Code of Virginia - Title 65.2 Workers' Compensation - Chapter 8 Insurance And Self-Insurance

65.2-800 Duty to insure payment of compensation; effect of insurance
A. Every employer subject to the compensation provisions of this title shall insure the payment of compensation to his employees in the manner hereinafter provided. ...

65.2-801 Insurance or proof of financial ability to pay required
A. Every employer subject to this title shall secure his liability thereunder by one of the following methods: 1. Insuring and keeping insured his liability ...

65.2-802 Requirements for licensure as group self-insurance association; annual assessment
A. Two or more employers having a common interest may be licensed by the State Corporation Commission as a group self-insurance association and permitted to ...

65.2-803 Administrator and service company affiliation prohibited; exception
A. No person, firm or corporation, which is engaged as an administrator for a group self-insurance association, shall be an employee, officer or director of, ...

65.2-803.1 Requirements for registration as professional employer organization; annual assessment
A. Any business entity desiring to engage in the business of providing professional employer services shall register with the Commission before any such services may ...

65.2-804 Evidence of compliance with title; notices of cancellation of insurance
A. 1. Each employer subject to this title shall file with the Workers' Compensation Commission, in form prescribed by it, annually or as often as ...

65.2-805 Civil penalty for violation of {{ 65.2-800, 65.2-803.1, and 65.2-804
A. If such employer fails to comply with the provisions of § 65.2-800 or 65.2-804, he shall be assessed a civil penalty of not less ...

65.2-806 Criminal penalties
In addition to the civil penalties assessed pursuant to § 65.2-805, any employer who knowingly and intentionally fails to comply with the provisions of § ...

65.2-807 Cost of insurance may not be deducted from wages
It shall not be lawful for any employer to deduct from the wages of any of his employees any part of the cost of insurance ...

65.2-808 Self-insurance certificate
Whenever an employer has complied with the provisions of § 65.2-801 relating to self-insurance, the Workers' Compensation Commission shall issue to such employer a certificate ...

65.2-809 Constructive notice to, jurisdiction of, and awards, etc., binding upon insurer
All policies insuring the payment of compensation under this title must contain clauses to the effect (i) that as between the employer and the insurer ...

65.2-810 How formal notice may be given
Whenever by this title or the terms of any policy contract notice is required to be given by an employer to any insurance carrier, the ...

65.2-811 Liability of insurer
No policy of insurance against liability arising under this title shall be issued unless it contains the agreement of the insurer that it will promptly ...

65.2-812 Subrogation of insurance carrier to employer's rights; compromise
When any employer is insured against liability for compensation with an insurance carrier, and such insurance carrier shall have paid any compensation for which the ...

65.2-813 Insurance deemed subject to title; approval of forms
Every policy for the insurance of the compensation herein provided or against liability therefor shall be deemed to be made subject to the provisions of ...

65.2-813.1 Insurers offering policies with deductibles
Every insurer against liability arising under this title offering and making available policies in which the insured pays a deductible, without regard to amount and ...

65.2-813.2 Premium discounts; drug-free workplace programs
Every insurer providing coverage pursuant to this title shall provide a premium discount of up to five percent to every employer instituting and maintaining a ...

65.2-814 Insurer to furnish written evidence of coverage on request
Upon request of its insured, every insurer against liability arising under this title shall furnish to such insured, within five working days of receipt of ...

65.2-815 Group self-insurance association required to furnish written evidence of membership
Upon request of any member employer, a group self-insurance association shall furnish to such employer a certificate of membership or other written evidence of membership. ...

65.2-816 Title not applicable to boiler, etc., insurance
This title shall not apply to policies of insurance against loss from explosion of boilers or fly wheels or other similar single catastrophe hazards. (Code ...

65.2-817 Rates; cooperation between State Corporation Commission and Workers' Compensation Commissio...
Authority is hereby conferred upon the State Corporation Commission to make such arrangements with the Workers' Compensation Commission as may be agreeable to the Workers' ...

65.2-818 Minimum standards of service for insurers
The State Corporation Commission in cooperation with the Workers' Compensation Commission shall establish minimum standards of service for insurers writing workers' compensation policies in this ...

65.2-819 Penalty for violation of certain provisions
Any person or persons who shall in this Commonwealth (i) act or assume to act as agent for any such insurance carrier whose authority to ...

65.2-820 Application to State Corporation Commission for assignment of risk; insurer assigned risk to issue ...
Every employer subject to the provisions of this chapter who has been unable to obtain a workers' compensation insurance policy shall have the right to ...

65.2-821 State Corporation Commission to make rules and regulations, and establish rating schedules and rate...
A. The State Corporation Commission may make reasonable rules and regulations for the assignment of risks to insurance carriers. It shall establish such rate classifications, ...

65.2-822 Action by State Corporation Commission upon application
The State Corporation Commission may, if in its judgment it deems such action to be justified after reviewing all information pertaining to the applicant or ...

65.2-823 Information filed with State Corporation Commission by insurance carrier to be confidential; except...
Any and all information filed with the State Corporation Commission by an insurance carrier or a rate service organization in connection with an assigned risk ...

65.2-824 Disclosures not required of State Corporation Commission; liability for acts or omissions
A. The State Corporation Commission shall not be required to disclose to any person, including the applicant or policyholder, its reasons for: 1. Refusing to ...