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This law was first created in 2001. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 706<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2011, chapter 498<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1439765,"object_type":"law","relational_id":361620,"identifier":"38.2-1857.6","token":"38.2\/18\/5.1\/38.2-1857.6","url":"\/38.2-1857.6\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/38.2-1857.6\/","token":"38.2\/18\/5.1\/38.2-1857.6","dublin_core":{"Title":"Accepting and placing surplus lines business","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 38.2-1857.6","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

No surplus lines broker<\/span> shall accept surplus lines business from any person<\/span> other than an applicant for insurance<\/span> or a duly licensed property or casualty insurance<\/span> agent, nor shall such surplus lines broker<\/span> compensate any person<\/span> other than a duly licensed property or casualty insurance<\/span> agent for such business. No person<\/span> other than an applicant for insurance<\/span> or a duly licensed property or casualty insurance<\/span> agent shall place surplus lines business with a surplus lines broker<\/span> licensed under this article nor shall any person<\/span> other than a duly licensed property or casualty insurance<\/span> agent accept compensation for such business.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nACCEPTING AND PLACING SURPLUS LINES BUSINESS (\u00a7 38.2-1857.6)\n\nNo surplus lines broker shall accept surplus lines business from any person\nother than an applicant for insurance or a duly licensed property or casualty\ninsurance agent, nor shall such surplus lines broker compensate any person other\nthan a duly licensed property or casualty insurance agent for such business. No\nperson other than an applicant for insurance or a duly licensed property or\ncasualty insurance agent shall place surplus lines business with a surplus lines\nbroker licensed under this article nor shall any person other than a duly\nlicensed property or casualty insurance agent accept compensation for such\nbusiness.\n\nHISTORY: 2001, c. 706; 2011, c. 498.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}