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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>85678</law_id><section_number>38.2-1005.1:4</section_number><catch_line>Contents of plan of MHC conversion</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>38.2-1005.1:5</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="38.2">Insurance</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="10">Organization, Admission and Licensing of Insurers</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1.1">Formation of Mutual Insurance Holding Company; Conversion of Mutual Holding Company to Stock Holding Company</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>A <span class="dictionary">plan of MHC conversion</span> shall:</p></section>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Include: <a id="paragraph-306857" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1005.1_4/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The reasons for the proposed conversion; and <a id="paragraph-306858" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1005.1_4/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The effect of the proposed conversion on the <span class="dictionary">mutual company</span>&#x2019;s existing policies. <a id="paragraph-306859" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1005.1_4/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Provide that: <a id="paragraph-306860" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1005.1_4/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> All policies of the <span class="dictionary">converted company</span> in force on the effective date of the conversion shall continue in force under the terms of those policies, except that all voting and other membership rights of the <span class="dictionary">policyholders</span> provided for under the policies or under the <span class="dictionary">laws</span> of this Commonwealth and any provisions for contingent liability of <span class="dictionary">members</span> shall be extinguished on the effective date of the <span class="dictionary">plan of MHC conversion</span>. <a id="paragraph-306861" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1005.1_4/#B1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The holders of participating policies in force on the date of conversion shall continue to have the right to receive dividends as provided in such policies, if any. However, except in the case of a <span class="dictionary">mutual company</span>&#x2019;s life <span class="dictionary">insurance policies</span>, guaranteed renewable accident and sickness <span class="dictionary">insurance policies</span>, and non-cancelable accident and sickness <span class="dictionary">insurance policies</span>, if any, a plan may provide that the converted stock company will <span class="dictionary">issue</span> the insured a nonparticipating <span class="dictionary">policy</span> as a substitute for the participating <span class="dictionary">policy</span> on the renewal date of the participating <span class="dictionary">policy</span> next following the date the plan becomes effective. <a id="paragraph-306862" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1005.1_4/#B2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> If a mutual life <span class="dictionary">insurance company</span> has participating life <span class="dictionary">insurance policies</span> in force on the effective date of the plan of conversion, the <span class="dictionary">converted company</span> will maintain such participating life policies as a closed block of business for dividend purposes, except that any or all classes of group participating policies may be excluded from the closed block. The plan shall provide for the establishment of one or more segregated accounts in connection with the closed block of business and shall allocate to such segregated accounts sufficient <span class="dictionary">assets</span> of the <span class="dictionary">mutual company</span> so that the <span class="dictionary">assets</span> so allocated, together with the revenue for the closed block of business, are sufficient to support the closed block including, but not limited to, the payment of claims, expenses, taxes and any dividends that are provided for under the terms of the participating policies with appropriate adjustments in the dividends for experience changes. The plan shall be accompanied by an <span class="dictionary">opinion</span> of a qualified actuary or appointed actuary who meets the standards provided in this title or the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>&#x2019;s regulations for the submission of actuarial <span class="dictionary">opinions</span> as to the adequacy of reserves or <span class="dictionary">assets</span>. The actuarial <span class="dictionary">opinion</span> shall relate to the adequacy of the <span class="dictionary">assets</span> allocated to the segregated accounts of the closed block and shall be based on methods of analysis deemed appropriate for such purposes by the Actuarial Standards Board. The amount of <span class="dictionary">assets</span> allocated to the segregated accounts of the closed block shall be based upon the <span class="dictionary">mutual company</span>&#x2019;s most recent annual statement updated to the effective date of the conversion. After the effective date of the conversion, the <span class="dictionary">converted company</span> shall keep a separate accounting for the closed block and shall make and include in each annual statement to be filed with the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> a separate statement showing gains, losses and expenses properly attributable to the closed block. With the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>&#x2019;s prior approval, <span class="dictionary">assets</span> allocated to the closed block of business that are in excess of the amount of <span class="dictionary">assets</span> necessary to support the policies then remaining in the closed block shall revert to the benefit of the <span class="dictionary">converted company</span>. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subdivision, the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> may <span class="dictionary">waive</span> the requirement for the establishment of a closed block of participating policies when it deems a <span class="dictionary">waiver</span> to be in the best interests of the participating <span class="dictionary">policyholders</span> of the <span class="dictionary">mutual company</span>. <a id="paragraph-306863" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1005.1_4/#B3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Include the requirements for granting membership interest to <span class="dictionary">persons</span> who become <span class="dictionary">policyholders</span> of the <span class="dictionary">converted company</span> subsequent to the effective date of the conversion. <a id="paragraph-306864" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1005.1_4/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> Include information sufficient to demonstrate that the financial condition of the <span class="dictionary">converted company</span> will not be diminished by the <span class="dictionary">plan of MHC conversion</span>. <a id="paragraph-306865" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1005.1_4/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="E"><p><span class="prefix-number">E.</span> Include a description of any current proposal to <span class="dictionary">issue</span> shares of the <span class="dictionary">converted company</span> or an <span class="dictionary">intermediate holding company</span> to the public or to other <span class="dictionary">persons</span> or entities who are not direct or indirect subsidiaries of the <span class="dictionary">mutual holding company</span>. <a id="paragraph-306866" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1005.1_4/#E"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="F"><p><span class="prefix-number">F.</span> Include the identity of each of the proposed directors and officers of the <span class="dictionary">mutual holding company</span> and each <span class="dictionary">intermediate holding company</span>, if any, together with such biographical information the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> may require. <a id="paragraph-306867" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1005.1_4/#F"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="G"><p><span class="prefix-number">G.</span> Include such other information as the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> considers appropriate for inclusion in the <span class="dictionary">plan of MHC conversion</span>. <a id="paragraph-306868" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1005.1_4/#G"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2001, c. 726.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
