2011 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 22 — Insurance
RS 22:808 — Deposit required of domestic insurers
§808. Deposit required of domestic insurers
All domestic insurers, except those having other specific deposit requirements stated in this Code, shall, before receiving a certificate of authority, deposit with the commissioner of insurance a safekeeping or trust receipt from a bank doing business within the state or from a savings and loan association chartered to do business in this state indicating that the insurer has deposited one hundred thousand dollars in money, or bonds of the United States, the state of Louisiana, or any political subdivision thereof, of the par value of not less than one hundred thousand dollars or of a value equal to the minimum capital or initial minimum surplus required in order to transact its business, whichever is less. All securities deposited pursuant to this Section shall be held in trust for the benefit and protection of and as security for all policyholders and creditors of the insurer making such deposit.
Acts 1958, No. 125. Amended by Acts 1969, No. 77, §1; Acts 1979, No. 235, §1; Acts 1981, No. 672, §1; Acts 1982, No. 748, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 22:1028 by Acts 2008, No. 415, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
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