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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>60470</law_id><section_number>38.2-4610.2</section_number><catch_line>Loss reserves</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="46">Title Insurance</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Each title <span class="dictionary">insurance company</span> licensed in this Commonwealth shall annually evaluate the adequacy of its total recorded loss reserves. Total recorded loss reserves are the sum of claim reserves held under &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Loss or claim reserves" href="/38.2-4609/">38.2-4609</a> and unearned premium reserves held under &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Unearned premium reserve" href="/38.2-4610.1/">38.2-4610.1</a>. The evaluation of reserve adequacy shall be prepared by a qualified actuary and shall be based on a comparison of total recorded reserves to a projection of ultimate losses not yet paid. The actuary shall certify the results of his evaluation in a report complying with such applicable title insurance annual statement instructions as may be issued by the National Association of Insurance <span class="dictionary">Commissioners</span>. <a id="paragraph-221104" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-4610.2/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> A domestic title <span class="dictionary">insurance company</span> shall record an additional reserve to the extent the projection of ultimate losses not yet paid set forth in the report of the qualified actuary exceeds total recorded loss reserves held by the company. For purposes of calculating any additional reserve required, a domestic title <span class="dictionary">insurance company</span> may discount the projection of ultimate losses not yet paid to reflect the time value of money. The interest <span class="dictionary">rate</span> used by the actuary to reflect the time value of money shall be based on a portfolio interest <span class="dictionary">rate</span> approach with appropriate provision for risk margins and subject to published actuarial standards for discounting reserves. <a id="paragraph-221105" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-4610.2/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> A foreign or alien title <span class="dictionary">insurance company</span> licensed in this Commonwealth shall record an additional reserve to the extent the projection of ultimate losses set forth in the report of the qualified actuary exceeds all recorded reserves held by the company as reported in its most recent statutory statement filed with the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>, including reserves held under subsection C of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Unearned premium reserve" href="/38.2-4610.1/">38.2-4610.1</a> and all reserves held under the <span class="dictionary">laws</span> of the <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> of the domicile of the foreign or alien title <span class="dictionary">insurance company</span> or any other <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span>. <a id="paragraph-221106" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-4610.2/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1996, c. 494.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
