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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>362702</law_id><section_number>38.2-4708</section_number><catch_line>Examination of books and records of company; bond; rules and regulations; order by Commission to remedy concerns</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="88" identifier="38.2">Insurance</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="49" identifier="47">Insurance Premium Finance Companies</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> 1. The <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> is empowered to examine the books and records of an <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> premium finance <span class="dictionary">company</span>. <a id="paragraph-1350821" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-4708/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> is empowered to require an <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> premium finance <span class="dictionary">company</span> to enter into <span class="dictionary">bond</span> with <span class="dictionary">surety</span> approved by the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>, in the amount determined as reasonable by the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>, and conditioned to protect its customers and the public in the manner required by <span class="dictionary">law</span>. The aggregate liability of the <span class="dictionary">surety</span> for all breaches of the conditions of the <span class="dictionary">bond</span> shall in no event exceed the <span class="dictionary">penalty</span> of the <span class="dictionary">bond</span>. The <span class="dictionary">surety</span> on the <span class="dictionary">bond</span> shall have the right to cancel the <span class="dictionary">bond</span> upon thirty days&#x2019; notice in writing to the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> and shall be relieved of liability for any breach of condition occurring after the effective date of the cancellation. <a id="paragraph-1350822" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-4708/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Any rules and regulations issued by the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> with respect to the operation of <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> premium finance companies may include, without limitation, rules and regulations for the cancellation of policies by <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> premium finance companies, for the notice required to be given to the insured and the <span class="dictionary">insurer</span>, and for the mutual obligations and duties of <span class="dictionary">insurers</span> and <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> premium finance companies with regard to the cancellation of policies and the required notice. <a id="paragraph-1350823" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-4708/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> If the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> finds (i) that an <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> premium finance <span class="dictionary">company</span>&#x2019;s financial condition, method of operation or manner of doing business does not satisfy the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> that the <span class="dictionary">company</span> can meet its obligations to all customers or (ii) that the <span class="dictionary">company</span>&#x2019;s continued operation in this Commonwealth is hazardous to customers and <span class="dictionary">creditors</span> in this Commonwealth and to the public, it may <span class="dictionary">order</span> the <span class="dictionary">company</span> to take appropriate action within a specified time to remedy the concerns of the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>. The <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> shall give the <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> premium finance <span class="dictionary">company</span> ten days&#x2019; notice of its <span class="dictionary">finding</span> and shall grant it the opportunity to be heard and to introduce <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> on its behalf. Any <span class="dictionary">hearing</span> with regard to the <span class="dictionary">order</span> may be informal, and the required notice may be waived with the mutual consent of the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> and the <span class="dictionary">company</span>. <a id="paragraph-1350824" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-4708/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1964, c. 147, &#xA7; 38.1-742; 1981, c. 107; 1986, c. 562.</history><metadata><court_decisions></court_decisions></metadata></law>
