{"data":{"id":"us-va/14vac5-280-10","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"14VAC5-280-10","heading":"Definitions","body":"The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, shall have the following meaning unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:\n\n\"Commission\" means State Corporation Commission.\n\n\"Insurer\" means a cooperative nonprofit life benefit company, a mutual assessment life, accident and sickness insurer, a fraternal benefit society, a health services plan, a dental services plan, or an optometric services plan licensed under Title 38.2 of the Code of Virginia; and also any insurance company, whether known as a life and health insurer, a property and casualty insurer, or a reciprocal, which is licensed in Virginia and authorized to write any class of life insurance, annuities, or accident and sickness insurance.\n\n\"Life and health business\" means (i) a class of insurance defined by §§ 38.2-102 through 38.2-109 of the Code of Virginia or (ii) any product or service sold or offered by a person organized and licensed in Virginia under Chapter 38 (§ 38.2-3800 et seq., cooperative nonprofit life benefit companies), Chapter 39 (§ 38.2-3900 et seq., mutual assessment life, accident and sickness insurers), Chapter 41 (§ 38.2-4100 et seq., fraternal benefit societies), Chapter 42 (§ 38.2-4200 et seq., health services plans), Chapter 43 (§ 38.2-4300 et seq., health maintenance organizations), or Chapter 45 (§ 38.2-4500 et seq., dental or optometric services plans) of Title 38.2 of the Code of Virginia.","path":["Title 14. Insurance","Agency 5. State Corporation Commission, Bureau of Insurance","Chapter 280. Rules Establishing Standards for Life, Annuity, and Accident and Sickness Reinsurance Agreements"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/admincode/title14/agency5/chapter280/section10/","current_through":"2026 Regular Session (effective July 1, 2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:51:57Z","sha256":"24a70c63864d4663ae00ff1e3cf0181f508da236b8a92a86f231278857c8e5b6","source_id":"us-va-vac","stale":false,"prev":"us-va/14vac5-270-180","next":"us-va/14vac5-280-20"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}