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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>76434</law_id><section_number>38.2-1031</section_number><catch_line>Additional requirements, alien insurers</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>38.2-1036</reference><reference>38.2-1206</reference><reference>38.2-1213</reference><reference>38.2-4811</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="5">Licensing of Insurers</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> No alien <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> shall be licensed to transact the business of <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> in this Commonwealth unless it (i) has a &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">trusteed surplus</span>,&#x201D; as defined in subsection B of this section, of at least four million dollars and (ii) has filed with the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> a certificate from the supervising <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> official of the <span class="dictionary">state</span> of entry certifying that it is authorized to write the classes of <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> it proposes to write in this Commonwealth or it has filed with the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> a certificate of the supervising <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> official of its domiciliary country that it is authorized there to transact the kind of <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> business it proposes to transact in this Commonwealth. <a id="paragraph-274350" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1031/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Trusteed surplus</span>&#x201D; of an alien <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> means the excess of the aggregate value of the <span class="dictionary">assets</span> set forth in subsection C of this section over the aggregate net amount of all of its liabilities in the United <span class="dictionary">States</span>. <a id="paragraph-274351" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1031/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> 1. General <span class="dictionary">state</span> deposits are all of the alien <span class="dictionary">insurer</span>&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">assets</span> within the United <span class="dictionary">States</span> on deposit with officers of any <span class="dictionary">state</span> for the benefit and security of all of its policyholders and <span class="dictionary">creditors</span> in the United <span class="dictionary">States</span>. <a id="paragraph-274352" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1031/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Special <span class="dictionary">state</span> deposits are all of the alien <span class="dictionary">insurer</span>&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">assets</span> in the United <span class="dictionary">States</span>, other than general <span class="dictionary">state</span> deposits, which are on deposit with officers of any <span class="dictionary">state</span> for the benefit and security of its policyholders and <span class="dictionary">creditors</span> in the <span class="dictionary">state</span> of deposit, or for the benefit and security of certain classes of its policyholders and <span class="dictionary">creditors</span> either in the <span class="dictionary">state</span> of deposit or in the United <span class="dictionary">States</span>. The value of special <span class="dictionary">state</span> deposits shall in no event exceed the value of the liability secured by the special <span class="dictionary">state</span> deposits. <a id="paragraph-274353" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1031/#C2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Trusteed <span class="dictionary">assets</span> are all of its <span class="dictionary">assets</span> in the United <span class="dictionary">States</span>, other than general <span class="dictionary">state</span> deposits and special <span class="dictionary">state</span> deposits, held by any trustee for the benefit and security of all of its policyholders and <span class="dictionary">creditors</span> in the United <span class="dictionary">States</span>. <a id="paragraph-274354" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1031/#C3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> Interest receivable includes any interest collectable by the <span class="dictionary">state</span> or trustee that is receivable, due and accrued on the general <span class="dictionary">state</span> deposits, the special <span class="dictionary">state</span> deposits, and the trusteed <span class="dictionary">assets</span> of the alien <span class="dictionary">insurer</span>. <a id="paragraph-274355" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1031/#C4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> An alien <span class="dictionary">insurer</span>&#x2019;s liabilities in the United <span class="dictionary">States</span> are all of the reserves and other liabilities incurred by the alien <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> in the United <span class="dictionary">States</span>, from which may be deducted: <a id="paragraph-274356" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1031/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> An amount equal to the reinsurance credits allowed by Article 3.1 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/38.2-1316.1/">38.2-1316.1</a> et seq.) of Chapter 13; <a id="paragraph-274357" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1031/#D1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> From the amount of such liabilities for unearned premiums, the unearned portion of premiums receivable by an alien <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> from its agents or policyholders under policies issued by it in the United <span class="dictionary">States</span> and not more than ninety days past due on the date of such statement; <a id="paragraph-274358" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1031/#D2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Those liabilities in the United <span class="dictionary">States</span> pertaining to any asset in the United <span class="dictionary">States</span> of the alien <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> other than the <span class="dictionary">assets</span> described in subsection C of this section. This deduction shall be allowed only to the extent considered appropriate by the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> and shall in no case exceed that portion of the value of the asset that is applicable to the liability pertaining to the asset; and <a id="paragraph-274359" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1031/#D3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> The amount of the unpaid principal and interest of any loan made by the alien <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> to the holder of, and solely on the security of, any life <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> policy or annuity <span class="dictionary">contract</span> issued or assumed by it on the life of or to any <span class="dictionary">person</span> in the United <span class="dictionary">States</span>. This amount shall in no case exceed the amount of the reserve it is required to maintain on the policy or annuity <span class="dictionary">contract</span>. <a id="paragraph-274360" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1031/#D4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7;&#xA7; 38-38, 38-514; 1952, c. 317, &#xA7; 38.1-95; 1966, c. 580; 1977, c. 322; 1978, c. 20; 1985, c. 243; 1986, c. 562; 1991, c. 261.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
