Virginia Administrative Code
Title 14 - INSURANCE
Agency 5 - STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION, BUREAU OF INSURANCE
Chapter 101 - RULES GOVERNING LIFE AND HEALTH FORMS FILINGS
Section 14VAC5-101-30 - Definitions
The following words and terms when used in this chapter shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Approval" means a disposition applied to a form indicating that it has been filed by a company, reviewed and approved by the commission, and that it may be used in this Commonwealth for the purpose with which it was approved.
"Commission" means the State Corporation Commission.
"Company" means any entity licensed in the Commonwealth to transact the business of insurance or viatical settlements.
"File for use" means a disposition applied to a form that is required to be filed with the commission but does not require approval and may be used in this Commonwealth for the purpose with which it was filed.
"Filing description" means a cover letter or electronic summary of the contents of a form filing.
"Form" means a policy, rider, endorsement, amendment, application, enrollment form, certificate of insurance, evidence of coverage, group agreement, supplemental agreement, or any other form required to be filed with or approved by the commission.
"Policy" means an insurance policy, contract, certificate, evidence of coverage, or other agreement of insurance and includes any attached rider or endorsement.
"SERFF" means the National Association of Insurance Commissioners System for Electronic Rate and Form Filing, or its successor.
Statutory Authority: §§ 12.1-13 and 38.2-223 of the Code of Virginia.
