(a) No mutual company shall be permitted to convert under this chapter if, as a direct result of the conversion, any person or any affiliate thereof acquires control of the converted stock company, unless that person and such person’s affiliates comply with the provisions of § 5003 of this title. For purposes of this subsection, “control” shall have the meaning given to such term in § 5001 of this title.

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Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 4987

  • Converted stock company: means a stock insurer that converted from a mutual insurer under this chapter, or under the laws of any other jurisdiction, or any successor thereto provided that not less than a majority of the shares of voting stock of such successor are owned by a mutual holding company. See Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 4972
  • Mutual company: means a mutual insurer that is seeking to convert to a stock insurer under this chapter, including a captive insurance company (notwithstanding § 6916 of this title) that is incorporated as a nonstock corporation and including a foreign mutual insurer that has applied to redomesticate to this State with an intent to file an application to convert from mutual to stock form under this chapter. See Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 4972
  • Person: means an individual, a corporation, a limited liability company, a partnership, an association, a joint stock company, a trust, an unincorporated organization, a similar entity, or a combination of the foregoing acting in concert. See Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 4972
  • State: means the State of Delaware; and when applied to different parts of the United States, it includes the District of Columbia and the several territories and possessions of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
  • Stock company: means a stock insurer that meets all of the current requirements for admission to do business as a domestic Delaware insurer. See Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 4972

(b) Except as otherwise specified in this chapter, a stock company converted under this chapter shall have and may exercise all the rights and privileges and shall be subject to all of the requirements and regulations imposed on stock insurers under this chapter and any other laws of this State relating to the regulation and supervision of insurers, but it shall exercise no rights or privileges which other stock insurers may not exercise.

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