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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>75949</law_id><section_number>38.2-1102</section_number><catch_line>Application for license; limitations on authority</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="11">Captive Insurers</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> No <span class="dictionary">captive insurer</span> shall transact any <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> business in this Commonwealth unless (i) it is permitted to do so by its articles of incorporation or charter and (ii) it procures a license to transact the business of <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> from the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> in accordance with Article 5 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="License required to transact the business of insurance; application fee requirements for license" href="/38.2-1024/">38.2-1024</a> et seq.) of Chapter 10 of this title. The license shall be renewed in accordance with &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Annual renewal of license" href="/38.2-1025/">38.2-1025</a>. A <span class="dictionary">captive insurer</span> may only be licensed to write the classes of <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> described in &#xA7;&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Fire" href="/38.2-110/">38.2-110</a> through <a class="law" title="Fidelity" href="/38.2-120/">38.2-120</a>, <a class="law" title="Motor vehicle" href="/38.2-124/">38.2-124</a>, <a class="law" title="Marine" href="/38.2-126/">38.2-126</a> and reinsure in accordance with &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Reinsurance" href="/38.2-136/">38.2-136</a>. <a id="paragraph-272681" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1102/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> 1. The <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> shall not <span class="dictionary">issue</span> a license to transact the business of <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> in this Commonwealth to any <span class="dictionary">pure captive insurer</span> until it is satisfied that the total <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> coverage necessary to insure all risks, hazards, and liabilities would develop, in the aggregate, gross annual premiums of at least $500,000. <a id="paragraph-272682" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1102/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> shall not <span class="dictionary">issue</span> a license to transact the business of insurance in this Commonwealth to any <span class="dictionary">association captive insurer</span> until it is satisfied (i) that the total insurance coverage necessary to insure all risks, hazards, and liabilities would develop, in the aggregate, gross annual premiums of at least one million dollars and (ii) that its <span class="dictionary">insurance association</span> has been in existence for at least one year. The <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> may <span class="dictionary">waive</span> the requirement that the <span class="dictionary">insurance association</span> be in existence for at least 1 year if the <span class="dictionary">association captive insurer</span> satisfies the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> that each member of the <span class="dictionary">insurance association</span> would have a gross annual premium in excess of $100,000. <a id="paragraph-272683" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1102/#B2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> No captive insurer may write classes of personal insurance coverage for individuals unless the individual is a <span class="dictionary">parent</span>. <a id="paragraph-272684" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1102/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> No captive insurer may write insurance or reinsurance on personally owned motor vehicles or homeowners&#x2019; insurance or any component of them. <a id="paragraph-272685" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1102/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1980, c. 665, &#xA7; 38.1-918; 1986, c. 562.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
