A. No person shall knowingly secure, attempt to secure or cause to be secured a life insurance policy on any person who is not in an insurable condition by means of misrepresentations or false or fraudulent statements.

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Terms Used In Virginia Code 38.2-3103

  • Life insurance: includes policies that also provide (i) endowment benefits; (ii) additional benefits incidental to a loss in the event of death, dismemberment, or loss by accident or accidental means; (iii) additional benefits to safeguard the contract from lapse or to provide a special surrender value, a special benefit or an annuity, in the event of total and permanent disability of the insured; and (iv) optional modes of settlement of proceeds. See Virginia Code 38.2-102
  • 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

B. An insurance agent who violates this section shall be subject to penalties under § 38.2-1831 in addition to the penalties of § 38.2-218.

Code 1950, § 38-369; 1952, c. 317, § 38.1-434; 1986, c. 562.