Title 38.2. Insurance
Chapter 16. Virginia Property and Casualty Insurance Guaranty Association
Article 2. Additional Funds Paid to Association.
§ 38.2-1618. Purpose and applicability of article.The purpose of this article is to provide directions and guidelines for the control and use of funds provided pursuant to § 38.2-225, obtained through secured borrowings made pursuant to subdivision B 7 of § 38.2-1606, or obtained from sources of funds not specified in Article 1 (§ 38.2-1600 et seq.) of this chapter.
1986, c. 562; 1998, c. 230.
§ 38.2-1619. Safety fund.The Association shall maintain a separate asset account to be known as the safety fund. The safety fund shall be used to assist the Association in meeting the objectives specified in § 38.2-1600.
1986, c. 562.
§ 38.2-1620. Financing the safety fund, maximum amount, distribution of excess.A. The safety fund, at the discretion of the Commission, shall receive penalty payments levied against member insurers made pursuant to subsection B of § 38.2-225 or any other payments approved by the Commission. Such payments shall include funds borrowed under the provisions of subdivision B 7 of § 38.2-1606 in the event of a natural disaster in order to provide for the prompt payment of covered claims and expenses related thereto.
B. The Commission may approve the payment of funds to the Association provided the balance in the safety fund account does not exceed two percent of the total of all member insurers' net direct written premiums for classes of insurance covered by the accounts specified in § 38.2-1604.
C. Except as provided in subsection D of this section, investment income earned on assets held in the safety fund shall be credited to the safety fund.
D. In the event the safety fund balance exceeds three percent of the net written premium for all classes of insurance covered by the accounts specified in § 38.2-1604, at the discretion of the Commission the difference shall be paid to the state treasury to the credit of the Literary Fund or shall be subject to subsection F of § 38.2-1622.
E. In the event the fund is dissolved, remaining assets in the safety fund will be distributed to the state treasury to the credit of the Literary Fund.
1986, c. 562; 1998, c. 230.
§ 38.2-1621. Investment of safety fund.The assets held in the safety fund may be invested in securities set forth in § 38.2-1415.
1986, c. 562; 1998, c. 230.
§ 38.2-1622. Use of safety fund, repayment, etc.A. The purpose of the safety fund is to provide for the payment of covered claims in the event the assessment limit specified in subdivision A 3 of § 38.2-1606 is reached.
B. In the event the assets in the safety fund are needed to pay covered claims, these assets shall be loaned to the respective account specified in § 38.2-1604. This loan shall be the general obligation of the Association.
C. Assets in the safety fund derived from borrowed moneys obtained under the provisions of subdivision B 7 of § 38.2-1606 shall be lent to an account at the rate of interest the Association is paying the lender providing such moneys. Interest on any other loan shall be compounded quarterly and be based upon the average ninety-day treasury bill rate for the most recently completed calendar quarter as published in the Federal Reserve Bulletin. This rate will be updated quarterly in order to conform with the market rates of interest.
D. Loans shall be repaid by levying assessments pursuant to subdivision A 3 of § 38.2-1606 against the members for the account on whose behalf the loan was negotiated. Unless otherwise approved by the Commission, the loan shall be repaid within six months of its issuance. This assessment in conjunction with any other assessments levied, shall not exceed the limit specified in subdivision A 3 of § 38.2-1606.
E. Subject to the approval of the Commission, assets in the safety fund may be loaned to any account specified in § 38.2-1604 even though the maximum assessment in subdivision A 3 of § 38.2-1606 has not been levied if the directors of the Association determine that this action will minimize the cost to the Association in paying covered claims.
F. Excess assets in the safety fund set forth in subsection D of § 38.2-1620 may be used to pay the Association's covered claims without the members incurring a liability to repay the safety fund.
1986, c. 562; 1998, c. 230.
§ 38.2-1623. Association as a fiduciary.In handling the assets of the safety fund, the Association shall be deemed a fiduciary for the Commonwealth.
1986, c. 562.