What is required to start a Property and Casualty insurance

[Zulf H.]

Hello:

I am considering venturing into starting a business that provides property insurance and other types of insurance related to real-estate. Any ideas on how easy or difficult this is? Is this a saturated area or are there opportunities? is the initial investment a lot?

Also how would I go about doing this. I am assuming I would have to get a franchisee license from Allstate or StateFarm. Any help/advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thank You!