(a) Before soliciting applications for insurance required under Alaska Stat. § 21.69.220 as qualification for the original certificate of authority, the incorporators of the proposed insurer shall file with the director a corporate surety bond in the penalty of $20,000, in favor of the state and for the use and benefit of the state and of applicant members and creditors of the corporation. The bond shall be conditioned as follows:

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Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 21.69.230

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • state: means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
(1) for the prompt return to applicant members of all premiums collected in advance;
(2) for payment of all indebtedness of the corporation;
(3) for payment of costs incurred by the state in event of legal proceedings for liquidation or dissolution of the corporation, all in the event the corporation fails to complete its organization and secure a certificate of authority within one year after the date of its certificate of incorporation.
(b) In lieu of the bond, the incorporators may deposit with the director $20,000 in cash or United States government bonds, negotiable and payable to the bearer, with a market value at all times of not less than $20,000, to be held in trust upon the same conditions as required for the bond.
(c) The bond filed or deposit or remaining portion thereof held under this section shall be released and discharged upon settlement and termination of all liabilities against it.