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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>80227</law_id><section_number>38.2-1413</section_number><catch_line>Investment limits for one obligor, one issue or one loan</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>38.2-1443.1</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="14">Investments</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="2">Category 1 Investments</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> No domestic <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> shall have at any one time any combination of investments in or loans upon the security of the property and securities of any one obligor or issuer aggregating an amount exceeding the lesser of five percent of the <span class="dictionary">insurer</span>&#x2019;s total admitted <span class="dictionary">assets</span> or twenty percent of the <span class="dictionary">insurer</span>&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">surplus to policyholders</span>. The limitations prescribed by this section shall not apply to the following: <a id="paragraph-287185" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1413/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Investments in or loans upon the security of general <span class="dictionary">obligations</span> of the United <span class="dictionary">States</span>; <a id="paragraph-287186" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1413/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Investments in foreign securities made eligible by subsection A of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Foreign securities" href="/38.2-1433/">38.2-1433</a>; <a id="paragraph-287187" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1413/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Investments in mortgage pass-through securities made eligible by &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Mortgage pass-through securities" href="/38.2-1437.1/">38.2-1437.1</a>; <a id="paragraph-287188" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1413/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> Deposits in institutions insured by a federal deposit insuring agency to the extent of coverage by such deposit insuring agency; <a id="paragraph-287189" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1413/#A4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A5" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> Investments in subsidiaries made eligible by &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Investment authority; subsidiary corporations" href="/38.2-1427.3/">38.2-1427.3</a>; <a id="paragraph-287190" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1413/#A5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A6" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">6.</span> Investments in <span class="dictionary">obligations</span> of an agency or instrumentality of the United <span class="dictionary">States</span> made eligible by subsection B of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Obligations of domestic governmental entities" href="/38.2-1415/">38.2-1415</a>; provided that at no time shall the <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> invest pursuant to subsection B of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Obligations of domestic governmental entities" href="/38.2-1415/">38.2-1415</a> in excess of ten percent of its total admitted <span class="dictionary">assets</span> in any one obligor or issuer of such <span class="dictionary">obligations</span>; or <a id="paragraph-287191" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1413/#A6"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A7" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">7.</span> Other <span class="dictionary">assets</span> defined or classified by the National Association of <span class="dictionary">Insurance</span> <span class="dictionary">Commissioners</span> accounting practices and procedure manual, or any successor publication, as cash or cash equivalents or as a short term investment that is rated &#x201C;AAA&#x201D; or better or the equivalent rating by Moody&#x2019;s Investors Service, Inc., Standard &amp; Poor&#x2019;s or Fitch IBCA, or any successor to the rating business of any of them, provided that at no time shall the amount of any such asset placed for or by the <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> in or with any one depository, <span class="dictionary">issue</span>, obligor, or issuer exceed the lesser of ten percent of the <span class="dictionary">insurer</span>&#x2019;s total admitted <span class="dictionary">assets</span> or twenty percent of the <span class="dictionary">insurer</span>&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">surplus to policyholders</span>. <a id="paragraph-287192" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1413/#A7"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> No domestic <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> shall invest in excess of one percent of its total admitted <span class="dictionary">assets</span> in any one <span class="dictionary">issue</span> of any <span class="dictionary">obligations</span> made eligible for investment under &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Preferred stocks" href="/38.2-1423/">38.2-1423</a> or &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Guaranteed stocks" href="/38.2-1424/">38.2-1424</a>. <a id="paragraph-287193" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1413/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> No domestic <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> shall invest in excess of one-half of one percent of its total admitted <span class="dictionary">assets</span> in any one loan made eligible by subdivision 3 of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Mortgage loans" href="/38.2-1434/">38.2-1434</a>. <a id="paragraph-287194" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1413/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> The principal loan amount disbursed, excluding advances made to enforce or protect the security for the loan, by a domestic <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> under any single <span class="dictionary">wrap-around mortgage</span> made pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Second mortgages; wrap-around mortgages" href="/38.2-1435/">38.2-1435</a> shall not exceed one percent of its total admitted <span class="dictionary">assets</span>. <a id="paragraph-287195" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1413/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="E"><p><span class="prefix-number">E.</span> The amount loaned under &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Collateral loans" href="/38.2-1430/">38.2-1430</a> shall be subject to the limitations of this section applicable to the kinds of securities or <span class="dictionary">obligations</span> pledged in connection with the loan. <a id="paragraph-287196" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1413/#E"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1983, c. 457, &#xA7; 38.1-217.16; 1986, c. 562; 1990, c. 893; 1992, c. 588; 1995, c. 60; 1998, c. 414; 2002, c. 73.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
