Any person may submit a complaint of one or more issues of noncompliance by an insurer with any insurance law, insurance regulation, or order of the Commission on behalf of a health care provider. The complainant shall provide detailed information supporting the allegation of noncompliance. The Commission shall investigate complaints alleging violations of insurance laws, regulations, and orders of the Commission and notify the complainants of the outcomes. The Commission shall have no jurisdiction to adjudicate (i) individual controversies or (ii) as between two contracting parties, matters of contractual dispute unrelated to insurance laws, regulations, or Commission orders.

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Terms Used In Virginia Code 38.2-237

  • Allegation: something that someone says happened.
  • Commission: means the State Corporation Commission. See Virginia Code 38.2-100
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Insurer: means an insurance company. See Virginia Code 38.2-100
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Person: means any association, aggregate of individuals, business, company, corporation, individual, joint-stock company, Lloyds type of organization, organization, partnership, receiver, reciprocal or interinsurance exchange, trustee or society. See Virginia Code 38.2-100

2022, c. 164.