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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>70651</law_id><section_number>38.2-1903</section_number><catch_line>Exemptions</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="38.2">Insurance</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="19">Regulation of Rates Generally</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> may by rule exempt any <span class="dictionary">person</span>, class of <span class="dictionary">persons</span>, or <span class="dictionary">market segment</span> from any or all of the provisions of this chapter to the extent that it finds their application unnecessary to achieve the purposes of this chapter. <span class="dictionary">Retrospective rating plans</span> and large deductible plans for use in writing workers&#x2019; compensation <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> for large risks shall be exempt from the filing requirements of Chapter 19 (&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Purposes of chapter" href="/38.2-1900/">38.2-1900</a> et seq.). For purposes of this section, large risks are risks which generate total estimated standard premium for workers&#x2019; compensation <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> of at least $250,000 annually (or less or in combination with other lines if approved by the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>). Large deductible plans shall be defined for the purposes of this section as workers&#x2019; compensation rating plans that include a per claim deductible of at least $100,000. Workers&#x2019; compensation <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> for large risks may be retrospectively rated, or rated under a large deductible rating plan, as mutually agreed upon by the <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> and the insured in writing. A copy of any large risk <span class="dictionary">retrospective rating plan</span> and large deductible plan shall be made available to the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> upon request. Notwithstanding these exemptions for <span class="dictionary">retrospective rating plans</span> and large deductible plans for large risks, <span class="dictionary">insurers</span>&#x2019; experience attributable to large risks shall be filed with the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> in accordance with &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Collection of experience data; uniformity; compilations available to insurers and rate service organizations" href="/38.2-1919/">38.2-1919</a>.</p></section></text><history>1973, c. 504, &#xA7; 38.1-279.32; 1986, c. 562; 1997, c. 153; 1999, c. 491.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
