2010 Wisconsin Code
Chapter 616. Miscellaneous insurers.
616.08 Organization of new insurers.

616.08

616.08 Organization of new insurers.

616.08(1)

(1) General. Except as provided in sub. (2), new insurers may be organized exclusively for the purposes stated in s. 616.06 pursuant to the procedures for mutual insurers specified in ch. 611.

616.08(2)

(2) Exceptions.

616.08(2)(a)

(a) Sections 611.24 to 611.26 do not apply to insurers organized under this section.

616.08(2)(b)

(b) After issuance of the certificate of authority, incorporators of an insurer under this section who have advanced money or incurred obligations for the reasonable and authorized expenses of organization may be reimbursed in cash from the proceeds of subscriptions for bonds and contribution notes, on itemized receipts audited by the commissioner. The total reimbursement may not exceed 5% of the amount received for the bonds and notes.

616.08(2)(c)

(c) Upon request by the incorporators, the commissioner may modify any requirements in the organizational process specified in ch. 611 if the commissioner considers the modification justified by the simplicity of the proposed operation or by the circumstances surrounding the organizational process.

616.08 - ANNOT.

History: 1979 c. 261.