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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>84183</law_id><section_number>38.2-1229</section_number><catch_line>Impaired reciprocals</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="12">Reciprocal Insurance</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="2">Domestic Reciprocals</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> If (i) the <span class="dictionary">assets</span> of a domestic reciprocal are at any time insufficient to settle the sum of its liabilities, except those on account of funds contributed by the attorney or other parties, and its required <span class="dictionary">surplus to policyholders</span>, and (ii) the deficiency is not cured from other sources, its attorney shall <span class="dictionary">levy</span> an assessment upon subscribers made subject to assessment by the terms of their policies for the amount needed to make up the deficiency. However, the assessment shall be subject to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Subscribers' liability" href="/38.2-1212/">38.2-1212</a>. <a id="paragraph-301723" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1229/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> If the attorney fails to make the assessment within thirty days after the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> <span class="dictionary">orders</span> him to do so, or if the deficiency is not fully made up within sixty days after the date the assessment was made, delinquency proceedings may be instituted and conducted against the <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> as provided in Chapter 15 of this title. <a id="paragraph-301724" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1229/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> If <span class="dictionary">liquidation</span> of the reciprocal is ordered, an assessment shall be levied upon the subscribers for the amount the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> or the <span class="dictionary">court</span>, as the case may be, determines to be necessary to discharge all liabilities of the reciprocal. This assessment shall exclude any funds contributed by the attorney or other <span class="dictionary">persons</span>, but shall include the reasonable cost of the <span class="dictionary">liquidation</span>. However, the assessment shall be subject to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Subscribers' liability" href="/38.2-1212/">38.2-1212</a>. <a id="paragraph-301725" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1229/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1952, c. 317, &#xA7; 38.1-718; 1986, c. 562.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
