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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>54378</law_id><section_number>38.2-2108</section_number><catch_line>Standards for content of fire insurance policies</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>38.2-130</reference><reference>38.2-2128</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="21">Fire Insurance Policies</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> may establish standards for the content of any policy or any rider, endorsement or other supplemental agreement or provision for use in connection with any policy written to insure owner-occupied dwellings which is to be issued or delivered in this Commonwealth. <a id="paragraph-199658" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-2108/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Following adoption of the standards of content and notwithstanding the provisions of &#xA7;&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Standard insuring agreement for fire insurance policies" href="/38.2-2104/">38.2-2104</a>, <a class="law" title="Standard provisions, conditions, stipulations and agreements for such policies" href="/38.2-2105/">38.2-2105</a> and <a class="law" title="Standard form for execution of policies" href="/38.2-2106/">38.2-2106</a>, no <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> shall <span class="dictionary">issue</span> or renew any policy or any rider, endorsement, or other supplemental agreement or provision for use in connection with any policy written to insure owner-occupied dwellings unless the policy form has been filed with the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>. The <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> shall determine whether the policy form meets the standards of content and is in compliance with any other statutory requirements. <a id="paragraph-199659" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-2108/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Nothing in this section prevents an <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> from issuing policies with coverages, terms and conditions which are broader and more favorable to the insured than the standards established by the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>. The language, style and format of the coverages, terms and conditions shall be consistent with the language, style and format of the entire policy form. <a id="paragraph-199660" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-2108/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1979, c. 457, &#xA7; 38.1-367.2; 1986, c. 562.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
