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This law was first created in 1985. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 3 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1985 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 6 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1986, chapter 562; in 1987, chapters 521 and 678; in 1996, chapter 989<\/a>; in 2001, chapter 706<\/a>; in 2003, chapter 621<\/a>; in 2007, chapter 449<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":212613,"object_type":"law","relational_id":64800,"identifier":"38.2-1839","token":"38.2\/18\/4\/38.2-1839","url":"\/38.2-1839\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/38.2-1839\/","token":"38.2\/18\/4\/38.2-1839","dublin_core":{"Title":"Contract required; placement of insurance for public bodies","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 38.2-1839","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> A licensed insurance consultant<\/span> that does not sell<\/span>, solicit<\/span> or negotiate<\/span> insurance as part of his services shall enter into a written contract<\/span> with his client prior to any act as a consultant in this Commonwealth. A licensed insurance consultant<\/span> that does sell<\/span>, solicit<\/span> or negotiate<\/span> insurance in this Commonwealth as part of his services shall enter into a written contract<\/span> with his client prior to the purchase of any insurance by that client. The contract<\/span> shall include, without limitation, the amount and basis of any consulting fee and the duration of employment. If the insurance consultant<\/span> may also receive commissions<\/span>, incentives, bonuses, overrides, or any other form of remuneration either directly or indirectly as a result of his services for selling, soliciting, or negotiating insurance as a part of his services in addition to a consulting fee, unless otherwise prohibited, such information shall be disclosed in the contract<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> No insurance consultant<\/span> may provide or offer to provide, directly or indirectly, insurance products to a public body while concurrently and on its behalf (i) evaluating proposals from other insurance agents and (ii) recommending the placement of insurance. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCONTRACT REQUIRED; PLACEMENT OF INSURANCE FOR PUBLIC BODIES (\u00a7 38.2-1839)\n\nA. A licensed insurance consultant that does not sell, solicit or negotiate\ninsurance as part of his services shall enter into a written contract with his\nclient prior to any act as a consultant in this Commonwealth. A licensed\ninsurance consultant that does sell, solicit or negotiate insurance in this\nCommonwealth as part of his services shall enter into a written contract with\nhis client prior to the purchase of any insurance by that client. The contract\nshall include, without limitation, the amount and basis of any consulting fee\nand the duration of employment. If the insurance consultant may also receive\ncommissions, incentives, bonuses, overrides, or any other form of remuneration\neither directly or indirectly as a result of his services for selling,\nsoliciting, or negotiating insurance as a part of his services in addition to a\nconsulting fee, unless otherwise prohibited, such information shall be disclosed\nin the contract.\n\nB. No insurance consultant may provide or offer to provide, directly or\nindirectly, insurance products to a public body while concurrently and on its\nbehalf (i) evaluating proposals from other insurance agents and (ii)\nrecommending the placement of insurance.\n\nHISTORY: 1985, c. 3, \u00a7 38.1-327.64; 1986, c. 562; 1987, cc. 521, 678; 1996, c.\n989; 2001, c. 706; 2003, c. 621; 2007, c. 449.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}