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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>73514</law_id><section_number>38.2-1913</section_number><catch_line>Operation and control of rate service organizations</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>11-9.8</reference><reference>2.2-4302.1</reference><reference>2.2-4302.2</reference><reference>38.2-1914</reference><reference>38.2-1919</reference><reference>38.2-1925</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="19">Regulation of Rates Generally</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> No <span class="dictionary">rate service organization</span> shall provide any service relating to the <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">rates</span></span> of any <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> subject to this chapter, and no <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> shall use the service of a <span class="dictionary">rate service organization</span> for such purposes unless the <span class="dictionary">rate service organization</span> has obtained a license under &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Licensing of rate service organizations" href="/38.2-1914/">38.2-1914</a>. <a id="paragraph-264503" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1913/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> No <span class="dictionary">rate service organization</span> shall refuse to supply any services for which it is licensed in this Commonwealth to any <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> authorized to do business in this Commonwealth and offering to pay the fair and usual compensation for the services. <a id="paragraph-264504" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1913/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Any <span class="dictionary">rate service organization</span> subject to this chapter may provide for the examination of policies, daily reports, binders, renewal certificates, endorsements, other <span class="dictionary">evidences</span> of <span class="dictionary">insurance</span>, or <span class="dictionary">evidences</span> of the cancellation of <span class="dictionary">insurance</span>, and may make reasonable rules governing their submission and the correction of any errors or omissions in them. This provision applies to the classes of <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> for which the <span class="dictionary">rate service organization</span> is licensed pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Licensing of rate service organizations" href="/38.2-1914/">38.2-1914</a>. <a id="paragraph-264505" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1913/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> A <span class="dictionary">rate service organization</span> may develop a uniform policy and uniform (i) <span class="dictionary">statistical plans</span>, (ii) <span class="dictionary">experience rating</span> plans, and (iii) <span class="dictionary">classification systems</span> for use by its members in the provision of <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> defined in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Workers' compensation and employers' liability" href="/38.2-119/">38.2-119</a> and the reporting of the experience of this line of <span class="dictionary">insurance</span>. Each <span class="dictionary">rate service organization</span> may also develop manual rules for the recording and reporting of experience data of members pursuant to its uniform plans and systems. Such uniform plans, systems, and rules shall be filed with the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> by the <span class="dictionary">rate service organization</span> and be approved prior to their use by members of the <span class="dictionary">rate service organization</span>. <a id="paragraph-264506" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1913/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="E"><p><span class="prefix-number">E.</span> No <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> shall be required to become a member or subscriber to any <span class="dictionary">rate service organization</span>. <a id="paragraph-264507" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1913/#E"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1973, c. 504, &#xA7; 38.1-279.41; 1986, c. 562; 1990, c. 596; 1993, c. 985.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
