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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>73524</law_id><section_number>38.2-3100.3</section_number><catch_line>Requirements of life insurance or annuity contracts used to fund preneed funeral contracts</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="31">Life Insurance</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> For purposes of this section, &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">preneed funeral contract</span>&#x201D; means any agreement where payment is made by the insured prior to the receipt of services or supplies contracted for, which <span class="dictionary">evidences</span> arrangements prior to death for (i) the providing of funeral services or (ii) the sale of funeral supplies. <a id="paragraph-264518" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-3100.3/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Each individual and group life <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> policy issued or issued for delivery in Virginia, each individual and group annuity contract issued or issued for delivery in Virginia, and each certificate issued in connection with a group life <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> policy or group annuity contract issued or issued for delivery in Virginia shall include a provision specifying the means by which face amount adjustments will be made and benefits payable upon death will be adjusted when such a policy or contract will be used to fund a <span class="dictionary">preneed funeral contract</span>. <a id="paragraph-264519" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-3100.3/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Each <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> proposing to <span class="dictionary">issue</span> individual or group life <span class="dictionary">insurance policies</span> or individual or group annuity contracts in Virginia for purposes of funding <span class="dictionary">preneed funeral contracts</span> shall clearly disclose the intended purpose and market for such policies and contracts when submitting the forms with the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> for approval, in accordance with &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Policy forms to be filed with Commission; notice of approval or disapproval; exceptions" href="/38.2-316/">38.2-316</a>. <a id="paragraph-264520" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-3100.3/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2009, c. 653; 2022, cc. 18, 641.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
