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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>60819</law_id><section_number>38.2-612</section_number><catch_line>Bases for adverse underwriting decisions</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="6">Insurance Information and Privacy Protection</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">Collection, Use, and Dissemination of Information</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> No <span class="dictionary">insurance institution</span> or <span class="dictionary">agent</span> may base an adverse underwriting decision in whole or in part: <a id="paragraph-222326" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-612/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> On the <span class="dictionary">fact</span> of a previous adverse underwriting decision or on the <span class="dictionary">fact</span> that an <span class="dictionary">individual</span> previously obtained insurance coverage through a <span class="dictionary">residual market mechanism</span>. However, an <span class="dictionary">insurance institution</span> or <span class="dictionary">agent</span> may base an adverse underwriting decision on further information obtained from an <span class="dictionary">insurance institution</span> or <span class="dictionary">agent</span> responsible for a previous adverse underwriting decision; <a id="paragraph-222327" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-612/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> On <span class="dictionary">personal information</span> received from an <span class="dictionary">insurance-support organization</span> whose primary source of information is <span class="dictionary">insurance institutions</span>. However, an <span class="dictionary">insurance institution</span> or <span class="dictionary">agent</span> may base an adverse underwriting decision on further <span class="dictionary">personal information</span> obtained as the result of information received from an <span class="dictionary">insurance-support organization</span>; or <a id="paragraph-222328" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-612/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> On the <span class="dictionary">fact</span> that an <span class="dictionary">individual</span> previously obtained insurance coverage from a particular <span class="dictionary">insurance institution</span> or <span class="dictionary">agent</span>. <a id="paragraph-222329" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-612/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> No <span class="dictionary">insurance institution</span> or <span class="dictionary">agent</span> may base an adverse underwriting decision solely on the loss history of a previous owner of the property to be insured. <a id="paragraph-222330" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-612/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1981, c. 389, &#xA7; 38.1-57.15; 1986, c. 562; 1990, c. 524; 2003, c. 415.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
