{"id":1484,"date":"2026-07-01T17:03:41","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T17:03:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/south-carolina\/?p=1484"},"modified":"2026-07-01T17:26:42","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T17:26:42","slug":"review-carrier-appointments-before-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/south-carolina\/review-carrier-appointments-before-september\/","title":{"rendered":"Reminder: Review Carrier Appointments Ahead of September Renewals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"header has-background has-primary-wash-background-color header--post header--min-height-none header--text-left header--width-full\">\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"header__media\" role=\"presentation\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"header__layout\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"header__content\">\n\t\n<h1 class=\"header__title\">Reminder: Review Carrier Appointments Ahead of September Renewals<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As carriers begin reviewing and renewing appointments for September, we encourage our Big I SC members to take a few minutes to verify that:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>All agency personnel who perform activities requiring a producer license are properly licensed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>All licensed personnel acting on behalf of a carrier are appointed with that carrier.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Appointment fees are being paid by the carrier and not passed on to the agency.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To check individual producer appointments, <a href=\"https:\/\/sbs.naic.org\/solar-external-lookup\/license-manager\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">view NAIC State-Based Systems License Manager<\/a> and complete the requested information. Appointments are listed at the bottom under the Continuing Education information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maintaining proper appointments is an important part of regulatory compliance and helps protect both the agency and its employees from potential licensing issues or regulatory penalties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you have questions about your agency&#8217;s appointment status, we encourage you to discuss them with your carrier partners or contact the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.doi.sc.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">South Carolina Department of Insurance<\/a> for guidance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"308\" width=\"1024\" style=\"object-position: 50% 50%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/south-carolina\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2026\/07\/scdoi-summerimage-ss.png\" alt=\"SCDOI summer image on their website features a sunrise behind a coastal pier and boardwalk.\" class=\"wp-image-1485\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/south-carolina\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2026\/07\/scdoi-summerimage-ss.png 1455w, https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/south-carolina\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2026\/07\/scdoi-summerimage-ss.png?resize=300,90 300w, https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/south-carolina\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2026\/07\/scdoi-summerimage-ss.png?resize=768,231 768w, https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/south-carolina\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2026\/07\/scdoi-summerimage-ss.png?resize=1024,308 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are a few things that IIABSC agency members should review and verify  before agency appointment renewals in September.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7636,"featured_media":1485,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"authentication_status":"","authentication_restrictions":[],"_downloads_block_files":[],"_sponsor_title":"","_sponsor_url":"","_person_author_id":0,"content-type":"","share_enabled":false,"community_list_site":"","_bigi_custom_date_time":"","bigi_community_list_restrictions":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[26,52,55,54,50,56,53,51],"class_list":["post-1484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-resources","tag-26","tag-appointments","tag-licensing","tag-naic","tag-news","tag-producer","tag-renewals","tag-scdoi"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.2 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Reminder: Review Carrier Appointments Ahead of September Renewals - South Carolina<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/south-carolina\/review-carrier-appointments-before-september\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Reminder: Review Carrier Appointments Ahead of September Renewals\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"There are a few things that IIABSC agency members should review and verify before agency appointment renewals in September.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/south-carolina\/review-carrier-appointments-before-september\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"South Carolina\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-07-01T17:03:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-07-01T17:26:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/south-carolina\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2026\/07\/scdoi-summerimage-ss.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1455\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"438\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"scwebadmin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"scwebadmin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/south-carolina\/review-carrier-appointments-before-september\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/south-carolina\/review-carrier-appointments-before-september\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"scwebadmin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/south-carolina\/#\/schema\/person\/043c5211a63b597bd3a0c59d968c83b0\"},\"headline\":\"Reminder: Review Carrier Appointments Ahead of September Renewals\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-01T17:03:41+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-07-01T17:26:42+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/south-carolina\/review-carrier-appointments-before-september\/\"},\"wordCount\":157,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/south-carolina\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/south-carolina\/review-carrier-appointments-before-september\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/south-carolina\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2026\/07\/scdoi-summerimage-ss.png\",\"keywords\":[\"2026\",\"appointments\",\"licensing\",\"NAIC\",\"news\",\"producer\",\"renewals\",\"scdoi\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Resources\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/south-carolina\/review-carrier-appointments-before-september\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/south-carolina\/review-carrier-appointments-before-september\/\",\"name\":\"Reminder: Review Carrier Appointments Ahead of September Renewals - South Carolina\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/south-carolina\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/south-carolina\/review-carrier-appointments-before-september\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/south-carolina\/review-carrier-appointments-before-september\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/south-carolina\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2026\/07\/scdoi-summerimage-ss.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-01T17:03:41+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-07-01T17:26:42+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/south-carolina\/review-carrier-appointments-before-september\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/south-carolina\/review-carrier-appointments-before-september\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/south-carolina\/review-carrier-appointments-before-september\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/south-carolina\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2026\/07\/scdoi-summerimage-ss.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/south-carolina\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2026\/07\/scdoi-summerimage-ss.png\",\"width\":1455,\"height\":438},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/south-carolina\/review-carrier-appointments-before-september\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/south-carolina\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Reminder: Review Carrier Appointments Ahead of September Renewals\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/south-carolina\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/south-carolina\/\",\"name\":\"South Carolina\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/south-carolina\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/south-carolina\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/south-carolina\/#organization\",\"name\":\"South Carolina\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/south-carolina\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/south-carolina\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/south-carolina\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2026\/04\/BigISC-logo-2021-long-adj.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/south-carolina\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2026\/04\/BigISC-logo-2021-long-adj.png\",\"width\":2100,\"height\":500,\"caption\":\"South Carolina\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/south-carolina\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/south-carolina\/#\/schema\/person\/043c5211a63b597bd3a0c59d968c83b0\",\"name\":\"scwebadmin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/south-carolina\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e076bc6ff41d4fdf3ed1d56d2f23251f71fd35cadaac3750d6539932fa563bbd?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e076bc6ff41d4fdf3ed1d56d2f23251f71fd35cadaac3750d6539932fa563bbd?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"scwebadmin\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/south-carolina\/author\/scwebadmin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Reminder: Review Carrier Appointments Ahead of September Renewals - South Carolina","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/south-carolina\/review-carrier-appointments-before-september\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Reminder: Review Carrier Appointments Ahead of September Renewals","og_description":"There are a few things that IIABSC agency members should review and verify before agency appointment renewals in September.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/south-carolina\/review-carrier-appointments-before-september\/","og_site_name":"South Carolina","article_published_time":"2026-07-01T17:03:41+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-07-01T17:26:42+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1455,"height":438,"url":"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/south-carolina\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2026\/07\/scdoi-summerimage-ss.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"scwebadmin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"scwebadmin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/south-carolina\/review-carrier-appointments-before-september\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/south-carolina\/review-carrier-appointments-before-september\/"},"author":{"name":"scwebadmin","@id":"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/south-carolina\/#\/schema\/person\/043c5211a63b597bd3a0c59d968c83b0"},"headline":"Reminder: Review Carrier Appointments Ahead of September Renewals","datePublished":"2026-07-01T17:03:41+00:00","dateModified":"2026-07-01T17:26:42+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/south-carolina\/review-carrier-appointments-before-september\/"},"wordCount":157,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/south-carolina\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/south-carolina\/review-carrier-appointments-before-september\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/south-carolina\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2026\/07\/scdoi-summerimage-ss.png","keywords":["2026","appointments","licensing","NAIC","news","producer","renewals","scdoi"],"articleSection":["Resources"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/south-carolina\/review-carrier-appointments-before-september\/","url":"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/south-carolina\/review-carrier-appointments-before-september\/","name":"Reminder: Review Carrier Appointments Ahead of September Renewals - South Carolina","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/south-carolina\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/south-carolina\/review-carrier-appointments-before-september\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/south-carolina\/review-carrier-appointments-before-september\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/south-carolina\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2026\/07\/scdoi-summerimage-ss.png","datePublished":"2026-07-01T17:03:41+00:00","dateModified":"2026-07-01T17:26:42+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/south-carolina\/review-carrier-appointments-before-september\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/south-carolina\/review-carrier-appointments-before-september\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/south-carolina\/review-carrier-appointments-before-september\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/south-carolina\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2026\/07\/scdoi-summerimage-ss.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/south-carolina\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2026\/07\/scdoi-summerimage-ss.png","width":1455,"height":438},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/south-carolina\/review-carrier-appointments-before-september\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/south-carolina\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Reminder: Review Carrier Appointments Ahead of September Renewals"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/south-carolina\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/south-carolina\/","name":"South Carolina","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/south-carolina\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/south-carolina\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/south-carolina\/#organization","name":"South Carolina","url":"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/south-carolina\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/south-carolina\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/south-carolina\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2026\/04\/BigISC-logo-2021-long-adj.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/south-carolina\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2026\/04\/BigISC-logo-2021-long-adj.png","width":2100,"height":500,"caption":"South Carolina"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/south-carolina\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/south-carolina\/#\/schema\/person\/043c5211a63b597bd3a0c59d968c83b0","name":"scwebadmin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/south-carolina\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e076bc6ff41d4fdf3ed1d56d2f23251f71fd35cadaac3750d6539932fa563bbd?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e076bc6ff41d4fdf3ed1d56d2f23251f71fd35cadaac3750d6539932fa563bbd?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"scwebadmin"},"url":"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/south-carolina\/author\/scwebadmin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/south-carolina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/south-carolina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/south-carolina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/south-carolina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7636"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/south-carolina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1484"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/south-carolina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1484\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1487,"href":"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/south-carolina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1484\/revisions\/1487"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/south-carolina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/south-carolina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/south-carolina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/south-carolina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}