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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>66704</law_id><section_number>38.2-216</section_number><catch_line>Restrictions on removal or transfer of property and on reinsurance; penalty</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>38.2-4319</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="2">Provisions of a General Nature</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> No domestic <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> shall remove from this Commonwealth either all or substantially all of its property or business without the written approval of the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>. <a id="paragraph-241917" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-216/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> No domestic <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> shall transfer or attempt to transfer substantially its entire property, or enter into any transaction the effect of which is to merge substantially its entire property or business into the property or business of any other <span class="dictionary">company</span>, without prior written approval of the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>. <a id="paragraph-241918" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-216/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> No domestic <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> shall reinsure with any other <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> all or substantially all of its risks without prior written approval of the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> of the reinsurance and of the <span class="dictionary">contract</span> under which reinsurance is effected. <a id="paragraph-241919" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-216/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> No domestic <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> shall enter into or modify a reinsurance treaty or risk-sharing arrangement without prior written approval of the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> if for any twelve-month period the reinsurance premium or anticipated change in the ceding <span class="dictionary">insurer</span>&#x2019;s liabilities equals or exceeds fifty percent of the <span class="dictionary">insurer</span>&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">surplus to policyholders</span> as of the immediately preceding December 31. <a id="paragraph-241920" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-216/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="E"><p><span class="prefix-number">E.</span> Any director or officer of the <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> consenting to and participating in any violation of this section shall be guilty of a Class 1 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>. <a id="paragraph-241921" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-216/#E"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 38-6; 1952, c. 317, &#xA7; 38.1-38; 1986, c. 562; 2000, c. 51.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
