Any person who, in this Commonwealth, on behalf of an insurer licensed in this Commonwealth, sells, solicits, or negotiates individual or group policies of credit life insurance shall first apply for and obtain a license from the Commission as either a life and annuities insurance agent or as a limited lines credit insurance agent as defined in § 38.2-1800. Any person who, in this Commonwealth, on behalf of an insurer licensed in this Commonwealth, sells, solicits, or negotiates individual or group policies of credit accident and sickness insurance, shall first apply for and obtain a license from the Commission as either a health agent or as a limited lines credit insurance agent as defined in § 38.2-1800 of this title, and shall be required to be appointed to represent such insurer in this Commonwealth as set forth in § 38.2-1833.

Terms Used In Virginia Code 38.2-3734

  • Accident and sickness insurance: means insurance against loss resulting from sickness, or from bodily injury or death by accident or accidental means, or from a combination of any or all of these perils. See Virginia Code 38.2-109
  • Annuities: means all agreements to make periodic payments in specified or calculable sums pursuant to the terms of a contract for a stated period of time or for the life of the person or persons specified in the contract. See Virginia Code 38.2-106
  • Commission: means the State Corporation Commission. See Virginia Code 38.2-100
  • Insurer: means an insurance company. See Virginia Code 38.2-100
  • Life insurance: includes policies that also provide (i) endowment benefits; (ii) additional benefits incidental to a loss in the event of death, dismemberment, or loss by accident or accidental means; (iii) additional benefits to safeguard the contract from lapse or to provide a special surrender value, a special benefit or an annuity, in the event of total and permanent disability of the insured; and (iv) optional modes of settlement of proceeds. See Virginia Code 38.2-102
  • Person: means any association, aggregate of individuals, business, company, corporation, individual, joint-stock company, Lloyds type of organization, organization, partnership, receiver, reciprocal or interinsurance exchange, trustee or society. See Virginia Code 38.2-100

1992, c. 586; 2001, c. 706.