Section 38a-156i - Reorganization of domestic mutual insurer with existing domestic or foreign mutual holding company(a) A domestic mutual insurer may reorganize with an existing domestic or foreign mutual holding company, in which case the plan of reorganization of the domestic mutual insurer shall provide that (1) the domestic mutual insurer will become a domestic stock insurer, (2) the members of the domestic mutual insurer will become members of the mutual holding company, (3) the members of the reorganizing insurer whose policies were in force on the effective date shall, as of the effective date, have equity rights in the mutual holding company, and (4) the mutual holding company will acquire, directly or through one or more intermediate stock holding companies, at least fifty-one per cent of the voting stock of the reorganized insurer.(b) An existing domestic mutual holding company may, with the approval of the commissioner: (1) Acquire direct or indirect ownership of a converting foreign mutual insurer that becomes a stock insurer in compliance with the laws of its state of domicile; and(2) Grant membership interests and equity rights to the members or policyholders of a foreign mutual insurer that merges with a direct or indirect domestic or foreign subsidiary of the domestic mutual holding company. Such subsidiary of a domestic mutual holding company may merge with such a foreign mutual insurer pursuant to section 38a-153.(c) In determining whether to approve such acquisition or grant, the commissioner may consider the fairness of the terms and conditions of the transaction, whether the interests of the members of each domestic mutual holding company that is a party to the transaction are protected and whether the proposed transaction is in the public interest.Conn. Gen. Stat. § 38a-156i
Added by P.A. 14-0123, S. 10 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2014 Regular Session, eff. 6/6/2014.