                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEFINITIONS (§ 38.2-501)

As used in this chapter:
		&#8220;Insurance policy&#8221; or &#8220;insurance contract&#8221; includes
annuities and any group or individual contract, certificate, or evidence of
coverage, including, but not limited to, those issued by a health services plan,
health maintenance organization, legal services organization, legal services
plan, or dental or optometric services plan as provided for in Chapters 42 (§
38.2-4200 et seq.), 43 (§ 38.2-4300 et seq.), 44 (§ 38.2-4400 et seq.) and 45
(§ 38.2-4500 et seq.) of this title issued, proposed for issuance, or intended
for issuance, by any person.
		&#8220;Lending institution&#8221; means any corporation, company or
organization that accepts deposits from the public and lends money in this
Commonwealth, including banks and savings institutions.
		&#8220;Person,&#8221; in addition to the definition in Chapter 1 (§ 38.2-100
et seq.) of this title, extends to any other legal entity transacting the
business of insurance, including agents, brokers and adjusters.
&#8220;Person&#8221; also means health, legal, dental, and optometric service
plans and health maintenance organizations, as provided for in Chapters 42, 43,
44 and 45 of this title. For the purposes of this chapter, such service plans
shall be deemed to be transacting the business of insurance.
&#8220;Person&#8221; also means premium finance companies.

HISTORY: 1952, c. 317, § 38.1-50; 1977, c. 529; 1980, c. 404; 1986, c. 562;
1989, c. 653; 1992, c. 7; 2001, c. 707.