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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>59653</law_id><section_number>38.2-3300</section_number><catch_line>Requirements; exceptions</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>38.2-3300</reference><reference>38.2-3315</reference><reference>38.2-4123</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="33">Life Insurance Policies</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">Life Insurance Policies; Annuities</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> No <span class="dictionary">individual life insurance</span> <span class="dictionary">policy</span> shall be delivered or issued for delivery in this Commonwealth unless it contains in substance all of the requirements prescribed in &#xA7;&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Ten-day right to examine policy" href="/38.2-3301/">38.2-3301</a> through <a class="law" title="Variations for certain forms of policies; providing more favorable terms" href="/38.2-3315/">38.2-3315</a> of this article. <a id="paragraph-218471" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-3300/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> As used in this article, &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">individual life insurance</span>&#x201D; means any life insurance other than group life insurance, industrial life insurance, annuities, credit life insurance, and pure endowments, with or without return of premiums or of premiums and interest. However, for the purposes of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Policy loans" href="/38.2-3308/">38.2-3308</a>, &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">policy</span>&#x201D; includes annuity <span class="dictionary">contracts</span> that provide for <span class="dictionary">policy</span> loans and certificates issued by a fraternal benefit society. <a id="paragraph-218472" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-3300/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> The requirements of &#xA7;&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Requirements; exceptions" href="/38.2-3300/">38.2-3300</a> through <a class="law" title="Variations for certain forms of policies; providing more favorable terms" href="/38.2-3315/">38.2-3315</a> shall not apply to policies of reinsurance or to policies issued or granted in exchange for lapsed or surrendered policies. <a id="paragraph-218473" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-3300/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7;&#xA7; 38-371, 38-373; 1952, c. 317, &#xA7;&#xA7; 38.1-390, 38.1-405; 1977, c. 174; 1986, c. 562.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
