38.2-2217.1 - Insurers required to renew motor vehicle liability coverage for vanpools; exceptions. - Virginia Statutes

§ 38.2-2217.1. Insurers required to renew motor vehicle liability coveragefor vanpools; exceptions.

A. As used in this section, "vanpooling" means the type of jointarrangement described in subdivision 5 of § 46.2-2000.1 and § 46.2-1400 wheresuch motor vehicles are used to transport commuters to and from their placesof employment on a regular basis. "Motor vehicle" as used in this sectionshall mean any motor vehicle designed to transport not less than ten nor morethan fifteen passengers, including the driver, in fixed seats.

B. If an insurer as defined in § 38.2-2212 who issues or renews a policy ofmotor vehicle liability insurance to an insured who intends to use a vehiclefor vanpooling which was not so used at the time the policy was issued orlast renewed has received by certified mail thirty days' written notice thatthe insured intends to use the vehicle for vanpooling, the insurer shall notcancel or refuse to renew a policy of liability insurance coverage for suchmotor vehicle used in vanpooling as defined in subsection A of this section,except for one or both of the following specified reasons:

1. The named insured fails to discharge when due any payment of the premiumfor the policy or any installment thereof; or

2. The driving record of the named insured or any regular driver is such thatit substantially increases the risk.

C. [Repealed.]

(1986, c. 612, § 38.1-381.11; 1995, cc. 744, 803; 2002, c. 337.)