Louisiana Revised Statutes 22:237.9 – Limitations on compensation of directors, officers, agents, and employees
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 22:237.9
- Commissioner: means the commissioner of insurance, or his deputy, or the Department of Insurance, as appropriate. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 22:237.2
- 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.
- Effective date: means the date upon which the reorganization of the reorganizing mutual is effective, as provided in Louisiana Revised Statutes 22:237.2
- Plan of reorganization: means the plan of reorganization adopted by the reorganizing mutual in compliance with this Subpart. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 22:237.2
- Reorganized company: means either: (a) a reorganized insurer resulting from the reorganization of a mutual insurer under this Subpart; or (b) a reorganized insurance holding company. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 22:237.2
- Reorganizing mutual: means a mutual insurer or mutual insurance holding company that is reorganizing pursuant to this Subpart. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 22:237.2
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
Except as set forth in the plan of reorganization approved by the qualified voters and the commissioner or in a stock-based compensation program or arrangement using options or other securities previously registered with the commissioner pursuant to La. Rev. Stat. 22:88 or any successor statute, no director, officer, agent, or employee of the reorganizing mutual shall receive any fee, commission, or other valuable consideration, other than his regular salary and compensation, that is contingent upon the plan of reorganization becoming approved or effective or is based upon aiding, promoting, or assisting in the approval or effectuation of the plan of reorganization. This Section shall not prohibit compensation programs or arrangements including programs and arrangements involving the use of the stock of the reorganized company or its parent corporation, which are to become effective simultaneously with the plan of reorganization or thereafter, provided such programs and arrangements are contained in the plan of reorganization approved by the qualified voters and the commissioner or in a program or arrangement using options or other securities previously registered with the commissioner pursuant to La. Rev. Stat. 22:88 or any successor statute. This Section shall not be deemed to prohibit such a program or arrangement from being adopted after the effective date of a reorganization.
Acts 2009, No. 234, §1.