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Alaska Statutes.

Title 21. Insurance

Chapter 69. Organization and Corporate Procedures

Section 220. Initial Qualifications of Domestic Mutuals.

AS 21.69.220. Initial Qualifications of Domestic Mutuals.

(a) When newly organized, a domestic mutual insurer may be authorized to transact any one of the kinds of insurance listed in the schedule contained in (b) of this section.

(b) When applying for an original certificate of authority, the insurer must be otherwise qualified under this title, and must have received and accepted bona fide applications as to substantial insurable subjects for insurance coverage of a substantial character of the kind of insurance proposed to be transacted, must have collected in cash the full premium at a rate not less than that usually charged by stock insurers for comparable coverages, must have surplus funds on hand and deposited as of the date the insurance coverages are to become effective, or, in lieu of the applications, premiums, and surplus, may deposit surplus, all in accordance with that part of the following schedule that applies to the one kind of insurance the insurer proposes to transact:

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      (A)              (B)            (C)              (D)             

                   Minimum No.    Minimum No.                          

                        of             of            Minimum           

    Kind of         Applicants      Subjects         Premium           

   Insurance         Accepted       Covered         Collected          

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Life (1)                 500          500            annual            

Health (2)               500          500           quarterly          

Property (3)             100          250            annual            

Casualty (4)             250          500            annual            

With Workers'                                                          

Compensation             250        1,500           quarterly          

Marine, Wet                                                            

Marine, and                                                            

Transportation            50           50            annual            

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      (E)              (F)            (G)              (H)             

                     Maximum                                           

    Minimum         Amount of       Minimum                            

   Amount of        Insurance       Surplus          Deposit           

   Insurance           Each          Funds          of Surplus         

      Each           Subject       Deposited        in Lieu of         

    Subject            (5)            (6)              (6)             

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  $1,000             $ 2,500       $  800,000       $  800,000         

  $   10             $    25       $  800,000       $  800,000         

  (weekly            (weekly                                           

  indem.)            indem.)                                           

  $1,000             $ 3,000       $  600,000       $  600,000         

  $1,000             $10,000       $1,000,000       $1,000,000         

  $1,000             $10,000       $1,000,000       $1,000,000         

  $1,000             $25,000       $1,000,000       $1,000,000         

(c) The following provisos are respectively applicable to the schedule in (b) of this section and provisions as indicated by like numerals appearing in the schedule:

(1) group insurance or term policies for terms of less than 10 years may not be included;

(2) group, blanket, or family plans of insurance may not be included; in lieu of weekly indemnity a like premium value in medical, surgical and hospital benefits may be provided; any accidental death or dismemberment benefit provided may not exceed $2,500;

(3) only insurance of the owner's interest in real property may be included;

(4) must include insurance of legal liability for bodily injury and property damage, to which the maximum and minimum insured amounts apply;

(5) the maximums provided for in column (F) are net of applicable reinsurance;

(6) the deposit of surplus in the amount specified in columns (G) and (H) must thereafter be maintained unimpaired; the deposit is subject to the provisions of AS 21.24.

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Last modified 9/3/2005