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2007 SESSION
079124320Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 38.2-1839 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 38.2-1839. Contract required; placement of insurance for public bodies.
A. A licensed insurance consultant that does not sell,
solicit or negotiate insurance as part of his services shall enter into a
written contract with his client prior to any act as a consultant in this
Commonwealth. A licensed insurance consultant that does sell, solicit or
negotiate insurance in this Commonwealth as part of his services shall enter
into a written contract with his client prior to the purchase of any insurance
by [ the that ] client. The
contract shall include, without limitation, the amount and basis of any
consulting fee and the duration of employment. If the insurance consultant may
also receive commissions, incentives, bonuses, overrides, or any other form of
remuneration either directly or indirectly as a result of his services for
selling, soliciting, or negotiating insurance as a part of his services in
addition to a consulting fee, unless otherwise prohibited, such information
shall be disclosed in the contract.
B. No insurance consultant may provide or offer to provide, directly or indirectly, insurance products to a public body while concurrently and on its behalf (i) evaluating proposals from other insurance agents and (ii) recommending the placement of insurance.