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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>73870</law_id><section_number>38.2-4231</section_number><catch_line>Registration of nonstock corporations that are members of holding company system</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>38.2-4230</reference><reference>38.2-4233</reference><reference>38.2-4234</reference><reference>38.2-4235</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="42">Health Services Plans</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="2">Holding Companies</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Each <span class="dictionary">nonstock corporation</span> licensed under this chapter that is a member of a <span class="dictionary">holding company system</span> shall register with the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>. Any <span class="dictionary">nonstock corporation</span> subject to registration under this section shall register within fifteen days after it becomes subject to registration, unless the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> extends the time for registration for good cause shown. <a id="paragraph-265646" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-4231/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> 1. This section shall not apply to:
			a. Any foreign <span class="dictionary">nonstock corporation</span> subject to disclosure requirements and standards adopted by <span class="dictionary">statute</span> or regulation in the <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> of its domicile that are substantially similar to those contained in this section;
			b. Any <span class="dictionary">nonstock corporation</span> licensed under this chapter, information, or <span class="dictionary">transaction</span> if and to the extent that the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> exempts the same from this section; or
			c. Any <span class="dictionary">transaction</span> involving less than one-sixth of one percent of admitted <span class="dictionary">assets</span> or one percent of <span class="dictionary">surplus</span> as of the immediately preceding December 31, whichever is less. <a id="paragraph-265647" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-4231/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Any <span class="dictionary">nonstock corporation</span> licensed under this chapter that is a member of a <span class="dictionary">holding company system</span> but not subject to registration under this section may be required by the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> to furnish a copy of the registration statement, or other information filed by the <span class="dictionary">nonstock corporation</span>, with the regulatory authority of its domiciliary <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span>. <a id="paragraph-265648" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-4231/#B2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Each <span class="dictionary">nonstock corporation</span> subject to registration under this section shall file a registration statement on a form provided by the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>. Such statement shall contain current information on: <a id="paragraph-265649" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-4231/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The capital structure, general financial condition, ownership, and management of the <span class="dictionary">nonstock corporation</span> and any <span class="dictionary">person</span> controlling the <span class="dictionary">nonstock corporation</span>; <a id="paragraph-265650" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-4231/#C1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The identity of every member of the <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> <span class="dictionary">holding company system</span>; <a id="paragraph-265651" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-4231/#C2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> The following agreements in force, continuing relationships and <span class="dictionary">transactions</span> currently outstanding between the <span class="dictionary">nonstock corporation</span> and its <span class="dictionary">affiliates</span>:
				a. Loans or extensions of credit, other investments, or purchases, sales or exchanges of securities of the <span class="dictionary">affiliates</span> by the <span class="dictionary">nonstock corporation</span> or of the <span class="dictionary">nonstock corporation</span> by its <span class="dictionary">affiliates</span>;
				b. Purchases, sales, renting or leasing arrangements, or exchanges of <span class="dictionary">assets</span>;
				c. Guarantees or undertakings for the benefit of an <span class="dictionary">affiliate</span> that result in an actual contingent exposure of the <span class="dictionary">nonstock corporation</span>&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">assets</span> to liability;
				d. All management and service <span class="dictionary">contracts</span> and all cost-sharing arrangements;
				e. Reinsurance agreements or other risk-sharing arrangements;
				f. <span class="dictionary">Transactions</span> not in the ordinary course of business; and <a id="paragraph-265652" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-4231/#C3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> Other matters relating to <span class="dictionary">transactions</span> between a registered <span class="dictionary">nonstock corporation</span> and any <span class="dictionary">affiliates</span> which may be included from time to time in any registration forms adopted or approved by the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>. <a id="paragraph-265653" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-4231/#C4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> Each registered <span class="dictionary">nonstock corporation</span> shall report all additional <span class="dictionary">transactions</span> with <span class="dictionary">affiliates</span> and any changes in previously reported <span class="dictionary">transactions</span> with <span class="dictionary">affiliates</span> on amendment forms provided by the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>. Each <span class="dictionary">nonstock corporation</span> shall make its report within fifteen days after the end of the month in which it learns of each additional <span class="dictionary">transaction</span> or change in a <span class="dictionary">transaction</span>. Each registered <span class="dictionary">nonstock corporation</span> shall also keep current the information required by subsection C of this section by filing an amendment to its registration statement within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the ultimate controlling <span class="dictionary">person</span> of the <span class="dictionary">holding company system</span>. <a id="paragraph-265654" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-4231/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="E"><p><span class="prefix-number">E.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> shall terminate the registration of any <span class="dictionary">nonstock corporation</span> that demonstrates it no longer is a member of a <span class="dictionary">holding company system</span>. <a id="paragraph-265655" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-4231/#E"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="F"><p><span class="prefix-number">F.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> may require or allow two or more <span class="dictionary">affiliated</span> <span class="dictionary">nonstock corporations</span> subject to registration under this section to file a consolidated registration statement or consolidated reports amending their consolidated registration statement or their individual registration statements. <a id="paragraph-265656" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-4231/#F"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="G"><p><span class="prefix-number">G.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> may allow a <span class="dictionary">nonstock corporation</span> which is licensed under this chapter and which is part of a <span class="dictionary">holding company system</span>, to register on behalf of any <span class="dictionary">affiliated</span> <span class="dictionary">nonstock corporation</span> required to register under subsection A of this section and to file all information and <span class="dictionary">material</span> required to be filed under this section. <a id="paragraph-265657" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-4231/#G"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="H"><p><span class="prefix-number">H.</span> Any <span class="dictionary">person</span> may file with the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> a disclaimer of affiliation with any licensed <span class="dictionary">nonstock corporation</span>. The disclaimer shall fully disclose all relationships and bases for affiliation between the <span class="dictionary">person</span> and the <span class="dictionary">nonstock corporation</span> as well as the basis for disclaiming the affiliation. After a disclaimer has been filed, the <span class="dictionary">nonstock corporation</span> shall be relieved of any registration or reporting requirements under this section that may arise out of the <span class="dictionary">nonstock corporation</span>&#x2019;s relationship with the <span class="dictionary">person</span> unless and until the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> disallows the disclaimer. The <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> shall disallow the disclaimer only after giving all interested parties notice and opportunity to be heard. Any disallowance shall be supported by specific <span class="dictionary">findings</span> of <span class="dictionary">fact</span>. <a id="paragraph-265658" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-4231/#H"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1989, c. 606; 1992, c. 588.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
