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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>82798</law_id><section_number>38.2-3923</section_number><catch_line>Reserves required</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="39">Mutual Assessment Life, Accident and Sickness Insurers</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="5">Financial Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>In addition to providing for claims incurred but not settled, <span class="dictionary">mutual assessment life, accident and sickness insurers</span> shall maintain the following reserve liabilities:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Life policies written with the right to make additional assessments shall have reserves established as a single group in the same manner as group annual renewable term <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> is reserved for insurers licensed pursuant to Chapter 10 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Incorporation of domestic stock insurers" href="/38.2-1000/">38.2-1000</a> et seq.) of this title. <a id="paragraph-296814" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-3923/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Life or annuity policies written without the right to make additional assessments shall have reserves established using the standard valuation provisions required of insurers licensed under Chapter 10 of this title issuing similar types of policies. <a id="paragraph-296815" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-3923/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Accident and sickness policies shall have reserves established in accordance with regulations promulgated by the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> for insurers licensed pursuant to Chapter 10 of this title. <a id="paragraph-296816" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-3923/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> The foregoing reserve computations for statutory accounting purposes shall be applicable to all policies hereafter in existence and shall supersede any separate reserve requirement or separate mortuary funds that have been previously used, pursuant to <span class="dictionary">statute</span>, custom or policy provision. <a id="paragraph-296817" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-3923/#4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1985, c. 400, &#xA7; 38.1-549.24; 1986, c. 562.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
