A Virginia insurer has mailed a producer a copy of its for-cause termination report. How long does the producer have to submit written comments in response?

Why C is correct

Va. Code § 38.2-1834 gives a producer who receives a copy of a for-cause termination report the right to submit comments within 30 days of the report's mailing. The clock runs from the mailing of the copy, not from the effective date of the termination, so the producer's response window is tied to the moment he or she actually learns what the insurer reported. This comment right is the producer's first-line opportunity to correct the record before the Commission weighs the report.

Why the other options are wrong

• A) 15 days is the insurer's mailing deadline for the copy, not the producer's comment window, which runs from the mailing.
• B) The trigger is the report's mailing, not the termination's effective date; the statute keys the 30 days to the mailing.
• D) 60 days doubles the actual window; comments are due within 30 days of the mailing.

Memory hook

Get the copy, start counting: 30 days from the mailbox, not the firing date.