§ 38.2-2200 Required provisions as to insolvency or bankruptcy, and as to when action maintained against insurer
§ 38.2-2201 Provisions for payment of medical expense and loss of income benefits; assignment of certain benefits
§ 38.2-2202 Required notice of optional coverage available
§ 38.2-2203 Policy providing for reimbursement for services that may be performed by certain practitioners other than physicians
§ 38.2-2204 Liability insurance on motor vehicles, aircraft, and watercraft; standard provisions; “omnibus clause.”
§ 38.2-2205 Liability insurance on motor vehicles; standard provisions; applicability of other valid and collectible insurance
§ 38.2-2205.1 Suspension of liability coverage at insured’s request
§ 38.2-2206 Uninsured motorist insurance coverage
§ 38.2-2207 No policy to exclude coverage to employee
§ 38.2-2208 Notices of cancellation of or refusal to renew motor vehicle insurance policies
§ 38.2-2209 Motor vehicle liability medical benefit insurer not to retain right of subrogation to recover from third party
§ 38.2-2210 Warning concerning cancellation to appear on application for motor vehicle liability insurance; reason for cancellation or nonrenewal required on application
§ 38.2-2211 Motor vehicle liability insurer not to receive credit for other medical expense insurance
§ 38.2-2212 Grounds and procedure for cancellation of or refusal to renew motor vehicle insurance policies; review by Commissioner
§ 38.2-2212.1 Powers of Commission; replacement policies
§ 38.2-2213 Discrimination in issuance of motor vehicle insurance
§ 38.2-2213.1 Certain action prohibited when motor vehicle owner fails to allow access to recorded data from recording device
§ 38.2-2214 Statement defining rate classifications to be provided by insurer to insured
§ 38.2-2215 Failure to issue or failure to renew motor vehicle liability insurance on the basis of a motor vehicle’s age prohibited
§ 38.2-2216 Medical benefit offset against liability or uninsured motorist coverage prohibited
§ 38.2-2217 Reduction in rates for certain persons who attend mature driver motor vehicle crash prevention courses and driver improvement clinics
§ 38.2-2217.1 Insurers required to renew motor vehicle liability coverage for vanpools; exceptions
§ 38.2-2218 Adoption of standard forms for motor vehicle insurance
§ 38.2-2219 Hearing on objections to the form
§ 38.2-2220 Use of form after adoption
§ 38.2-2221 Amendment of standard form
§ 38.2-2222 Withdrawal of form
§ 38.2-2223 Variations of, or additions to, form
§ 38.2-2224 Commission to establish guidelines for filing readable motor vehicle insurance policy forms
§ 38.2-2225 Sending copies of orders to companies affected
§ 38.2-2226 Insurer to give notice to claimant of intention to rely on certain defenses and of execution of nonwaiver of rights agreement
§ 38.2-2226.1 Insurer to give notice of settlement of claim
§ 38.2-2227 Aircraft liability policy not to deny coverage for violation of federal or civil regulations, etc.; permitted exclusions or conditions
§ 38.2-2228.2 Certain medical malpractice claims to be reported to the Commission
§ 38.2-2229 Claims-made liability insurance
§ 38.2-2230 Mandatory offer of rental reimbursement coverage
§ 38.2-2231 Physical damage arbitration between insurers; alternate forums
§ 38.2-2232 Liability insurance on private pleasure watercraft; optional coverage
§ 38.2-2233 Installment payments of motor vehicle insurance
§ 38.2-2234 Insurance credit score disclosure; use of credit information

Terms Used In Virginia Code > Title 38.2 > Chapter 22 - Liability Insurance Policies

  • 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
  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Associate-degree-granting public institution of higher education: includes Richard Bland College and each comprehensive community college. See Virginia Code 23.1-100
  • 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
  • Attorney-in-fact: A person who, acting as an agent, is given written authorization by another person to transact business for him (her) out of court.
  • Baccalaureate: means that bachelor's degrees or more advanced degrees, or both, are granted. See Virginia Code 23.1-100
  • 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
  • Chief executive officer: includes the Chancellor of the Virginia Community College System, the Chancellor of the University of Virginia's College at Wise, the Superintendent of Virginia Military Institute, and the president of each other public institution of higher education. See Virginia Code 23.1-100
  • Chief judge: The judge who has primary responsibility for the administration of a court but also decides cases; chief judges are determined by seniority.
  • Commission: means the State Corporation Commission. See Virginia Code 38.2-100
  • Commissioner of Insurance: means the administrative or executive officer of the Bureau. See Virginia Code 38.2-100
  • Company: means any association, aggregate of individuals, business, 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
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Comprehensive community college: means an associate-degree-granting public institution of higher education governed by the State Board that offers instruction in one or more of the following fields:

    1. See Virginia Code 23.1-100

  • Council: means the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia. See Virginia Code 23.1-100
  • County: means any existing county or such unit hereafter created. See Virginia Code 15.2-102
  • Credit report: A detailed report of an individual's credit history prepared by a credit bureau and used by a lender in determining a loan applicant's creditworthiness. Source: OCC
  • Credit Score: A number, roughly between 300 and 800, that measures an individual's credit worthiness. The most well-known type of credit score is the FICO score. This score represents the answer from a mathematical formula that assigns numerical values to various pieces of information in your credit report. Source: OCC
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Deposition: An oral statement made before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths. Such statements are often taken to examine potential witnesses, to obtain discovery, or to be used later in trial.
  • Devise: To gift property by will.
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Eligible institution: means a nonprofit private institution of higher education whose primary purpose is to provide collegiate, graduate, or professional education and not to provide religious training or theological education. See Virginia Code 23.1-628
  • Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
  • Executive session: A portion of the Senate's daily session in which it considers executive business.
  • Fair Credit Reporting Act: A federal law, established in 1971 and revised in 1997, that gives consumers the right to see their credit records and correct any mistakes. Source: OCC
  • Freedom of Information Act: A federal law that mandates that all the records created and kept by federal agencies in the executive branch of government must be open for public inspection and copying. The only exceptions are those records that fall into one of nine exempted categories listed in the statute. Source: OCC
  • Governing board: includes the State Board and the board of visitors of each baccalaureate public institution of higher education. See Virginia Code 23.1-100
  • Governing body: means the board of supervisors of a county, council of a city, or council of a town, as the context may require. See Virginia Code 15.2-102
  • Grant: means a Tuition Assistance Grant. See Virginia Code 23.1-628
  • Habeas corpus: A writ that is usually used to bring a prisoner before the court to determine the legality of his imprisonment. It may also be used to bring a person in custody before the court to give testimony, or to be prosecuted.
  • Health services plan: means any arrangement for offering or administering health services or similar or related services by a corporation licensed under Chapter 42 of Title 59. See Virginia Code 38.2-100
  • Insurance company: means any company engaged in the business of making contracts of insurance. See Virginia Code 38.2-100
  • insurance policies: shall include contracts of fidelity, indemnity, guaranty and suretyship. See Virginia Code 38.2-100
  • Insurer: means an insurance company. See Virginia Code 38.2-100
  • Lawsuit: A legal action started by a plaintiff against a defendant based on a complaint that the defendant failed to perform a legal duty, resulting in harm to the plaintiff.
  • local government: shall be construed to mean a county, city, or town as the context may require. See Virginia Code 15.2-102
  • Medicare: means the "Health Insurance for the Aged Act" Title XVIII of the Social Security Amendment of 1965, as amended. See Virginia Code 38.2-100
  • Nonprofit private institution of higher education: means any postsecondary school, as that term is defined in § 23. See Virginia Code 23.1-100
  • 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
  • Personal representative: includes the executor of a will or the administrator of the estate of a decedent, the administrator of such estate with the will annexed, the administrator of such estate unadministered by a former representative, whether there is a will or not, any person who is under the order of a circuit court to take into his possession the estate of a decedent for administration, and every other curator of a decedent's estate, for or against whom suits may be brought for causes of action that accrued to or against the decedent. See Virginia Code 1-234
  • Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.
  • Private institution of higher education: includes each nonprofit private institution of higher education and proprietary private institution of higher education in the Commonwealth. See Virginia Code 23.1-100
  • Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
  • Program: means the Tuition Assistance Grant Program. See Virginia Code 23.1-628
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • Public institution of higher education: includes the System as a whole and each associate-degree-granting and baccalaureate public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth. See Virginia Code 23.1-100
  • Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
  • Rate service organization: means any organization or person, other than a joint underwriting association under § 38. See Virginia Code 38.2-100
  • rates: means any rate of premium, policy fee, membership fee or any other charge made by an insurer for or in connection with a contract or policy of insurance. See Virginia Code 38.2-100
  • Rescission: The cancellation of budget authority previously provided by Congress. The Impoundment Control Act of 1974 specifies that the President may propose to Congress that funds be rescinded. If both Houses have not approved a rescission proposal (by passing legislation) within 45 days of continuous session, any funds being withheld must be made available for obligation.
  • senior citizen: means any individual who, before the beginning of any academic term, semester, or quarter in which he claims entitlement to the benefits of this article, has reached the age of 60 and has been legally domiciled in the Commonwealth for at least one year. See Virginia Code 23.1-639
  • State: means any commonwealth, state, territory, district or insular possession of the United States. See Virginia Code 38.2-100
  • state agency: means the same as that term is defined in § 2. See Virginia Code 1-206
  • State Board: means the State Board for Community Colleges. See Virginia Code 23.1-100
  • Statute of limitations: A law that sets the time within which parties must take action to enforce their rights.
  • Supreme Court: means the Supreme Court of Virginia. See Virginia Code 1-249
  • System: means the Virginia Community College System. See Virginia Code 23.1-100
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.
  • Tier-city: means an incorporated community within a consolidated county that (i) has within defined boundaries a population of 5,000 or more, (ii) has been designated as a tier-city by the General Assembly, and (iii) has both the powers of a town and such additional powers as may be granted tier-cities by the General Assembly. See Virginia Code 1-252
  • Town: means any existing town or an incorporated community within one or more counties which became a town before noon, July one, nineteen hundred seventy-one, as provided by law or which has within defined boundaries a population of 1,000 or more and which has become a town as provided by law. See Virginia Code 15.2-102
  • Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
  • Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.
  • Voter: means a qualified voter as defined in § 24. See Virginia Code 15.2-102
  • Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.