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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>83030</law_id><section_number>38.2-3117.01</section_number><catch_line>Provision of life insurance information upon notification of insured&amp;#8217;s death</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><p>Upon receipt of a request for information regarding a deceased <span class="dictionary">person</span>&#x2019;s life <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> policy from a funeral service provider that complies with &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Request for life insurance information; notification of beneficiaries" href="/54.1-2818.5/">54.1-2818.5</a>, a life <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> doing business in the Commonwealth may provide certain information to the funeral service provider regarding the existence of any life <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> policy issued by the <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> or any affiliated <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> insuring the life of the deceased <span class="dictionary">person</span> identified in the request. The information may include the names and contact information, if available, of any beneficiaries on record under any such policy insuring such life. Nothing in this section shall require a life <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> to provide information that is confidential or protected from disclosure under applicable <span class="dictionary">state</span> or federal <span class="dictionary">law</span>. A life <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> may respond to such a request for information in a manner that is consistent with the terms of any applicable life <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> policy and the life <span class="dictionary">insurer</span>&#x2019;s administrative practices and procedures.</p></section></text><history>2017, c. 482.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
