Any mutual insurance company organized under the laws of this state may establish a guaranty fund in any amount not exceeding $500,000 or not to exceed
1/2 its net policyholders’ surplus, whichever is smaller, by appropriation from its net assets. Such guaranty fund shall be considered as paid up capital and be available to meet the obligations of the company, but not to pay dividends or to be otherwise distributed except to meet the obligations of the company when all other assets of the company shall become exhausted.

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Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 403:1

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • state: when applied to different parts of the United States, may extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall include said district and territories. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:4