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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>73096</law_id><section_number>6.2-887</section_number><catch_line>Insurance business of controlled subsidiary</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>6.2-885</reference><reference>6.2-888</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="6.2">Financial Institutions and Services</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Depository Institutions and Trust Organizations</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="8">Banks</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="9">Investments and Loans</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> In addition to the types of business authorized in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Investment in stock or securities of controlled subsidiary corporations" href="/6.2-885/">6.2-885</a>, a controlled subsidiary corporation that is a domestic or foreign corporation, the majority of the voting stock of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by (i) a bank or <span class="dictionary">banks</span> organized under the <span class="dictionary">laws</span> of the United States, (ii) a bank or <span class="dictionary">banks</span> organized under the <span class="dictionary">laws</span> of the Commonwealth, (iii) a bank or <span class="dictionary">banks</span> organized under the <span class="dictionary">laws</span> of another state, or (iv) a <span class="dictionary">bank holding company</span> owning a bank or <span class="dictionary">banks</span> in the Commonwealth or in another state, may be formed to: <a id="paragraph-263216" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-887/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Transact the type of insurance business specified in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Fidelity" href="/38.2-120/">38.2-120</a> and other insurance normally written under the coverage known as <span class="dictionary">financial institution</span> blanket <span class="dictionary">bonds</span>; <a id="paragraph-263217" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-887/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Underwrite insurance indemnifying the bank, its holding companies or its affiliates, and their directors and officers against liability; and <a id="paragraph-263218" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-887/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Underwrite reinsurance of mortgage guaranty insurance, subject to such conditions as the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> may impose, on loans secured by real estate made or purchased by such controlled reinsurance subsidiary&#x2019;s affiliates or by a bank owning such controlled subsidiary. <a id="paragraph-263219" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-887/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Any such controlled subsidiary corporation shall (i) transact only the insurance business specifically permitted by this section and (ii) be subject to the further provisions of Title 38.2 otherwise applicable to insurance companies transacting a comparable business. <a id="paragraph-263220" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-887/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> The investment of any bank in the stock, services, or other obligations of such a controlled subsidiary shall not exceed two percent of such bank&#x2019;s capital, surplus, and undivided profits. <a id="paragraph-263221" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-887/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1976, c. 340, &#xA7; 6.1-58.2; 1977, c. 190; 1986, c. 638; 1998, c. 48; 2010, c. 794.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
