A. Any person engaged in whole or in part in financing premiums for insurance on subjects of insurance resident, located or to be performed in this Commonwealth shall be an insurance premium finance company subject to this chapter. Any person who acquires agreements for this financing from an insurance premium finance company shall be deemed an insurance premium finance company subject to this chapter.
B. No person shall be deemed an insurance premium finance company by reason of any transaction lawful under the laws of this Commonwealth without regard to the provisions of this chapter. No bank, trust company, savings institution, industrial loan association, credit union, consumer finance company licensed under Chapter 15 (§ 6.2-1500 et seq.) of Title 6.2, licensed insurance agent extending credit as authorized in § 38.2-1806, or insurer shall be licensed under the provisions of this chapter, nor be subject to the restrictions and obligations imposed by this chapter.
1964, c. 147, § 38.1-735; 1986, c. 562; 1996, c. 77.
Structure Code of Virginia
Chapter 47 - Insurance Premium Finance Companies
§ 38.2-4700. What persons deemed insurance premium finance companies
§ 38.2-4701. License required; application; fee
§ 38.2-4702. Investigation of applicant; issuance of license
§ 38.2-4703. Renewal of license
§ 38.2-4704. Suspension, revocation or failure to renew license; imposition of penalty
§ 38.2-4705. Maximum interest rate and maximum service charge on premium finance agreement
§ 38.2-4706. Default charge; bad check charge
§ 38.2-4709. Disposition of license and other fees
§ 38.2-4710. Penalty for engaging in business without license