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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>64367</law_id><section_number>38.2-4116</section_number><catch_line>Benefits</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>38.2-316</reference><reference>38.2-4103</reference><reference>38.2-4104</reference><reference>38.2-5800</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="41">Fraternal Benefit Societies</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="4">Contractual Benefits</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> A <span class="dictionary">society</span> may apply to the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> to provide the following contractual benefits in any form: <a id="paragraph-234234" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-4116/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Death benefits; <a id="paragraph-234235" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-4116/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Endowment benefits; <a id="paragraph-234236" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-4116/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Annuity benefits; <a id="paragraph-234237" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-4116/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> Temporary or permanent disability benefits; <a id="paragraph-234238" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-4116/#A4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A5" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> Hospital, medical or nursing benefits; <a id="paragraph-234239" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-4116/#A5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A6" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">6.</span> Monument or tombstone benefits to the memory of deceased members; and <a id="paragraph-234240" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-4116/#A6"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A7" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">7.</span> Such other benefits as authorized for life <span class="dictionary">insurers</span> and which are not inconsistent with this chapter. <a id="paragraph-234241" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-4116/#A7"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> A <span class="dictionary">society</span> shall specify in its <span class="dictionary">rules</span> those <span class="dictionary">persons</span> who may be issued, or covered by, the contractual benefits in subsection A, consistent with providing benefits to members and their dependents. A <span class="dictionary">society</span> may provide benefits on the lives of children under the minimum age for adult membership upon application of an adult <span class="dictionary">person</span>. <a id="paragraph-234242" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-4116/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7;&#xA7; 38-283, 38.1-599; 1952, c. 317, &#xA7; 38.1-638.31; 1968, c. 654; 1972, c. 530; 1975, c. 262; 1986, c. 562.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
