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This law was first created in 2019. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 266<\/a> and 346<\/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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":212929,"object_type":"law","relational_id":67718,"identifier":"38.2-1888.4","token":"38.2\/18\/9\/38.2-1888.4","url":"\/38.2-1888.4\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/38.2-1888.4\/","token":"38.2\/18\/9\/38.2-1888.4","dublin_core":{"Title":"Travel administrators","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 38.2-1888.4","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, no person<\/span> shall act or represent itself as a travel administrator for travel insurance<\/span> in the Commonwealth unless that person<\/span>: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Is a licensed property and casualty insurance agent<\/span> in the Commonwealth for activities permitted under that agent license<\/span>; or <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Holds a valid managing general agent (MGA) license<\/span> in the Commonwealth. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> An insurer<\/span> is responsible for the acts of a travel administrator administering travel insurance underwritten by the insurer<\/span> and is responsible for ensuring that the travel administrator maintains all books and records relevant to the insurer<\/span> to be made available by the travel administrator to the Commissioner<\/span> upon request. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nTRAVEL ADMINISTRATORS (\u00a7 38.2-1888.4)\n\nA. Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, no person shall act or\nrepresent itself as a travel administrator for travel insurance in the\nCommonwealth unless that person:\n\n 1. Is a licensed property and casualty insurance agent in the Commonwealth for\n activities permitted under that agent license; or\n\n 2. Holds a valid managing general agent (MGA) license in the Commonwealth.\n\nB. An insurer is responsible for the acts of a travel administrator\nadministering travel insurance underwritten by the insurer and is responsible\nfor ensuring that the travel administrator maintains all books and records\nrelevant to the insurer to be made available by the travel administrator to the\nCommissioner upon request.\n\nHISTORY: 2019, cc. 266, 346.","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}}