The nonprofit unincorporated legal entity known as the Virginia Property and Casualty Insurance Guaranty Association, created by former § 38.1-761, shall continue in existence. All insurers defined as “member insurers” under § 38.2-1603 shall be and remain members of the Association as a condition of their license to transact the business of insurance in this Commonwealth. The Association shall perform its functions under a plan of operation established and approved under § 38.2-1607 and shall exercise its powers through a board of directors established under § 38.2-1605. For purposes of administration and assessment, the Association shall have three separate accounts: (i) the workers’ compensation insurance account; (ii) the automobile insurance account; and (iii) the account for all other insurance to which this chapter applies. These accounts shall be in addition to and separate from the safety fund authorized by § 38.2-1619.

Terms Used In Virginia Code 38.2-1604

  • Account: means any one of the three accounts created by § 38. See Virginia Code 38.2-1603
  • Association: means the Virginia Property and Casualty Insurance Guaranty Association created under § 38. See Virginia Code 38.2-1603
  • business of insurance: include solicitation, negotiations preliminary to execution, execution of an insurance contract, and the transaction of matters subsequent to execution of the contract and arising out of it. See Virginia Code 38.2-100

1970, c. 766, § 38.1-761; 1986, c. 562; 1998, c. 230.