2018 Wyoming Statutes
TITLE 26 - INSURANCE CODE
CHAPTER 29 - FRATERNAL BENEFIT SOCIETIES
ARTICLE 2 - SOCIETIES
SECTION 26-29-231 - Suspension, revocation or refusal of license of society.
26-29-231. Suspension, revocation or refusal of license of society.
(a) The commissioner shall at once provide written notification to a society when the commissioner upon investigation finds that a society transacting or applying to transact business in this state:
(i) Has exceeded its powers;
(ii) Has failed to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter;
(iii) Has become insolvent;
(iv) Is not fulfilling its contracts in good faith; or
(v) Is conducting its business fraudulently or in a manner hazardous to its members or creditors or the public.
(b) The commissioner shall notify the society of the deficiency as provided in subsection (a) of this section and state in writing the reasons why he believes the deficiency exists. The commissioner shall at once issue a written notice to the society requiring that the deficiency be corrected. After the notice the society has thirty (30) days in which to comply with the commissioner's request for correction, and if the society fails to comply, the commissioner shall notify the society of findings of noncompliance and require the society to show cause on a date named why its license should not be suspended, revoked or refused. If on that date the society does not present a good and sufficient reason why its authority to do business in this state should not be suspended, revoked or refused, the commissioner may suspend or refuse the license of the society to do business in this state until satisfactory evidence is furnished to the commissioner that the suspension or refusal should be withdrawn or the commissioner may revoke the authority of the society to do business in this state.
(c) Nothing contained in this section shall be taken or construed as preventing any society from continuing in good faith all contracts made in this state during the time such society was legally authorized to transact business herein.
(d) In making the finding allowed by subsection (a) of this section, the commissioner may consider the factors specified in W.S. 26-3-116(c) and 26-3-132(a) and, upon finding a deficiency, may issue an order consistent with W.S. 26-3-132(b) and pursuant to the procedure established in W.S. 26-3-132(c).
