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§ 3443. Regulated as an insurance company

(a) A stock insurance company resulting from the reorganization of a domestic mutual insurance company shall be regulated as a stock insurance company under this title and shall have all the rights, privileges, immunities and powers of the former mutual insurance company and shall be subject to all the duties and liabilities of an insurer organized under this title.

(b) The commissioner shall retain jurisdiction over a mutual insurance holding company and any stock insurance holding company to assure that policyholder interests are protected. A mutual insurance holding company and any stock insurance holding company are deemed to be insurers subject to chapter 145 of this title. A mutual insurance holding company and any stock insurance holding company shall automatically be a party to any proceeding under chapter 145 of this title involving a stock insurance company reorganized under this subchapter. In any proceeding under chapter 145 of this title involving a reorganized stock insurance company, the assets of the mutual insurance holding company and any stock insurance holding company are deemed to be assets of the estate of the reorganized insurance company for purposes of satisfying the claims of the reorganized insurance company's policyholders. A mutual insurance holding company shall not dissolve or liquidate without the approval of the commissioner or as ordered by the superior court pursuant to chapter 145 of this title. The commissioner shall have jurisdiction over a stock insurance holding company as if it were a mutual insurance holding company.

(c) Acquisitions and investments by mutual insurance holding companies, including those acquisitions pursuant to subsection (b) of section 3442 of this title, shall be subject to the procedures and standards prescribed by subchapter 13 of chapter 101 of this title. Mutual insurance holding companies and stock insurance holding companies shall be considered a domestic insurer for purposes of such acquisition. (Added 1995, No. 167 (Adj. Sess.), § 29a; amended 1999, No. 86 (Adj. Sess.), § 5, eff. April 27, 2000.)

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > Vermont > Title-08 > Chapter-101 > 3443

§ 3443. Regulated as an insurance company

(a) A stock insurance company resulting from the reorganization of a domestic mutual insurance company shall be regulated as a stock insurance company under this title and shall have all the rights, privileges, immunities and powers of the former mutual insurance company and shall be subject to all the duties and liabilities of an insurer organized under this title.

(b) The commissioner shall retain jurisdiction over a mutual insurance holding company and any stock insurance holding company to assure that policyholder interests are protected. A mutual insurance holding company and any stock insurance holding company are deemed to be insurers subject to chapter 145 of this title. A mutual insurance holding company and any stock insurance holding company shall automatically be a party to any proceeding under chapter 145 of this title involving a stock insurance company reorganized under this subchapter. In any proceeding under chapter 145 of this title involving a reorganized stock insurance company, the assets of the mutual insurance holding company and any stock insurance holding company are deemed to be assets of the estate of the reorganized insurance company for purposes of satisfying the claims of the reorganized insurance company's policyholders. A mutual insurance holding company shall not dissolve or liquidate without the approval of the commissioner or as ordered by the superior court pursuant to chapter 145 of this title. The commissioner shall have jurisdiction over a stock insurance holding company as if it were a mutual insurance holding company.

(c) Acquisitions and investments by mutual insurance holding companies, including those acquisitions pursuant to subsection (b) of section 3442 of this title, shall be subject to the procedures and standards prescribed by subchapter 13 of chapter 101 of this title. Mutual insurance holding companies and stock insurance holding companies shall be considered a domestic insurer for purposes of such acquisition. (Added 1995, No. 167 (Adj. Sess.), § 29a; amended 1999, No. 86 (Adj. Sess.), § 5, eff. April 27, 2000.)


State Codes and Statutes

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > Vermont > Title-08 > Chapter-101 > 3443

§ 3443. Regulated as an insurance company

(a) A stock insurance company resulting from the reorganization of a domestic mutual insurance company shall be regulated as a stock insurance company under this title and shall have all the rights, privileges, immunities and powers of the former mutual insurance company and shall be subject to all the duties and liabilities of an insurer organized under this title.

(b) The commissioner shall retain jurisdiction over a mutual insurance holding company and any stock insurance holding company to assure that policyholder interests are protected. A mutual insurance holding company and any stock insurance holding company are deemed to be insurers subject to chapter 145 of this title. A mutual insurance holding company and any stock insurance holding company shall automatically be a party to any proceeding under chapter 145 of this title involving a stock insurance company reorganized under this subchapter. In any proceeding under chapter 145 of this title involving a reorganized stock insurance company, the assets of the mutual insurance holding company and any stock insurance holding company are deemed to be assets of the estate of the reorganized insurance company for purposes of satisfying the claims of the reorganized insurance company's policyholders. A mutual insurance holding company shall not dissolve or liquidate without the approval of the commissioner or as ordered by the superior court pursuant to chapter 145 of this title. The commissioner shall have jurisdiction over a stock insurance holding company as if it were a mutual insurance holding company.

(c) Acquisitions and investments by mutual insurance holding companies, including those acquisitions pursuant to subsection (b) of section 3442 of this title, shall be subject to the procedures and standards prescribed by subchapter 13 of chapter 101 of this title. Mutual insurance holding companies and stock insurance holding companies shall be considered a domestic insurer for purposes of such acquisition. (Added 1995, No. 167 (Adj. Sess.), § 29a; amended 1999, No. 86 (Adj. Sess.), § 5, eff. April 27, 2000.)