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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>86940</law_id><section_number>38.2-1857.5</section_number><catch_line>Requirement to report to Commission</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>38.2-1857.8</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="5.1">Licensing of Surplus Lines Brokers</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Each licensed <span class="dictionary">surplus lines broker</span> shall report within 30 calendar days to the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> any change in his residence address, email address, or name. <a id="paragraph-311266" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1857.5/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> In addition to the requirements of &#xA7;&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Certificate required of person transacting business under assumed name" href="/59.1-69/">59.1-69</a> and <a class="law" title="Filing a certificate with State Corporation Commission; fee" href="/59.1-70/">59.1-70</a>, any individual or <span class="dictionary">business entity</span> licensed as a <span class="dictionary">surplus lines broker</span> in the Commonwealth and operating under an assumed or fictitious name shall notify the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>, at the earlier of the time the application for a <span class="dictionary">surplus lines broker</span> <span class="dictionary">license</span> is <span class="dictionary">filed</span> or within 30 calendar days from the date the assumed or fictitious name is adopted, setting forth the name under which the <span class="dictionary">surplus lines broker</span> intends to operate in Virginia. The <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> shall also be notified within 30 calendar days from the date of cessation of the use of such assumed or fictitious name. <a id="paragraph-311267" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1857.5/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Each licensed <span class="dictionary">surplus lines broker</span> convicted of a <span class="dictionary">felony</span> shall report within 30 calendar days to the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> the <span class="dictionary">facts</span> and circumstances regarding the criminal <span class="dictionary">conviction</span>. <a id="paragraph-311268" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1857.5/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> Each licensed <span class="dictionary">surplus lines broker</span> shall report to the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> within 30 calendar days of the final <span class="dictionary">disposition</span> of the matter any administrative action taken against him in another <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> or by another governmental agency in the Commonwealth. Such report shall include a copy of the <span class="dictionary">order</span>, consent to <span class="dictionary">order</span> or other relevant legal documents. <a id="paragraph-311269" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1857.5/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="E"><p><span class="prefix-number">E.</span> Any licensed <span class="dictionary">resident</span> <span class="dictionary">surplus lines broker</span> who has moved his residence from the Commonwealth shall have all <span class="dictionary">licenses</span> immediately terminated by the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>, whether or not the <span class="dictionary">surplus lines broker</span> has notified the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> of such move. Nothing shall prohibit such <span class="dictionary">surplus lines broker</span> from applying for a <span class="dictionary">license</span> as a nonresident <span class="dictionary">surplus lines broker</span>. <a id="paragraph-311270" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1857.5/#E"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="F"><p><span class="prefix-number">F.</span> The <span class="dictionary">license</span> authority of any <span class="dictionary">business entity</span> licensed as a <span class="dictionary">surplus lines broker</span> shall <span class="dictionary">terminate</span> immediately if the sole licensed responsible producer designated pursuant to subdivision F 2 of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Applications for surplus lines broker license; fee required; fingerprinting" href="/38.2-1857.2/">38.2-1857.2</a> for the <span class="dictionary">business entity</span>&#x2019;s compliance with the <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> <span class="dictionary">laws</span>, rules and regulations of the Commonwealth is removed for any reason, and a new responsible producer has not been designated and the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> notified within 30 calendar days of such removal and of the newly designated responsible producer. <a id="paragraph-311271" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1857.5/#F"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2001, c. 706; 2008, c. 213; 2011, c. 498; 2019, c. 675.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
