A. A person shall not use a viatical settlement contract or provide to a viator a disclosure statement form in this Commonwealth unless filed with and approved by the Commission in accordance with procedures set forth in § 38.2-316. In the absence of more specific regulation or rules promulgated by the Commission for the business of viatical settlements, standards and requirements of general application set forth in § 38.2-316 and rules promulgated thereunder shall be deemed applicable to viatical settlement contracts and disclosure statement forms, required by this chapter.

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Terms Used In Virginia Code 38.2-6003

  • Advertising: means any written, electronic, or printed communication or any communication by means of recorded telephone messages or transmitted on radio, television, the Internet, or similar communications media, including film strips, motion pictures, and videos published, disseminated, circulated or placed before the public, directly or indirectly, for the purpose of creating an interest in or inducing a person to sell a life insurance policy pursuant to a viatical settlement contract. See Virginia Code 38.2-6000
  • Business of viatical settlements: means an activity involved in, but not limited to, the offering, solicitation, negotiation, procurement, effectuation, purchasing, investing, financing, monitoring, tracking, underwriting, selling, transferring, assigning, pledging, or hypothecating in any other manner, of viatical settlement contracts or purchase agreements. See Virginia Code 38.2-6000
  • Commission: means the State Corporation Commission. See Virginia Code 38.2-100
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • 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
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • Viator: means the owner of a life insurance policy or a certificate holder under a group policy who enters or seeks to enter into a viatical settlement contract. See Virginia Code 38.2-6000

B. At the Commission’s discretion, the Commission may require the submission of advertising material used or intended for use in this Commonwealth.

1997, c. 814, § 38.2-5704; 2003, c. 717.