{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-33-20c-2","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 33-20C-2","heading":"Cancellation prohibited except for specified reasons; notice.","body":"No insurer once having issued or delivered a policy providing malpractice insurance in this state may cancel the policy, except for one or more of the following reasons:\n(a) The named insured fails to discharge any of his or her obligations to pay premiums for the policy or any installment of the policy within a reasonable time of the due date;\n(b) The policy was obtained through material misrepresentation;\n(c) The insured violates any of the material terms and conditions of the policy; or\n(d) Reinsurance is unavailable. The insurer shall supply sufficient proof of the unavailability to the commissioner.\n(e) Any purported cancellation of a policy providing malpractice insurance attempted in contravention of this section is void.","path":["CHAPTER 33. INSURANCE.","ARTICLE 20C. CANCELLATION OR NONRENEWAL OF MALPRACTICE INSURANCE POLICIES."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/33-20C-2/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:28:37Z","sha256":"50e278b2dcb5797e5979c076b281f3fd251c89d36ba39c7af1dafa1dfd5151eb","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-33-20c-1","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-33-20c-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}