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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>80474</law_id><section_number>38.2-5102</section_number><catch_line>Risk retention groups chartered in this Commonwealth</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="51">Risk Retention Groups and Purchasing Groups</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> A <span class="dictionary">risk retention group</span> seeking to be chartered in this Commonwealth shall be chartered and licensed as a <span class="dictionary">liability</span> <span class="dictionary">insurance company</span> authorized by the insurance <span class="dictionary">laws</span> of this Commonwealth to write only <span class="dictionary">liability</span> insurance pursuant to this chapter and, except as provided elsewhere in this chapter, shall comply with (i) all of the <span class="dictionary">laws</span>, rules, regulations and requirements applicable to such <span class="dictionary">insurers</span> chartered and licensed in this Commonwealth and with (ii) &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Risk retention groups not chartered in this Commonwealth" href="/38.2-5103/">38.2-5103</a> to the extent such requirements are not a limitation on <span class="dictionary">laws</span>, rules, regulations or requirements of this Commonwealth. <a id="paragraph-288267" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-5102/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary, all <span class="dictionary">risk retention groups</span> chartered in this Commonwealth shall file with the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> and the National Association of Insurance <span class="dictionary">Commissioners</span> (NAIC), an annual statement in a form prescribed by the NAIC and in diskette form, if required by the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>, and completed in accordance with its instructions and the NAIC Accounting Practices and Procedures Manual. <a id="paragraph-288268" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-5102/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Before it may offer insurance in any <span class="dictionary">state</span>, each <span class="dictionary">risk retention group</span> shall also submit for approval to the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> a <span class="dictionary">plan of operation</span> or <span class="dictionary">feasibility study</span>. The <span class="dictionary">risk retention group</span> shall submit an appropriate revision in the event of any subsequent <span class="dictionary">material</span> change in any item of the <span class="dictionary">plan of operation</span> or <span class="dictionary">feasibility study</span>, within ten days of any such change. The group shall not offer any additional kinds of <span class="dictionary">liability</span> insurance, in this Commonwealth or any other <span class="dictionary">state</span>, until a revision of the plan or study is approved by the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>. <a id="paragraph-288269" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-5102/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> At the time of filing its application for licensure, the <span class="dictionary">risk retention group</span> shall provide to the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> in summary form the following information: the identity of the initial members of the group, the identity of those individuals who organized the group or who will provide administrative services or otherwise influence or control the activities of the group, the amount and nature of initial capitalization, the coverages to be afforded, and the <span class="dictionary">states</span> in which the group intends to operate. <a id="paragraph-288270" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-5102/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1987, c. 585; 1992, c. 588.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
