Vermont Statutes Title 8. Banking and Insurance, § 7002. License required

(a) No person shall engage in the business of an insurance premium finance company in the State without first having obtained a license as an insurance premium finance company from the Commissioner.

(b) The annual license fee shall be $200.00. Licenses may be renewed from year to year as of July 1 of each year upon payment of the fee of $200.00. The license fee shall be paid to the Commissioner.

(c) The Commissioner shall have authority, at any time, to require the applicant to disclose fully the identity of all stockholders, partners, officers, and employees and he or she may, in his or her discretion, refuse to issue or renew a license in the name of any firm, partnership, or corporation if he or she is not satisfied that any officer, employee, stockholder, or partner thereof who may materially influence the applicant's conduct meets the standards of this chapter.

(d) This section shall not apply to any building or savings and loan association, bank, trust company, licensed lender, or credit union authorized to do business in this State, nor to an insurance company or to an insurance agent or insurance broker licensed to do business in this State financing premiums on policies written by such agent or broker; provided, however, that all other provisions of this chapter shall apply to the financing of insurance premiums.