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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>71497</law_id><section_number>38.2-1040</section_number><catch_line>Refusal, suspension or revocation of license</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>38.2-1038</reference><reference>38.2-1041</reference><reference>38.2-1835</reference><reference>38.2-4214</reference><reference>38.2-4408</reference><reference>38.2-4509</reference><reference>38.2-5509</reference><reference>58.1-2507</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="6">Refusal, Suspension or Revocation of Insurer's License</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> may refuse to <span class="dictionary">issue</span> a license to any domestic, foreign or alien <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> to transact the business of <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> in this Commonwealth, and may suspend or revoke the license of any licensee, whenever it finds that the applicant or licensee: <a id="paragraph-257687" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1040/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Has refused to submit its books, papers, accounts, or affairs to the reasonable inspection of the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> or its representative; <a id="paragraph-257688" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1040/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Has refused, or its officers or agents have refused, to furnish satisfactory <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> of its financial and business standing or solvency; <a id="paragraph-257689" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1040/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Is insolvent, or is in a condition that any further transaction of business in this Commonwealth is hazardous to its policyholders, <span class="dictionary">creditors</span> and public in this Commonwealth; <a id="paragraph-257690" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1040/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> Has failed to pay a final <span class="dictionary">judgment</span> against it within sixty days after (i) the <span class="dictionary">judgment</span> became final, (ii) the time for making an <span class="dictionary">appeal</span> has expired, or (iii) the <span class="dictionary">dismissal</span> of an <span class="dictionary">appeal</span> before final determination, whichever date is the latest; <a id="paragraph-257691" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1040/#A4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A5" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> Has violated any <span class="dictionary">law</span> of this Commonwealth, or has in this Commonwealth violated its charter or exceeded its corporate powers; <a id="paragraph-257692" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1040/#A5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A6" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">6.</span> Has failed to pay any fees, taxes or charges imposed in this Commonwealth within sixty days after they are due and payable, or within sixty days after final <span class="dictionary">disposition</span> of any legal contest with respect to liability for the fees, taxes or charges; <a id="paragraph-257693" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1040/#A6"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A7" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">7.</span> Has had its corporate existence dissolved or its certificate of authority revoked in the <span class="dictionary">state</span> in which it was organized or in this Commonwealth; <a id="paragraph-257694" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1040/#A7"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A8" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">8.</span> Has been found insolvent by a <span class="dictionary">court</span> of any other <span class="dictionary">state</span>, or by the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> or other proper officer or agency of any other <span class="dictionary">state</span>, and has been prohibited from doing business in that <span class="dictionary">state</span>; <a id="paragraph-257695" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1040/#A8"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A9" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">9.</span> Has had all its risks reinsured in their entirety in another <span class="dictionary">insurer</span>; or <a id="paragraph-257696" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1040/#A9"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A10" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">10.</span> Has notified the insured in writing or by any other means that any policy of <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> covering the ownership or operation of a motor vehicle issued by the <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> will be cancelled if the insured institutes any legal action against the <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> to pursue any rights of the insured under the policy. <a id="paragraph-257697" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1040/#A10"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The grounds for suspension or <span class="dictionary">revocation</span> of licenses in subsection A of this section are in addition to those provided for elsewhere in this title. <a id="paragraph-257698" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1040/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7;&#xA7; 38-68, 38-132, 38-133, 38-134, 38-169, 38-370; 1952, c. 317, &#xA7; 38.1-99; 1966, c. 457; 1986, c. 562; 1987, c. 431.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
