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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>67135</law_id><section_number>38.2-2004</section_number><catch_line>Filings by rate service organization</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="20">Regulation of Rates for Certain Types of Insurance</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="2">Rate Filings and Making of Rates</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>An <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> may satisfy its obligation to make the rate filings required in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Rate filings by insurer; supporting information" href="/38.2-2003/">38.2-2003</a> by becoming a member of or a subscriber to a <span class="dictionary">rate service organization</span> that makes such filings and that is licensed pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Licensing of rate service organizations" href="/38.2-1914/">38.2-1914</a>, and by authorizing the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> to accept the filings on its behalf. Filings made by <span class="dictionary">rate service organizations</span> shall meet the requirements of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Rate filings by insurer; supporting information" href="/38.2-2003/">38.2-2003</a>. No <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> shall be required to become a member of or a subscriber to any <span class="dictionary">rate service organization</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7;&#xA7; 38-253.27, 38-253.73; 1952, c. 317, &#xA7; 38.1-242; 1972, c. 836; 1973, c. 504; 1986, c. 562.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
