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23-74-306. Conversion of fraternal benefit society into mutual life insurance company.
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23-74-306. Conversion of fraternal benefit society into mutual life insurance company.
Any domestic fraternal benefit society may be converted and licensed as a mutual life insurance company by compliance with all the requirements of §§ 23-63-205 and 23-63-207 and other provisions of this code applicable to domestic mutual life legal reserve insurers. A plan of conversion shall be prepared in writing by the board of directors setting forth in full the terms and conditions of conversion. The affirmative vote of two-thirds (2/3) of all members of the supreme governing body at a regular or special meeting shall be necessary for the approval of such a plan. No such conversion shall take effect unless and until approved by the Insurance Commissioner, who may give such approval if the commissioner finds that the proposed change is in conformity with the requirements of law and not prejudicial to the certificate holders of the society.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 23-74-306
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23-74-306. Conversion of fraternal benefit society into mutual life insurance company.
Any domestic fraternal benefit society may be converted and licensed as a mutual life insurance company by compliance with all the requirements of §§ 23-63-205 and 23-63-207 and other provisions of this code applicable to domestic mutual life legal reserve insurers. A plan of conversion shall be prepared in writing by the board of directors setting forth in full the terms and conditions of conversion. The affirmative vote of two-thirds (2/3) of all members of the supreme governing body at a regular or special meeting shall be necessary for the approval of such a plan. No such conversion shall take effect unless and until approved by the Insurance Commissioner, who may give such approval if the commissioner finds that the proposed change is in conformity with the requirements of law and not prejudicial to the certificate holders of the society.
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23-63-205. Certificate of authority — Eligibility — Capital funds.
(a)(1) On and after January 1, 2006, to qualify for and maintain authority to transact any one (1) kind of insurance, as defined in §§ 23-62-101 — 23-62-108, or combination of kinds of insurance as shown in this subsection, an insurer applying for its original certificate of authority in Arkansas shall possess and maintain in cash and marketable securities unimpaired paid-in capital if the insurer is a domestic, foreign, or alien stock insurer or surplus if the insurer is a domestic, foreign, or alien mutual, or domestic mutual legal reserve life insurer, or foreign or alien reciprocal insurer, in an amount not less than is applicable under the schedule below, and shall possess when first so authorized such additional funds as surplus as are required under § 23-63-207:
Minimum Capital or Kinds of Insurance Surplus Required Life . $750,000 Accident and Health 750,000 Life and Accident and Health 750,000 Property 500,000 Casualty 750,000 Surety 750,000 Marine 500,000 Title 250,000 Mortgage Guaranty 750,000 Property, Casualty, Surety, and Marine 750,000 Combination of other lines 750,000
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(2)(A) As to any combination of kinds of insurance, other than combinations of kinds of insurance specifically listed in this subsection, the insurer shall possess the sum of the minimum capital or surplus required by this subsection for the separate kinds of insurance it proposes to transact unless the Insurance Commissioner deems it sufficient for the applicant to possess and maintain the total amount of seven hundred fifty thousand dollars ($750,000) for the proposed combination of kinds of insurance.
(B) If Arkansas law does not specify the minimum capital or surplus for any kind
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 23-63-205
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23-63-207. Certificate of authority — Eligibility — Special surplus.
(a) In addition to the minimum paid-in capital stock if stock insurers, or minimum surplus if mutual and reciprocal insurers, required by § 23-63-205, special surplus shall be possessed by insurers hereafter applying for original certificates of authority in this state as follows:
(1) All domestic stock insurers and domestic mutual legal reserve life and domestic reciprocal insurers, when first authorized to transact insurance in this state, shall have, if a stock insurer, surplus, or, if a mutual or reciprocal insurer, additional surplus, equal to not less than one hundred percent (100%) of the minimum paid-in capital stock or minimum surplus otherwise required under § 23-63-205 for the kinds of insurance to be transacted;
(2) Foreign and alien insurers that have actively transacted insurance as authorized insurers in one (1) or more states of the United States shall possess, when first authorized in this state, surplus or additional surplus equal to not less than one hundred percent (100%) of the minimum paid-in capital stock if a stock insurer, or minimum surplus if a mutual or reciprocal insurer, otherwise required under § 23-63-205.
(b) As to all insurers referred to in subdivisions (a)(1) and (2) of this section, and as to currently authorized insurers seeking additional authority in this state, if, after issuance of its original certificate of authority to transact insurance in this state, the insurer requests authority to transact additional kinds of insurance, the request shall not be authorized unless the insurer then possesses special surplus or additional surplus in such an amount as would be required under this section as for an original certificate of authority covering the kinds
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 23-63-207
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 23-63-207. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.