{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-38.2-3544","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 38.2-3544","heading":"Definition of industrial sick benefit insurance","body":"Industrial sick benefit insurance means life insurance combined with accident and sickness insurance under which:1. Premiums, dues or assessments are payable weekly;2. A ten dollar maximum weekly indemnity is paid to members or policyowners in the event of sickness or accident;3. A $250 maximum death benefit is provided, and the named beneficiary is confined to the spouse of the insured, a relative of the insured by blood, marriage or adoption, a person bound in a pledge of marriage to the insured, or any person dependent on the insured; and4. The issuing insurer is not required by its charter, bylaws, or by statute to maintain the legal reserve for death benefits.Code 1950, §§ 38-350, 38-351, 38-352; 1952, c. 317, § 38.1-483; 1986, c. 562.","path":["Title 38.2. INSURANCE","Chapter 35. ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES","Article 4. INDUSTRIAL SICK BENEFIT INSURANCE"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/38.2-3544/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:16:05Z","sha256":"239f77098e476865116c50c7fd5ad68534ec65002cd5ed05a5b90f83926d23a9","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-38.2-3543.2","next":"us-va/va.-code-38.2-3545"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}