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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>59462</law_id><section_number>38.2-1809</section_number><catch_line>Power of Commission to investigate affairs of persons engaged in insurance business; penalties for refusal to permit investigation</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>38.2-1355</reference><reference>38.2-1362</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="18">Insurance Agents</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">Definitions and General Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> shall have power to examine and investigate the business affairs of any <span class="dictionary">person</span> engaged or alleged to be engaged in the business of insurance in this Commonwealth, including all agents, to determine whether the <span class="dictionary">person</span> has engaged or is engaging in any violation of this title. The <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> shall have the right to examine all records relating to the writing or alleged writing of insurance by any such <span class="dictionary">person</span> in this Commonwealth to determine whether the <span class="dictionary">person</span> is now or has been violating any of the provisions of this title. Any licensee under this title, or any <span class="dictionary">person</span> purporting to be a licensee under this title, or any <span class="dictionary">person</span> whose actions have led any <span class="dictionary">person</span> to believe that he is a licensee under this title, who refuses to permit the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> or any of its employees or agents, including employees of the <span class="dictionary">Bureau of Insurance</span>, to make an examination or who fails or refuses to comply with the provisions of this section may, after notice and an opportunity to be heard, be subject to any of the penalties relating to licensees under this title, as provided in this title, including the denial, suspension or <span class="dictionary">revocation</span> of his <span class="dictionary">license</span>. <a id="paragraph-217897" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1809/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Except as otherwise provided in this title, every licensee shall retain all of his records relative to insurance transactions for the three previous calendar years except that records of premium quotations which are not accepted by the insured or prospective insured need not be kept. These records shall be made available promptly upon request for examination by the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> or its employees without notice during normal business hours. <a id="paragraph-217898" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1809/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 38.1-295.1; 1968, c. 238; 1979, c. 513, &#xA7; 38.1-327.9; 1985, c. 3; 1986, c. 562; 1987, c. 521; 1990, c. 464; 1991, c. 417; 2001, c. 706.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
