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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>84008</law_id><section_number>38.2-1336</section_number><catch_line>Subsidiaries of insurers</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="13">Reports, Reserves and Examinations, Insurance Holding Companies, Reinsurance Intermediaries, and Managing General Agents</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="6">Subsidiaries of Insurance Companies</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Notwithstanding the provisions of any other <span class="dictionary">law</span>, a domestic <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> shall not organize, acquire, or obtain control of any subsidiary, either by itself or in cooperation with one or more <span class="dictionary">persons</span>, unless the subsidiary is engaged in the following kinds of business:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Transacting any kind of <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> business authorized by the <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> in which the subsidiary is incorporated; <a id="paragraph-301069" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1336/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Acting as an <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> broker or as an <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> agent for its parent or for any of its parent&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> subsidiaries; <a id="paragraph-301070" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1336/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Investing, reinvesting or trading in securities for its own account, that of its parent, any subsidiary of its parent, or any affiliate or subsidiary; <a id="paragraph-301071" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1336/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> Managing any investment <span class="dictionary">company</span> subject to or registered pursuant to the Investment <span class="dictionary">Company</span> Act of 1940, as amended, including related sales and services; <a id="paragraph-301072" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1336/#4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="5"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> Acting as a broker-dealer subject to or registered pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; <a id="paragraph-301073" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1336/#5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="6"><p><span class="prefix-number">6.</span> Rendering investment advice to governments, governmental agencies, corporations or other organizations or groups; <a id="paragraph-301074" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1336/#6"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="7"><p><span class="prefix-number">7.</span> Rendering other services related to the operations of an <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> business including, but not limited to, actuarial, loss prevention, safety engineering, data processing, accounting, claims, appraisal and collection services; <a id="paragraph-301075" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1336/#7"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="8"><p><span class="prefix-number">8.</span> Owning and managing <span class="dictionary">assets</span> that the domestic <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> could itself own or manage; <a id="paragraph-301076" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1336/#8"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="9"><p><span class="prefix-number">9.</span> Acting as administrative agent for a governmental instrumentality that is performing an <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> function; <a id="paragraph-301077" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1336/#9"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="10"><p><span class="prefix-number">10.</span> Financing of <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> premiums or agents; <a id="paragraph-301078" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1336/#10"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="11"><p><span class="prefix-number">11.</span> Engaging in any other business activity the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> determines to be reasonably ancillary to an <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> business; or <a id="paragraph-301079" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1336/#11"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="12"><p><span class="prefix-number">12.</span> Owning a corporation or corporations engaged or organized to engage exclusively in one or more of the businesses specified in this section. <a id="paragraph-301080" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1336/#12"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1977, c. 414, &#xA7; 38.1-178.12; 1986, c. 562.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
