                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEFINITIONS (§ 38.2-501)

As used in this chapter:

&#8220;Insurance policy&#8221; or &#8220;insurance contract&#8221; includes
annuities and any group or individual contract, certificate, or evidence of
coverage, including, but not limited to, those issued by a health services plan,
health maintenance organization, legal services organization, legal services
plan, or dental or optometric services plan as provided for in Chapters 42 (§
38.2-4200 et seq.), 43 (§ 38.2-4300 et seq.), 44 (§ 38.2-4400 et seq.) and 45
(§ 38.2-4500 et seq.) of this title issued, proposed for issuance, or intended
for issuance, by any person.

&#8220;Lending institution&#8221; means any corporation, company or organization
that accepts deposits from the public and lends money in this Commonwealth,
including banks and savings institutions.

&#8220;Person,&#8221; in addition to the definition in Chapter 1 (§ 38.2-100 et
seq.) of this title, extends to any other legal entity transacting the business
of insurance, including agents, brokers and adjusters. &#8220;Person&#8221; also
means health, legal, dental, and optometric service plans and health maintenance
organizations, as provided for in Chapters 42, 43, 44 and 45 of this title. For
the purposes of this chapter, such service plans shall be deemed to be
transacting the business of insurance. &#8220;Person&#8221; also means premium
finance companies.

HISTORY: 1952, c. 317, § 38.1-50; 1977, c. 529; 1980, c. 404; 1986, c. 562;
1989, c. 653; 1992, c. 7; 2001, c. 707.