how do you become an insurance agent 
the first step in becoming an insurance agent is deciding what kind of insurance agent you want to be as the type depends on the path to becoming one you can choose to be either a captive insurance agent or an independent insurance agent from there you will need to decide what insurance products you would like to sell to clients the next step is becoming licensed in your state the products that you decide you would like to sell will depend on the type of license you will need you will take your licensing exam and from there you will have to submit a background check and license application to your state s licensing department once this is complete you will need to find an insurance company to work with 