                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

LICENSE REQUIRED TO TRANSACT THE BUSINESS OF INSURANCE; APPLICATION FEE
REQUIREMENTS FOR LICENSE (§ 38.2-1024)

A. No insurer unless authorized pursuant to Chapter 48 (&#xA7; 38.2-4805.1 et
seq.) shall transact the business of insurance in this Commonwealth until it has
obtained a license from the Commission. For a foreign or alien insurer or
reciprocal, this license shall be in addition to the certificate of authority
required by &#xA7; 38.2-1027. Each application for a license to transact the
business of insurance in this Commonwealth shall be accompanied by a
nonrefundable license application fee of $500. The fee shall be collected by the
Commission and paid directly into the state treasury and credited to the Bureau
of Insurance&#8217;s maintenance fund as provided in subsection B of &#xA7;
38.2-400. The license shall be signed by a member or other duly authorized agent
of the Commission and shall expire on the next June 30 after the date on which
it becomes effective, subject to renewal pursuant to &#xA7; 38.2-1025.

B. The Commission shall not grant a license to do the business of insurance in
this Commonwealth to any insurer until it is satisfied that, from the evidence
it requires under uniform procedures suitable to and applied equally to all
classes of insurers, the insurer:

   1. Has paid all fees, taxes, and charges required by law;

   2. Has made any deposit required by this title;

   3. Has the minimum capital and surplus if a stock insurer, the minimum surplus
   if a mutual or a reciprocal insurer, and the minimum trusteed surplus if an
   alien insurer, prescribed in this title for insurers transacting the same
   class of insurance;

   4. Has filed a financial statement or statements and any reports, certificates
   or other documents the Commission considers necessary to secure a full and
   accurate knowledge of its affairs and financial condition;

   5. Is solvent and its financial condition, method of operation, and manner of
   doing business are such as to satisfy the Commission that it can meet its
   obligations to all policyholders; and

   6. Has otherwise complied with all the requirements of law.

HISTORY: Code 1950, §§ 38-31 to 38-33, 38-505, 38-514; 1952, c. 317, §§
38.1-85, 38.1-86; 1978, cc. 4, 20; 1981, c. 605; 1986, c. 562; 1994, c. 316;
2017, c. 655.