Virginia Code 38.2-1231: Attorney’s financial statement
A. The subscribers’ advisory committee of a domestic reciprocal shall annually obtain from its attorney an audited financial report of the attorney’s financial position and the results of its operations as related to its management of the reciprocal. A copy of the report shall be filed with the Commission.
Terms Used In Virginia Code 38.2-1231
- Attorney: means the person designated and authorized by subscribers as the attorney-in-fact having authority to obligate them on reciprocal insurance contracts. See Virginia Code 38.2-1201
- Commission: means the State Corporation Commission. See Virginia Code 38.2-100
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- in writing: include any representation of words, letters, symbols, numbers, or figures, whether (i) printed or inscribed on a tangible medium or (ii) stored in an electronic or other medium and retrievable in a perceivable form and whether an electronic signature authorized by Chapter 42. See Virginia Code 1-257
- Reciprocal: means the aggregation of subscribers under a common name. See Virginia Code 38.2-1201
B. Unless the Commission provides otherwise in writing, the report required by this section shall be due within 120 days after the end of the attorney’s fiscal year, shall be prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting practices, and shall be audited by an independent certified public accountant.
C. If the attorney obtains an independent audit on a consolidated basis, the audited consolidated financial statements shall satisfy the requirements of this section provided the attorney’s financial position and results of its operation as related to its management of the reciprocal are separately disclosed.
D. The report filed pursuant to this section and any information provided in connection with the preparation of such report shall not be open to public inspection and shall receive confidential treatment by the Commission.
1996, c. 304.