Section 515.74 - Foreign mutual companies - surplus1. Any mutual insurance company organized outside of this state and authorized to transact the business of insurance on the mutual plan in any other state of the United States or in the District of Columbia, may be admitted to this state and authorized to transact herein any of the kinds of insurance authorized by its charter or articles of incorporation, when so permitted by the provisions of this chapter, with the powers and privileges and subject to the conditions and limitations specified in said chapter; provided, however, such company has complied with all the statutory provisions which require stock companies to file papers and to furnish information and to submit to examination, and is also solvent according to the requirements of this chapter and is possessed of a surplus safely invested as follows:a. In case of a mutual company issuing policies for a cash premium without an additional contingent liability equal to or greater than the cash premium, the surplus shall be at least two million dollars.b. In case of any other such mutual company issuing policies for a cash premium or payment with an additional contingent liability equal to or greater than the cash premium or payment, the surplus shall be such an amount as the commissioner of insurance of Iowa may require, but in no case less than three hundred thousand dollars, provided that the provisions of this section fixing a minimum surplus of three hundred thousand dollars shall not apply to companies now admitted to do business in Iowa; provided, further, that no such mutual company shall be authorized to transact compensation insurance without a surplus of at least three hundred thousand dollars unless all liability for each adjusted claim in this state, the payment of any part of which is deferred for more than one year, shall be provided for by a special deposit, in a trust company or a bank having fiduciary powers, located in this state, which shall be a trust fund applicable solely and exclusively to the payment of the compensation benefits for which such deposit is made, or shall be reinsured in an authorized stock company, or in an authorized mutual company with a surplus of at least three hundred thousand dollars.2. Notwithstanding subsection 1, a mutual insurance company authorized to transact business under this section shall comply with the minimum surplus requirements of this section or chapter 521E, whichever is greater.96 Acts, ch 1046, §6; 2007 Acts, ch 152, §7
C73, §1144; C97, §1723; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8955; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 515.76 96 Acts, ch 1046, §6; 2007 Acts, ch 152, §7CS2007, §515.74