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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>79476</law_id><section_number>38.2-1021</section_number><catch_line>Change of domicile of foreign insurer to another foreign state</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><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="4">Redomestication of Insurers</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any foreign <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> licensed to transact the business of <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> in this Commonwealth, upon proper notice to the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>, may change its domicile to another foreign <span class="dictionary">state</span> without interruption in licensing and without reapplying as a foreign <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> if:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> For a foreign stock <span class="dictionary">insurer</span>, the change in domicile does not result in a reduction in its capital and <span class="dictionary">surplus to policyholders</span> below the capital and surplus requirements for licensure specified in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Additional licensing requirements for stock insurers" href="/38.2-1028/">38.2-1028</a>; <a id="paragraph-284708" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1021/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> For a foreign mutual <span class="dictionary">insurer</span>, the change in domicile does not result in a reduction in its surplus below the surplus requirements for licensure specified in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Additional licensing requirements for mutual insurers" href="/38.2-1029/">38.2-1029</a>; <a id="paragraph-284709" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1021/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> There is no substantial change in the lines of <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> to be written by the <span class="dictionary">insurer</span>; <a id="paragraph-284710" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1021/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> There is no substantial change in the nature of the <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> or its method of operations and there is no deterioration in its financial condition; and <a id="paragraph-284711" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1021/#4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="5"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> The change in domicile has been approved by the supervising regulatory officials of both the former and new <span class="dictionary">state</span> of domicile. <a id="paragraph-284712" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1021/#5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1983, c. 441, &#xA7; 38.1-951; 1986, c. 562.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
