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However, nothing in this article or in Chapter 48 (\u00a7 38.2-4805.1 et seq.) shall apply to the sale, solicitation, or negotiation of (i) the contracts of insurance cited in subsection C of \u00a7 38.2-1802 or (ii) contracts of insurance for any insured whose home state, as defined in \u00a7 38.2-4805.2, is a state other than the Commonwealth.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":230563,"text":"The Commission may issue a surplus lines broker’s license to any individual or business entity actively licensed as a property and casualty insurance agent for the procuring of insurance of the classes enumerated in \u00a7\u00a7 38.2-109 through 38.2-122.2 and \u00a7\u00a7 38.2-124 through 38.2-134 from eligible nonadmitted insurers in the Commonwealth. 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This law was first created in 2001. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 706<\/a> 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. It has been modified 2 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 2011, chapter 498<\/a>; in 2018, chapter 205<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":67482,"section_number":"38.2-1800","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-1800\/"},{"id":84359,"section_number":"38.2-1869","catch_line":"Failure to satisfy requirements; termination of license","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-1869\/"},{"id":58581,"section_number":"38.2-4805.2","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-4805.2\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":75359,"section_number":"38.2-109","catch_line":"Accident and sickness","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-109\/"},{"id":69580,"section_number":"38.2-122.2","catch_line":"Credit property insurance","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-122.2\/"},{"id":66976,"section_number":"38.2-124","catch_line":"Motor vehicle","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-124\/"},{"id":74943,"section_number":"38.2-134","catch_line":"Definitions to include other insurance of same general kind","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-134\/"},{"id":77079,"section_number":"38.2-1802","catch_line":"Acting as agent for unlicensed insurer prohibited; penalties","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-1802\/"},{"id":54697,"section_number":"38.2-4805.1","catch_line":"Application of chapter","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-4805.1\/"},{"id":58581,"section_number":"38.2-4805.2","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-4805.2\/"}],"permalink":{"id":212743,"object_type":"law","relational_id":63256,"identifier":"38.2-1857.1","token":"38.2\/18\/5.1\/38.2-1857.1","url":"\/38.2-1857.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/38.2-1857.1\/","token":"38.2\/18\/5.1\/38.2-1857.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Property and casualty insurance agents may be licensed as surplus lines brokers for certain insurance from eligible nonadmitted insurers","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 38.2-1857.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Commission<\/span> may issue<\/span> a surplus lines broker<\/span>’s license<\/span> to any individual or business entity<\/span> actively licensed as a property and casualty insurance agent<\/span> for the procuring of insurance of the classes enumerated in \u00a7\u00a7 38.2-109<\/a> through 38.2-122.2<\/a> and \u00a7\u00a7 38.2-124<\/a> through 38.2-134<\/a> from eligible nonadmitted insurers<\/span> in the Commonwealth. However, nothing in this article or in Chapter 48 (\u00a7 38.2-4805.1<\/a> et seq.) shall apply to the sale, solicitation, or negotiation of (i) the contracts<\/span> of insurance cited in subsection C of \u00a7 38.2-1802<\/a> or (ii) contracts<\/span> of insurance for any insured whose home state<\/span>, as defined in \u00a7 38.2-4805.2<\/a>, is a state other than the Commonwealth.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE AGENTS MAY BE LICENSED AS SURPLUS LINES BROKERS\nFOR CERTAIN INSURANCE FROM ELIGIBLE NONADMITTED INSURERS (\u00a7 38.2-1857.1)\n\nThe Commission may issue a surplus lines broker’s license to any\nindividual or business entity actively licensed as a property and casualty\ninsurance agent for the procuring of insurance of the classes enumerated in \u00a7\u00a7\n38.2-109 through 38.2-122.2 and \u00a7\u00a7 38.2-124 through 38.2-134 from eligible\nnonadmitted insurers in the Commonwealth. However, nothing in this article or in\nChapter 48 (\u00a7 38.2-4805.1 et seq.) shall apply to the sale, solicitation, or\nnegotiation of (i) the contracts of insurance cited in subsection C of \u00a7\n38.2-1802 or (ii) contracts of insurance for any insured whose home state, as\ndefined in \u00a7 38.2-4805.2, is a state other than the Commonwealth.\n\nHISTORY: 2001, c. 706; 2011, c. 498; 2018, c. 205.","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}}