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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>60734</law_id><section_number>38.2-1311</section_number><catch_line>Valuation reserves</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>38.2-1312</reference><reference>38.2-1314</reference><reference>38.2-1316.1</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="13">Reports, Reserves and Examinations, Insurance Holding Companies, Reinsurance Intermediaries, and Managing General Agents</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="3">Reserves</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Every <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> licensed to transact the kinds of <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> specified in &#xA7;&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Life" href="/38.2-102/">38.2-102</a>, <a class="law" title="Annuities" href="/38.2-106/">38.2-106</a> and <a class="law" title="Accident and sickness" href="/38.2-109/">38.2-109</a> and subject to the applicable provisions of this title, shall maintain: <a id="paragraph-222048" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1311/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Reserves on all of its life <span class="dictionary">insurance policies</span> or certificates and annuity <span class="dictionary">contracts</span> in force, computed according to the applicable tables of mortality and interest <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">rates</span></span> prescribed in this title; <a id="paragraph-222049" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1311/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Reserves for both reported and unreported (i) disability benefits, including reserves for disabled lives, and (ii) accidental death benefits; and <a id="paragraph-222050" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1311/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Any additional reserves prescribed by the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> as necessary on account of the <span class="dictionary">insurer</span>&#x2019;s policies, certificates and <span class="dictionary">contracts</span>. <a id="paragraph-222051" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1311/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> For all accident and sickness <span class="dictionary">insurance policies</span> the <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> shall maintain an active life reserve that shall (i) place a reasonable value on its liabilities under the policies, (ii) be not less than the reserve according to appropriate standards set forth in any regulations issued by the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> and, (iii) be not less in the aggregate than the pro rata gross unearned premiums for those policies. <a id="paragraph-222052" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1311/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1952, c. 317, &#xA7; 38.1-170; 1962, c. 562; 1986, c. 562.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
