§ 38.2-617. Individual remedies
A. If any insurance institution, agent, or insurance-support organization fails to comply with §§ 38.2-608, 38.2-609, or § 38.2-610, any person whose rights granted under those sections are violated may apply to a court of competent jurisdiction for appropriate equitable relief. B. An insurance institution, agent, or insurance-support organization that discloses information in violation of […]
§ 38.2-618. Immunity of persons disclosing information
No cause of action in the nature of defamation, invasion of privacy, or negligence shall arise against any person for disclosing personal or privileged information in accordance with this article, nor shall such a cause of action arise against any person for furnishing personal or privileged information to an insurance institution, agent, or insurance-support organization. […]
§ 38.2-619. Obtaining information under false pretenses
Any person who knowingly and willfully obtains information about an individual from an insurance institution, agent or insurance-support organization under false pretenses shall be fined not more than $10,000 or punished by confinement in jail for not more than 12 months, or both. 1981, c. 389, § 38.1-57.26; 1986, c. 562.
§ 38.2-614. Powers of Commission
A. The Commission shall have the power to examine and investigate the affairs of any insurance institution or agent doing business in the Commonwealth to determine whether the insurance institution or agent has been or is engaged in any conduct in violation of this article. B. The Commission shall have the power to examine and […]
§ 38.2-615. Hearings and procedures
A. Whenever the Commission has reason to believe that an insurance institution, agent or insurance-support organization has been or is engaged in conduct in the Commonwealth that violates this article, or whenever the Commission has reason to believe that an insurance-support organization has been or is engaged in conduct outside the Commonwealth that has an […]
§ 38.2-616. Service of process on insurance-support organizations
For the purpose of this article, an insurance-support organization transacting business outside the Commonwealth that has an effect on a person residing in the Commonwealth and which is alleged to violate this article shall be deemed to have appointed the clerk of the Commission to accept service of process on its behalf. Service on the […]
§ 38.2-613.2. Repealed
Repealed by Acts 2020, c. 264, cl. 2.
§ 38.2-613.1. Disclosure of agent’s moratorium required
If a duly appointed agent of an insurer proposes to place a policy of motor vehicle insurance as defined in § 38.2-2212 with another insurer or proposes to submit an application to the Virginia Automobile Insurance Plan solely because of a moratorium on such agent’s selling, soliciting, or negotiating new motor vehicle insurance that would […]
§ 38.2-612.2. Protection of the Fair Credit Reporting Act
Nothing in this article shall be construed to modify, limit, or supersede the operation of the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq.), and no inference shall be drawn on the basis of the provisions of this article regarding whether information is transaction or experience information under Section 603 of that […]
§ 38.2-613. Disclosure limitations and conditions
A. An insurance institution, agent, or insurance-support organization shall not disclose any medical-record information or privileged information about an individual collected or received in connection with an insurance transaction unless the disclosure is with the written authorization of the individual, provided: 1. If the authorization is submitted by another insurance institution, agent, or insurance-support organization, […]