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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>80617</law_id><section_number>38.2-1366</section_number><catch_line>Reserve valuation</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>38.2-1378</reference><reference>38.2-1379</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="10">Standard Valuation</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> For policies and <span class="dictionary">contracts</span> issued prior to the operative date of the <span class="dictionary">valuation manual</span>: <a id="paragraph-288949" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1366/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> shall annually value, or cause to be valued, the reserve liabilities (hereinafter called reserves) for all outstanding life <span class="dictionary">insurance policies</span> and annuity and pure endowment <span class="dictionary">contracts</span> of every life <span class="dictionary">insurance company</span> doing business in the Commonwealth issued prior to the operative date of the <span class="dictionary">valuation manual</span>. In calculating reserves, the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> may use group methods and approximate averages for fractions of a year or otherwise. In lieu of the valuation of the reserves required of a foreign or <span class="dictionary">alien company</span>, the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> may accept a valuation made, or caused to be made, by the insurance supervisory official of any <span class="dictionary">state</span> or other <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> when the valuation complies with the minimum standard provided in this article. <a id="paragraph-288950" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1366/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The provisions set forth in &#xA7;&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Minimum valuation standard for policies issued prior to certain dates" href="/38.2-1368/">38.2-1368</a> through <a class="law" title="Minimum standard for accident and health insurance contracts" href="/38.2-1378/">38.2-1378</a> shall apply to all policies and <span class="dictionary">contracts</span>, as appropriate, subject to this article issued prior to the operative date of the <span class="dictionary">valuation manual</span> and the provisions set forth in &#xA7;&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Valuation manual for policies issued on or after the operative date of the valuation manual" href="/38.2-1379/">38.2-1379</a> and <a class="law" title="Requirements of a principle-based valuation" href="/38.2-1380/">38.2-1380</a> shall not apply to any such policies and <span class="dictionary">contracts</span>. <a id="paragraph-288951" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1366/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> For policies and <span class="dictionary">contracts</span> issued on or after the operative date of the <span class="dictionary">valuation manual</span>: <a id="paragraph-288952" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1366/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> shall annually value, or cause to be valued, the reserve liabilities (hereinafter called reserves) for all outstanding life <span class="dictionary">insurance contracts</span>, annuity and pure endowment contracts, accident and health contracts, and <span class="dictionary">deposit-type contracts</span> of every <span class="dictionary">insurance company</span> issued on or after the operative date of the <span class="dictionary">valuation manual</span>. In lieu of the valuation of the reserves required of a foreign or <span class="dictionary">alien company</span>, the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> may accept a valuation made, or caused to be made, by the insurance supervisory official of any <span class="dictionary">state</span> or other <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> when the valuation complies with the minimum standard provided in this article. <a id="paragraph-288953" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1366/#B1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The provisions set forth in &#xA7;&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Valuation manual for policies issued on or after the operative date of the valuation manual" href="/38.2-1379/">38.2-1379</a> and <a class="law" title="Requirements of a principle-based valuation" href="/38.2-1380/">38.2-1380</a> shall apply to all policies and contracts issued on or after the operative date of the <span class="dictionary">valuation manual</span>. <a id="paragraph-288954" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1366/#B2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> On or before the last day of February of each year, every domestic incorporated life <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> shall furnish the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> the necessary data for determining the valuation of all of its policies outstanding on the last preceding December 31. For good cause shown, the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> may extend an <span class="dictionary">insurer</span>&#x2019;s deadline for submitting this data. <a id="paragraph-288955" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1366/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2014, c. 571.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
