[vic120]

When I moved from NY to TN I was so confused about how to do it, Both State DOI;s said I needed to cancel my home state first and then apply for the new state then get Non res for previous home state

I was so uncomfortable with that and after talking to a few agents that did this previously said go apply new home state first then do the rest, This is what I did and it worked out

I have near 20 state Lice it took me about a month

 

[sshafran]

Your timeframe is way off. I transferred from one state to another and the process took over a month, closer to 6 weeks, to move the resident license from one state to the other. I'm not sure how it works on the carrier end though.

That's not cool.

 

[vic120]

Maybe it was 6 weeks But I remember I didn't have to stop taking buis, through transition

 

[sshafran]

Maybe it was 6 weeks But I remember I didn't have to stop taking buis, through transition

That's interesting that you didn't have to stop writing apps. Was it because you got the new resident license first?

 

[vic120]

That's interesting that you didn't have to stop writing apps. Was it because you got the new resident license first?

Probably, I wasn't actively looking for apps but I had a couple that was in the works at the time.

 

[vic120]

Now keep in mind I did not wait till TN was turned res to do app to turn NY to non res but I did wait a week or 10 days after applying TN to submit the NY I can't remember exactly

I did already have TN as a nonres beforehand though

 

[vic120]

Also the buiz I did take was in NC.FL & TX not in NY or TN, I don't know if that matters