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Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 22:175

  • subscriber: means the participant or policyholder; "attorney-in-fact" means the representative of the subscribers through whom reciprocal insurance is exchanged; and "reciprocal insurer" means the organization or group of all the subscribers. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 22:161

Any domestic reciprocal insurer authorized so to do by its declaration of organization may issue policies without contingent liability of the subscriber for assessment upon approval of the commissioner of insurance and upon compliance with the following requirements:

(1)  It shall have and at all times maintain a surplus as determined from its last annual statement, which is at least equal to the minimum capital and the paid in surplus required on organization of a domestic stock insurer organized under the provisions of this Code.

(2)  It shall have submitted a copy of its proposed non-assessable policy or policies for approval of the commissioner of insurance and shall have obtained his approval thereof.

Acts 1958, No. 125; Redesignated from La. Rev. Stat. 22:446 by Acts 2008, No. 415, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2009, No. 503, §1.

NOTE:  Former La. Rev. Stat. 22:175 redesignated as La. Rev. Stat. 22:941 by Acts 2008, No. 415, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.