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Cannabis wholesaler and distributor insurance

Best for Agents and brokers preparing this type of account

Cannabis wholesale and distribution accounts depend on who owns the product, who stores or transports it, which contracts control, and where responsibility changes. The submission should follow products from supplier through warehouse, transit, and customer delivery.

Coverage and availability depend on the account, state, insurer and underwriting review. General information and nonbinding indications do not bind insurance; the applicable binder, policy, endorsements and law govern coverage.

Important insurance information

This guide is general information and does not determine coverage or legal requirements for your business. Policy terms, exclusions, conditions and available options vary. Contact the appropriate licensed insurance representative about your account, request confirmation of any coverage placed, and review the applicable insurance documents. An application, inquiry or nonbinding indication does not by itself bind or change insurance.

Account starting point

Use this page when the account matches this situation.

Agents and brokers preparing insurance for cannabis wholesalers, distributors, warehouses, or transportation-linked operations.

Start here when
The account buys, stores, transports, fulfills, or distributes products and responsibility changes across suppliers, warehouses, carriers, or customers.
Have ready
Products, suppliers, customers, sales, ownership and custody terms, locations, stock values, security, transportation, contracts, and losses.
What happens next
Use the online application to show how product ownership, custody, storage, and transportation work across the account.

Coverage and availability depend on the account, state, insurer and underwriting review. General information and nonbinding indications do not bind insurance; the applicable binder, policy, endorsements and law govern coverage.

On this page 5 sections

Follow product ownership and custody

Identify products, suppliers, customers, purchasing, sales, consignment, title transfer, storage, fulfillment, transportation, returns, and any property belonging to others. Separate wholesale activity from manufacturing or retail.

Describe warehouse, transit, and product controls

Provide values, locations, security, environmental conditions, inventory systems, carriers, vehicles, drivers, contracts, testing records, complaints, traceability, and recall responsibilities.

Wholesale and distribution questions

  • When does the business take title to or custody of each product?
  • Who stores, transports, tests, labels, and delivers goods, and under which contracts?
  • How are inventory, security, traceability, customer complaints, and recalls managed?

What CARMA wants the submission to explain

These details help the team understand the account and identify the next useful question. They do not establish eligibility or available terms.

  • Follow product ownership and custody through purchasing, warehousing, fulfillment, transportation, and delivery.
  • Separate wholesale activity from manufacturing, relabeling, importing, private-label work, and retail sales.
  • Reconcile stock values, security, traceability, contracts, carriers, complaints, recalls, and prior losses.

Records for a wholesale or distribution submission

  • Product, supplier, customer, sales, ownership, and custody information
  • Warehouse, stock-value, security, transportation, vehicle, cargo, and traceability details
  • Supplier, customer, carrier, and storage contracts plus licenses, losses, and current coverage

Can CARMA consider this account?

CARMA confirms program fit, licensing, state availability, coverage options, and market interest for each account. This guide does not promise eligibility, terms, pricing, or placement.

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Account-specific review

Bring CARMA the account.

Retail agents, wholesale brokers, and business owners can start with the details they have.