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title: "Business Insurance in Virginia: A Buyer's Guide"
description: "Research business insurance in Virginia, with state insurance regulator contacts, license lookups, surplus-lines tax information and coverage guides."
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## Agent Guide

**What this page is:** Hub for business insurance in Virginia: the state regulator, complaint and license lookup links, surplus-lines tax details, and state-specific coverage guides.

**Use this page when:** Finding who regulates insurance in Virginia or which Virginia coverage guides exist.

**Questions this page answers:**
- Who regulates business insurance in Virginia?
- How do I check an insurer's or broker's license in Virginia?
- What is Virginia's surplus-lines tax?
- Which coverage guides exist for Virginia?

**Key facts:**
- State regulator: Virginia State Corporation Commission, Bureau of Insurance.
- 39 state coverage guides listed.

**Limits (do not over-claim):**
- State information reflects the cited sources at their access dates; confirm current requirements with the state regulator.
- Does not say which coverage a business needs; that is in the linked coverage guides.
- Not legal advice.

**Provenance:** 12 numbered sources; updated 2026-09-28.

**Related pages:**
- [Business insurance by state](https://thegeneralaverage.com/coverage/states) — parent hub
- [Coverage directory](https://thegeneralaverage.com/coverage) — national guides
- [General Liability Insurance in Virginia](https://thegeneralaverage.com/coverage/general-liability/virginia) — Virginia coverage guide
- [Directors and Officers (D&O) Insurance in Virginia](https://thegeneralaverage.com/coverage/directors-officers/virginia) — Virginia coverage guide
- [Technology E&O Insurance in Virginia](https://thegeneralaverage.com/coverage/technology-errors-omissions/virginia) — Virginia coverage guide
- [Cyber Liability Insurance in Virginia](https://thegeneralaverage.com/coverage/cyber/virginia) — Virginia coverage guide
- [Media Liability Coverage in Virginia](https://thegeneralaverage.com/coverage/media/virginia) — Virginia coverage guide
- [Employment Practices Liability in Virginia](https://thegeneralaverage.com/coverage/employment-practices/virginia) — Virginia coverage guide
- [Fiduciary Liability Insurance in Virginia](https://thegeneralaverage.com/coverage/fiduciary/virginia) — Virginia coverage guide
- [Virginia Hired and Non-Owned Auto Coverage](https://thegeneralaverage.com/coverage/hired-non-owned-auto/virginia) — Virginia coverage guide
- [Professional Liability (E&O) Insurance in Virginia](https://thegeneralaverage.com/coverage/professional-errors-omissions/virginia) — Virginia coverage guide
- [Workers’ Compensation Insurance in Virginia](https://thegeneralaverage.com/coverage/workers-compensation/virginia) — Virginia coverage guide
- [Virginia Business Owner’s Policy Guide](https://thegeneralaverage.com/coverage/business-owners-policy/virginia) — Virginia coverage guide
- [Virginia Umbrella and Excess Liability Guide](https://thegeneralaverage.com/coverage/umbrella-excess/virginia) — Virginia coverage guide
- [Virginia medical malpractice insurance guide](https://thegeneralaverage.com/coverage/medical-malpractice/virginia) — Virginia coverage guide
- [Representations and Warranties Insurance in Virginia](https://thegeneralaverage.com/coverage/representations-warranties/virginia) — Virginia coverage guide
- [Kidnap and Ransom Insurance in Virginia](https://thegeneralaverage.com/coverage/kidnap-ransom/virginia) — Virginia coverage guide
- [Virginia Crime Insurance Guide](https://thegeneralaverage.com/coverage/crime/virginia) — Virginia coverage guide
- [Commercial Auto Insurance in Virginia](https://thegeneralaverage.com/coverage/commercial-auto/virginia) — Virginia coverage guide
- [Cargo insurance for Virginia shipments](https://thegeneralaverage.com/coverage/cargo-transit/virginia) — Virginia coverage guide
- [Liquor Liability in Virginia](https://thegeneralaverage.com/coverage/liquor-liability/virginia) — Virginia coverage guide
- [Key Person Insurance in Virginia](https://thegeneralaverage.com/coverage/key-person/virginia) — Virginia coverage guide
- [Product Liability in Virginia](https://thegeneralaverage.com/coverage/product-liability/virginia) — Virginia coverage guide
- [Commercial Property Insurance in Virginia](https://thegeneralaverage.com/coverage/commercial-property/virginia) — Virginia coverage guide
- [Virginia garage liability for motor vehicle dealers](https://thegeneralaverage.com/coverage/garage-liability/virginia) — Virginia coverage guide
- [Virginia inland marine insurance and the highway-vehicle boundary](https://thegeneralaverage.com/coverage/inland-marine/virginia) — Virginia coverage guide
- [Virginia Public Construction Bonds](https://thegeneralaverage.com/coverage/surety-bonds/virginia) — Virginia coverage guide
- [Builders Risk Insurance in Virginia](https://thegeneralaverage.com/coverage/builders-risk/virginia) — Virginia coverage guide
- [Equipment Breakdown Insurance in Virginia](https://thegeneralaverage.com/coverage/equipment-breakdown/virginia) — Virginia coverage guide
- [Virginia Management Liability Insurance](https://thegeneralaverage.com/coverage/management-liability/virginia) — Virginia coverage guide
- [Product Recall Insurance in Virginia](https://thegeneralaverage.com/coverage/product-recall/virginia) — Virginia coverage guide
- [Virginia Fidelity Bonds for Trust Companies](https://thegeneralaverage.com/coverage/fidelity-bonds/virginia) — Virginia coverage guide
- [Intellectual Property Insurance in Virginia](https://thegeneralaverage.com/coverage/intellectual-property/virginia) — Virginia coverage guide
- [Contract Frustration Insurance in Virginia](https://thegeneralaverage.com/coverage/contract-frustration/virginia) — Virginia coverage guide
- [Last-mile delivery insurance in Virginia](https://thegeneralaverage.com/coverage/last-mile-delivery/virginia) — Virginia coverage guide
- [Venture Capital Asset Protection Insurance in Virginia](https://thegeneralaverage.com/coverage/venture-capital-asset-protection/virginia) — Virginia coverage guide
- [Digital asset business insurance in Virginia](https://thegeneralaverage.com/coverage/digital-assets/virginia) — Virginia coverage guide
- [Telehealth Insurance in Virginia](https://thegeneralaverage.com/coverage/virtual-care-telehealth/virginia) — Virginia coverage guide
- [Generative AI Liability Insurance in Virginia](https://thegeneralaverage.com/coverage/generative-ai-liability/virginia) — Virginia coverage guide
- [Employee Health Benefits in Virginia](https://thegeneralaverage.com/coverage/employee-health-benefits/virginia) — Virginia coverage guide
- [Trucking Insurance in Virginia](https://thegeneralaverage.com/coverage/trucking/virginia) — Virginia coverage guide

# Business Insurance in Virginia: A Buyer's Guide

Research business insurance in Virginia, with state insurance regulator contacts, license lookups, surplus-lines tax information and coverage guides.

## Who Regulates Insurance in Virginia?

**Virginia State Corporation Commission, Bureau of Insurance.** The Virginia State Corporation Commission, Bureau of Insurance administers Virginia insurance laws, oversees insurers and insurance producers within its authority, and provides regulatory and consumer resources. You can use the department's complaint process to raise an insurance issue and its licensing resources to check insurance professionals.[^1][^2][^3]

- [Regulator website](https://www.scc.virginia.gov/pages/Insurance)
- [License lookup](https://nipr.com/licensing-center)
- [File a complaint](https://content.naic.org/state-insurance-departments)

## Surplus-Lines Tax and Stamping Office in Virginia

**Reported tax rate:** 2.25% of premium plus up to 0.1% Bureau Special Fund assessment The NAIC's state chart lists a 2.25% of premium plus up to 0.1% Bureau Special Fund assessment charge for surplus-lines coverage for Virginia (the chart's state entries were reviewed in October 2025). Your broker may collect the applicable amount with the premium. Surplus-lines insurers are not licensed in the state and generally are outside state guaranty-association protection; ask your broker to explain the insurer's financial protections and any diligent-search requirement that applies to your placement.[^4][^5]

## Business Insurance Guides for Virginia

- [General Liability Insurance in Virginia](https://thegeneralaverage.com/coverage/general-liability/virginia): Learn how Virginia public-construction owner-controlled insurance programs and construction indemnity rules affect your own general liability placement.
- [Directors and Officers (D&O) Insurance in Virginia](https://thegeneralaverage.com/coverage/directors-officers/virginia): Compare D&O terms with Virginia’s corporation-specific indemnity limits, officer rules, and January 2027 code updates.
- [Technology E&O Insurance in Virginia](https://thegeneralaverage.com/coverage/technology-errors-omissions/virginia): Virginia’s computer-information law allows a contract to limit remedies, and any punitive award is still reduced to $350,000.
- [Cyber Liability Insurance in Virginia](https://thegeneralaverage.com/coverage/cyber/virginia): Virginia ties notice to likely identity theft or fraud and requires Attorney General and credit-agency notice when one event affects more than 1,000 people.
- [Media Liability Coverage in Virginia](https://thegeneralaverage.com/coverage/media/virginia): Virginia generally requires a defamation action within one year after accrual, but tolls that period for an anonymous or false-identity internet publisher until identity is or
- [Employment Practices Liability in Virginia](https://thegeneralaverage.com/coverage/employment-practices/virginia): Virginia’s Human Rights Act complaint period is two years under current law; after 180 days, a complainant can request a right-to-sue notice.
- [Fiduciary Liability Insurance in Virginia](https://thegeneralaverage.com/coverage/fiduciary/virginia): Review Virginia retirement-program and payroll duties alongside the employer’s plan-sponsor responsibilities.
- [Virginia Hired and Non-Owned Auto Coverage](https://thegeneralaverage.com/coverage/hired-non-owned-auto/virginia): Virginia requires a driver policy to cover liability from using a motor vehicle the driver does not own.
- [Professional Liability (E&O) Insurance in Virginia](https://thegeneralaverage.com/coverage/professional-errors-omissions/virginia): Compare Virginia’s $250,000 exchange-facilitator financial-assurance options with the narrower rules for certain settlement-agent affiliates.
- [Workers’ Compensation Insurance in Virginia](https://thegeneralaverage.com/coverage/workers-compensation/virginia): Count Virginia’s regular employees and subcontractor workforce correctly, then confirm the policy includes Virginia where work takes place.
- [Virginia Business Owner’s Policy Guide](https://thegeneralaverage.com/coverage/business-owners-policy/virginia): Virginia’s commercial guide highlights BOP eligibility, property valuation, coinsurance and the limited role of the VPIA.
- [Virginia Umbrella and Excess Liability Guide](https://thegeneralaverage.com/coverage/umbrella-excess/virginia): Virginia owner’s policies effective on or after January 1, 2025 must provide $50,000/$100,000/$25,000, and punitive damages cannot exceed $350,000.
- [Virginia medical malpractice insurance guide](https://thegeneralaverage.com/coverage/medical-malpractice/virginia): Virginia’s act-date damages schedule and conditional joint underwriting market affect limits and placement planning.
- [Representations and Warranties Insurance in Virginia](https://thegeneralaverage.com/coverage/representations-warranties/virginia): Check Virginia contract claim deadlines against negotiated representation survival, policy notice dates, and any home-state surplus-lines tax.
- [Kidnap and Ransom Insurance in Virginia](https://thegeneralaverage.com/coverage/kidnap-ransom/virginia): See how Virginia's surplus-lines tax and insurer insolvency rules can affect a K&R quote.
- [Virginia Crime Insurance Guide](https://thegeneralaverage.com/coverage/crime/virginia): How Virginia funds-transfer and computer-crime laws shape questions to ask about commercial crime coverage.
- [Commercial Auto Insurance in Virginia](https://thegeneralaverage.com/coverage/commercial-auto/virginia): Virginia intrastate motor-carrier limits turn on vehicle GVWR, passenger-carrier status, and household-goods authority.
- [Cargo insurance for Virginia shipments](https://thegeneralaverage.com/coverage/cargo-transit/virginia): Virginia intrastate authority, household-goods cargo limits, small-vehicle exceptions, and claim deadlines shape what to verify before a move.
- [Liquor Liability in Virginia](https://thegeneralaverage.com/coverage/liquor-liability/virginia): Virginia prohibits knowingly selling alcohol to an intoxicated person; ABC-certified training can reduce certain retail-license penalties.
- [Key Person Insurance in Virginia](https://thegeneralaverage.com/coverage/key-person/virginia): Learn how Virginia insurable-interest rules, employee consent, and life guaranty limits affect a business-owned key person policy.
- [Product Liability in Virginia](https://thegeneralaverage.com/coverage/product-liability/virginia): Virginia generally gives two years for personal-injury claims and five years for property-damage claims, including product claims.
- [Commercial Property Insurance in Virginia](https://thegeneralaverage.com/coverage/commercial-property/virginia): Virginia’s statutory standard fire agreement uses actual cash value subject to a like-kind repair/replacement cap and excludes ordinance-or-law increases and business-interruption loss from that base agreement.
- [Virginia garage liability for motor vehicle dealers](https://thegeneralaverage.com/coverage/garage-liability/virginia): Learn Virginia’s per-plate insurance rule and coverage needed to keep dealer plates active.
- [Virginia inland marine insurance and the highway-vehicle boundary](https://thegeneralaverage.com/coverage/inland-marine/virginia): Virginia's marine definition excludes vehicles operating under their own power, and the SCC lists commercial inland marine classes that are not filing-exempt.
- [Virginia Public Construction Bonds](https://thegeneralaverage.com/coverage/surety-bonds/virginia): Check Virginia public-work bond triggers, required amounts, acceptable security, and claim protections before you bid.
- [Builders Risk Insurance in Virginia](https://thegeneralaverage.com/coverage/builders-risk/virginia): Virginia buyers should schedule any off-site construction support area with the permit and quote: the 2024 statewide permit allows such areas only when they meet specific project-linked conditions.
- [Equipment Breakdown Insurance in Virginia](https://thegeneralaverage.com/coverage/equipment-breakdown/virginia): Virginia inspects power boilers yearly and heating boilers every two years, and it exempts apartment houses of fewer than four units.
- [Virginia Management Liability Insurance](https://thegeneralaverage.com/coverage/management-liability/virginia): Compare Virginia employment-law exposure and company indemnification duties with D&O and EPL policy terms.
- [Product Recall Insurance in Virginia](https://thegeneralaverage.com/coverage/product-recall/virginia): Virginia’s milk-and-dairy law provides a detention and condemnation process for covered adulterated or misbranded products; VDACS separately identifies its food program scope and accepts food-recall questions.
- [Virginia Fidelity Bonds for Trust Companies](https://thegeneralaverage.com/coverage/fidelity-bonds/virginia): Learn which Virginia businesses must maintain fidelity bonds, how much coverage applies, and which employees or losses the bond must include.
- [Intellectual Property Insurance in Virginia](https://thegeneralaverage.com/coverage/intellectual-property/virginia): Learn how Virginia law treats trade secrets and related intellectual-property claims, and what to ask before choosing coverage.
- [Contract Frustration Insurance in Virginia](https://thegeneralaverage.com/coverage/contract-frustration/virginia): How Virginia export services and insurance-placement rules shape a contract-frustration policy.
- [Last-mile delivery insurance in Virginia](https://thegeneralaverage.com/coverage/last-mile-delivery/virginia): Virginia's $1 million transportation-network limit starts when the driver accepts a passenger request, not when the passenger boards.
- [Venture Capital Asset Protection Insurance in Virginia](https://thegeneralaverage.com/coverage/venture-capital-asset-protection/virginia): Check how Virginia adviser rules and fund entity structure affect a venture capital manager’s insurance review.
- [Digital asset business insurance in Virginia](https://thegeneralaverage.com/coverage/digital-assets/virginia): Review Virginia's digital-asset licensing and custody rules before comparing cover for exchanges, custodians, wallets, or kiosks.
- [Telehealth Insurance in Virginia](https://thegeneralaverage.com/coverage/virtual-care-telehealth/virginia): Virginia allows a telemedicine relationship for controlled-substance prescribing only when the provider reviews history, updates it, diagnoses, meets the in-person standard, and holds an active Virginia license. Check how the rule affects remote care and reimbursement in Virginia.
- [Generative AI Liability Insurance in Virginia](https://thegeneralaverage.com/coverage/generative-ai-liability/virginia): Virginia’s criminal law includes realistic images altered to depict an actual person, while a separate civil statute addresses unsolicited electronic receipt of intimate images.
- [Employee Health Benefits in Virginia](https://thegeneralaverage.com/coverage/employee-health-benefits/virginia): Virginia requires many group hospital and medical policies outside federal COBRA to offer 12 months of continuation after eligibility ends, if the employee had three months of prior coverage and meets the election deadline.
- [Trucking Insurance in Virginia](https://thegeneralaverage.com/coverage/trucking/virginia): Check Virginia’s intrastate liability tiers by truck weight and the separate household-goods cargo filing.

State information is based on the cited sources. Confirm current requirements with the regulator and discuss your circumstances with a licensed insurance professional.

## Sources for Virginia Insurance Information

[^1]: [Virginia State Corporation Commission, Bureau of Insurance](https://www.scc.virginia.gov/pages/Insurance) — Virginia State Corporation Commission, Bureau of Insurance; Official regulator website; insurance oversight and consumer/professional resources. Accessed 2026-09-28.
[^2]: [Insurance Department Directory](https://content.naic.org/sites/default/files/publication-ins-ou-insurance-directory.pdf) — National Association of Insurance Commissioners; Virginia State Corporation Commission, Bureau of Insurance entry; official contact and website listing. Accessed 2026-09-28.
[^3]: [Licensing Center](https://nipr.com/licensing-center) — National Insurance Producer Registry; State producer licensing and lookup resources. Accessed 2026-09-28.
[^4]: [Surplus Lines Insurance Premium Taxes](https://content.naic.org/sites/default/files/model-law-chart-zz-7-surplus-lines-insurance-premium-taxes.pdf) — National Association of Insurance Commissioners; VA row; state surplus-lines premium-tax rate reviewed October 2025. Accessed 2026-09-28.
[^5]: [Guaranty Associations & Funds](https://content.naic.org/cipr-topics/guaranty-associationsfunds) — National Association of Insurance Commissioners; Coverage of claims from insolvencies of insurers licensed in a state; surplus-lines insurers are nonadmitted. Accessed 2026-09-28.
[^6]: [Licenses](https://www.at-bay.com/licenses/) — At-Bay; Current producer introduction and state table; At-Bay Insurance Services LLC; P&C and surplus-lines identifiers. Accessed 2026-09-21.
[^7]: [Licenses and Carriers](https://www.coalitioninc.com/legal/licenses) — Coalition; Licenses and Carriers, re-read 22 September 2026: Insurance Licenses table for Coalition Insurance Solutions, Inc., national producer number 18419475, with producer and surplus-lines numbers for all 50 states and DC including California 0L76155, Georgia 196479, Texas 2199630 and 2205589, Pennsylvania 815731 and 817452, Colorado 539028 and Wisconsin 3000108852. Insurance Carriers table naming, with NAIC numbers, Allianz Underwriters Insurance Company 36420, Arch Specialty Insurance Company 21199, Ascot Specialty Insurance Company 45055, Ascot Insurance Company 23752, Aspen Specialty Insurance Company 10717, Chaucer Insurance Company DAC, Coalition Insurance Company 29530, Fireman's Fund Indemnity Corporation 11380, Fortegra Specialty Insurance Company 16823, Lloyd's of London, MSIG Specialty Insurance USA Inc. 34886, MS Transverse Specialty Insurance Company 41807, Steadfast Insurance Company 26387, Vantage Risk Specialty Insurance Company 16275 and Zurich American Insurance Company 16535.. Accessed 2026-09-22.
[^8]: [Insurance Producer Licenses](https://www.corgi.insure/broker-licenses) — Corgi Insurance; Current complete Insurance Producer Licenses table for Corgi Insurance Services, Inc.; 50 rows covering 49 states and DC (DC 3003091619); no New Mexico row; no NPN or as-of date shown.. Accessed 2026-09-28.
[^9]: [About Hiscox US Insurance](https://www.hiscox.com/about-hiscox-insurance) — Hiscox; Hiscox Insurance Company Inc. NAIC 10200 as Chicago, IL domiciled insurer admitted or licensed in all 50 states and D.C.; Hiscox Inc. as general agent and Lloyd’s coverholder for Syndicates 33 and 3624; surplus-lines placements through licensed surplus-lines brokers; A.M. Best rating statement. Accessed 2026-09-16.
[^10]: [Licenses](https://www.nextinsurance.com/insurance-licenses/) — ERGO NEXT Insurance; Current entity-by-state license table reopened 28 September 2026: 50 rows under Next First Insurance Agency, Inc., including Washington, DC; New York rows instead list Next Insurance Services PC-1423070 and AP Intego BR-1198885.. Accessed 2026-09-28.
[^11]: [Insurance Licenses by State](https://www.techinsurance.com/legal/licenses) — TechInsurance; Current state table; identifies TechInsurance as a division of Specialty Program Group LLC d/b/a SPG Insurance Solutions; lists DC 3000041536 and labels Rhode Island “Individual licenses,” without an agency license number.. Accessed 2026-09-28.
[^12]: [Licenses](https://www.vouch.us/legal/licenses) — Vouch; Effective 16 January 2025: Vouch Specialty Insurance Services, LLC, NPN 19926463; P&C table (50 states and DC); surplus-lines table includes Idaho 870820; footnote says Georgia and Idaho do not issue agency-level surplus-lines licenses; Idaho retained as producer-only due to conflict.. Accessed 2026-09-15.

Updated 2026-09-28.

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