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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>69368</law_id><section_number>38.2-1600</section_number><catch_line>Purpose</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>38.2-136</reference><reference>38.2-1501</reference><reference>38.2-1602</reference><reference>38.2-1618</reference><reference>38.2-1619</reference><reference>38.2-4806</reference><reference>38.2-4811.1</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="16">Virginia Property and Casualty Insurance Guaranty Association</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">Establishment and Operation of the Association</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The purpose of this chapter is to establish an <span class="dictionary">association</span> that shall provide prompt payment of <span class="dictionary">covered claims</span> to reduce financial loss to <span class="dictionary">claimants</span> or policyholders resulting from the insolvency of an <span class="dictionary">insurer</span>. This <span class="dictionary">association</span> shall assist in the detection and prevention of <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> insolvencies and shall apportion the cost of this protection among <span class="dictionary">insurers</span>.</p></section></text><history>1970, c. 766, &#xA7; 38.1-757; 1986, c. 562.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
