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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>58035</law_id><section_number>38.2-1402</section_number><catch_line>Authority to invest; classification of investments by category</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>38.2-1406</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="14">Investments</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> A domestic <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> may invest its funds and <span class="dictionary">assets</span> in accordance with this chapter. All investments of a domestic <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> shall be classified as (i) Category 1 investments, (ii) Category 2 investments, or (iii) <span class="dictionary">prohibited investments</span>. <a id="paragraph-212555" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1402/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>, upon application by an <span class="dictionary">insurer</span>, may classify any investments made or proposed to be made and not otherwise specifically classified in Articles 1 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Scope and purpose of chapter" href="/38.2-1400/">38.2-1400</a> et seq.) and 2 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Scope of article" href="/38.2-1412/">38.2-1412</a> et seq.) of this chapter as a Category 1 investment. <a id="paragraph-212556" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1402/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1983, c. 457, &#xA7; 38.1-217.3; 1986, c. 562.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
