2014 Wyoming Statutes
TITLE 26 - INSURANCE CODE
CHAPTER 24 - ORGANIZATION AND CORPORATE PROCEDURES OF LEGALRESERVE STOCK AND MUTUAL INSURERS
26-24-121. Boards of directors.


WY Stat § 26-24-121 (2014) What's This?

26-24-121. Boards of directors.

(a) The affairs of each domestic insurer shall be managed by a board of directors consisting of not less than five (5) nor more than twenty-one (21) directors.

(b) Directors, other than initial directors named in the insurer's articles of incorporation, shall be elected by the members or stockholders of a domestic insurer at the annual meeting of stockholders or members. Directors may be elected for terms of not more than five (5) years each and until their successors are elected and have qualified. If the directors are to be elected for terms of more than one (1) year, the insurer's bylaws shall provide for a staggered term system under which the terms of a proportionate part of the members of the board of directors shall expire on the date of each annual meeting of stockholders or members.

(c) A director of a stock insurer shall be a stockholder thereof, and a director of a mutual insurer shall be a policyholder thereof.

(d) As to an insurer operating as an authorized insurer only in the state of Wyoming, a majority of the members of the insurer's board of directors shall be citizens of and shall actually reside in this state.

(e) Any executive committee of a board of directors shall consist of not less than three (3) directors, a majority of whom shall reside in this state.

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