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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>57332</law_id><section_number>38.2-1312</section_number><catch_line>Unearned premium reserves</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>38.2-1315</reference><reference>38.2-1316.1</reference><reference>38.2-2529</reference><reference>38.2-4214</reference><reference>38.2-4509</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> Except for risks or policies for which reserves are required under &#xA7;&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Valuation reserves" href="/38.2-1311/">38.2-1311</a> and <a class="law" title="Unearned premium reserve" href="/38.2-4610.1/">38.2-4610.1</a>, each <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> licensed to transact business in this Commonwealth, subject to the applicable provisions of this title, shall maintain reserves not less than the unearned portions of the gross premiums charged on unexpired or unterminated risks and policies. <a id="paragraph-209995" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1312/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Premiums charged for bulk assumption reinsurance assumed from other <span class="dictionary">insurers</span> shall be included in gross premiums charged on the basis of the original premiums and the original terms of the policies of the ceding <span class="dictionary">insurer</span>. <a id="paragraph-209996" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1312/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> No deduction shall be made from the gross unearned premiums except for premiums paid or credited for risks reinsured as provided in Article 3.1 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/38.2-1316.1/">38.2-1316.1</a> et seq.) of this chapter. <a id="paragraph-209997" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1312/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> Reserves required by this section shall be computed, valued, and reported in conformity with guidance set forth in the National Association of <span class="dictionary">Insurance</span> <span class="dictionary">Commissioners</span> accounting practices and procedures manuals. <a id="paragraph-209998" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1312/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 38-228; 1952, c. 317, &#xA7; 38.1-171; 1982, c. 430; 1986, c. 562; 2000, c. 46.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
