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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>84201</law_id><section_number>38.2-2511</section_number><catch_line>How license obtained</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="25">Mutual Assessment Property and Casualty Insurers</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="2">Organization and Licensing of Insurers</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The applicant <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> shall file with and have approved by the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> its application for the license required by &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="License required to transact the business of insurance; application fee requirements for license" href="/38.2-1024/">38.2-1024</a> prior to transacting the business of <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> in this Commonwealth. The <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> shall not grant a license to any <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> until it is satisfied that the <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> has complied with the requirements of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="License required to transact the business of insurance; application fee requirements for license" href="/38.2-1024/">38.2-1024</a> and has filed with the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> a statement signed by its president and secretary or two of its directors subject to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="False statements, reports, etc., deemed a Class 5 felony" href="/38.2-1304/">38.2-1304</a>, setting forth:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> That the corporation holds bona fide applications for <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> of the classes proposed to be issued from 100 or more <span class="dictionary">persons</span> who own property insurable by the <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> under the provisions of this chapter and who desire to become members of the <span class="dictionary">insurer</span>; <a id="paragraph-301780" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-2511/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The names of the proposed members and the amount of <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> subscribed for by each; <a id="paragraph-301781" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-2511/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> A statement that the <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> has received from each proposed member the initial fees and assessments required for the <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> requested; <a id="paragraph-301782" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-2511/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> The names and addresses of the officers and directors of the <span class="dictionary">insurer</span>; <a id="paragraph-301783" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-2511/#4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="5"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> The location of the <span class="dictionary">insurer</span>&#x2019;s principal office in this Commonwealth; <a id="paragraph-301784" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-2511/#5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="6"><p><span class="prefix-number">6.</span> The classes of <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> proposed to be written; and <a id="paragraph-301785" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-2511/#6"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="7"><p><span class="prefix-number">7.</span> The territory within which the <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> proposes to transact <span class="dictionary">insurance</span>. <a id="paragraph-301786" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-2511/#7"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 38-524; 1952, c. 317, &#xA7; 38.1-668; 1986, c. 562.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
