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PRINTER'S NO. 145
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
159
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY KAMPF, KILLION, TOBASH, PICKETT, ROSS AND GRELL,
JANUARY 22, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON INSURANCE, JANUARY 22, 2015
AN ACT
Amending Title 40 (Insurance) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, providing for medical professional liability
reciprocal exchange-to-stock conversion and for adoption of
plan of conversion; imposing duties on Insurance
Commissioner; providing for contents of plan of conversion,
for optional provisions of plan of conversion, for
alternative plan of conversion, for effective date of plan,
for rights of subscribers whose policies are issued after
adoption of plan and before effective date, for corporate
existence, for conflict of interest, for failure to give
notice, for limitation on actions, for reciprocal insurer
insolvent or in hazardous financial condition, for rules and
regulations, for laws applicable to stock company, for
licensing of stock company and commencement of business as an
insurance company, for amendment of policies and for
prohibition on acquisitions of control.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 40 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a chapter to read:
CHAPTER 35
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY
RECIPROCAL EXCHANGE-TO-STOCK CONVERSION
Sec.
3501. Definitions.
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3502. Adoption of plan of conversion.
3503. Contents of plan of conversion.
3504. Optional provisions of plan of conversion.
3505. Alternative plan of conversion.
3506. Effective date of plan.
3507. Rights of subscribers whose policies are issued after
adoption of plan and before effective date.
3508. Corporate existence.
3509. Conflict of interest.
3510. Failure to give notice.
3511. Limitation on actions.
3512. Reciprocal insurer insolvent or in hazardous financial
condition.
3513. Rules and regulations.
3514. Laws applicable to stock company.
3515. Licensing of stock company and commencement of business
as an insurance company.
3516. Amendment of policies.
3517. Prohibition on acquisition of control.
§ 3501. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this chapter
shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Attorney." The person that manages and acts as the
attorney-in-fact for the reciprocal insurer.
"Commissioner." The Insurance Commissioner of the
Commonwealth.
"Department." The Insurance Department of the Commonwealth.
"Eligible subscriber." A subscriber of a reciprocal insurer
whose policy is in force on at least one of the following dates:
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(1) the date the reciprocal insurer or its attorney
adopts a plan of conversion; or
(2) if a different date, on the record date for
establishing subscribers eligible to vote on the plan of
conversion.
"Participating policy." A policy that grants a holder the
right to receive dividends if, as and when declared by the
reciprocal insurer.
"Person." 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.
"Plan of conversion" or "plan." A plan adopted under this
chapter to convert the reciprocal insurer into a stock company
by the subscribers' advisory committee or an equivalent
governing body of the reciprocal insurer or, in the absence of a
governing body, by the board of directors or governing body of
the attorney for the reciprocal insurer.
"Policy." An insurance policy issued by the reciprocal
insurer.
"Reciprocal insurer." A Pennsylvania-domiciled reciprocal
and inter-insurance exchange, as established in Article X of the
act of May 17, 1921 (P.L.682, No.284), known as The Insurance
Company Law of 1921, that is authorized to write medical
professional liability insurance and at least 50% of its direct
written premium in the calendar year preceding adoption of the
plan of conversion consisted of medical professional liability
insurance.
"Stock company." An insurance company that:
(1) meets the requirements for admission to do business
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as a domestic Pennsylvania insurer;
(2) is formed at the direction of the reciprocal insurer
or attorney; and
(3) shall be the successor of the reciprocal insurer by
the merger of the reciprocal insurer with and into the stock
company or by another means approved by the commissioner.
§ 3502. Adoption of plan of conversion.
(a) Plan of conversion.--The following shall apply:
(1) A plan of conversion may not become effective unless
the reciprocal insurer seeking to convert to a stock company
has adopted:
(i) by the affirmative vote of not less than two-
thirds of the subscribers' advisory committee or an
equivalent governing body of the reciprocal insurer; or
(ii) in the absence of a governing body, by the
board of directors or governing body of the attorney for
the reciprocal insurer, a plan of conversion consistent
with the requirements of sections 3503 (relating to
contents of plan of conversion) and 3504 (relating to
optional provisions of plan of conversion).
(2) Before approval of a plan by the commissioner, the
reciprocal insurer may amend or withdraw the plan under
paragraph (1) by the affirmative vote of not less than two-
thirds of:
(i) its subscribers' advisory committee or an
equivalent governing body of the reciprocal insurer; or
(ii) in the absence of a governing body, by the
board of directors or governing body of the attorney for
the reciprocal insurer.
(b) Eligible subscriber.--A person insured under a group
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policy that is otherwise an eligible subscriber also shall be an
eligible subscriber. A person whose policy becomes effective
after the adoption of the plan or the voting record date, if a
later date, but before the plan's effective date is not an
eligible subscriber but shall have the rights established under
section 3507 (relating to rights of subscribers whose policies
are issued after adoption of plan and before effective date).
(c) Documents.--The following shall apply:
(1) Before a reciprocal insurer's eligible subscribers
may vote on approval of a plan, the reciprocal insurer or the
attorney shall file the following documents with the
commissioner within 90 days after adoption of the plan:
(i) the plan of conversion, including the
independent evaluation of pro forma market value required
under section 3503(d).
(ii) the form of notice required under subsection
(g);
(iii) the form of proxy to be solicited from
eligible subscribers under subsection (h);
(iv) the form of notice required under section 3508
(relating to corporate existence) to persons whose
policies are issued after adoption of the plan, but
before its effective date;
(v) the proposed articles of incorporation and
bylaws of the stock company;
(vi) the acquisition of control statement, as
required under section 1402 of the act of May 17, 1921
(P.L.682, No.284), known as The Insurance Company Law of
1921; and
(vii) other information as the commissioner may
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request.
(2) Upon filing of the documents required under this
subsection with the commissioner, the reciprocal insurer
shall send to eligible subscribers a notice advising eligible
subscribers of:
(i) the adoption and filing of the plan;
(ii) the ability of subscribers to provide the
commissioner and the reciprocal insurer with comments on
the plan within 30 days of the date of the notice; and
(iii) the procedure for making comments.
(d) Notice and approval of plan.--The commissioner shall
immediately give written notice to the reciprocal insurer of a
decision and, in the event of disapproval, a statement in detail
of the reasons for the decision. The commissioner shall approve
the plan if the commissioner finds the following:
(1) the plan complies with this chapter;
(2) the plan will not prejudice the interests of the
subscribers; and
(3) the plan's method of allocating subscription rights
is fair and equitable.
(e) Experts.--At the reciprocal insurer's expense, the
commissioner may retain a qualified expert not otherwise a part
of the commissioner's staff to assist in reviewing the plan and
the independent evaluation of the pro forma market value
required under section 3503(d).
(f) Hearing.--The commissioner may order a hearing on
whether the terms of the plan comply with this chapter after
giving written notice to the reciprocal insurer and other
interested persons, all of whom have the right to appear at the
hearing.
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(g) Notice of subscribers' meeting.--The following shall
apply:
(1) Eligible subscribers shall be sent notice of the
subscribers' meeting to vote upon the plan. The notice must:
(i) briefly, but fairly describe the proposed
conversion plan;
(ii) inform the subscriber of the subscriber's right
to vote upon the plan; and
(iii) be sent to each subscriber's last known
address, as shown on the reciprocal insurer's records, at
least 30 days before the time fixed for the meeting.
(2) If the reciprocal insurer holds an annual meeting of
subscribers and the meeting to vote upon the plan is held at
the annual meeting, only a combined notice of meeting is
required.
(h) Voting.--The plan shall be voted upon by eligible
subscribers and shall be deemed approved upon receiving the
affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the votes cast by
eligible subscribers. Unless the governing documents of the
reciprocal insurer establish a different date, the record date
for determining subscribers eligible to vote on the plan shall
be the date of adoption of the plan or other date set forth in
the plan that shall be no less than 30 nor more than 90 days
before the date of the meeting. Eligible subscribers entitled to
vote upon the proposed plan may vote in person or by proxy.
Unless the governing documents of the reciprocal insurer provide
otherwise, an eligible subscriber may cast one vote.
(i) Approval of plan.--A merger of the reciprocal insurer
with and into the stock company must be approved at the meeting
of the subscribers called for the purpose of approving the plan
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of conversion and shall require for approval or ratification the
affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the votes cast by
eligible subscribers.
(j) Documents to be filed following approval.--Within 30
days after the eligible subscribers approved the plan, the stock
company shall file the following documents with the
commissioner:
(1) the minutes of the meeting of the eligible
subscribers at which the plan was approved;
(2) the articles of incorporation and bylaws of the
stock company; and
(3) articles of merger for the merger of the reciprocal
insurer with and into the stock company. The plan shall be
consummated upon the filing of the articles of merger.
§ 3503. Contents of plan of conversion.
(a) Contents.--The following provisions shall be included in
a plan of conversion:
(1) The reasons for proposed conversion.
(2) The effect of conversion on existing policies,
including a provision that the policies in force on the
effective date of conversion continue to remain in force
under the terms of the policies, except that the following
rights, to the extent they existed in the reciprocal insurer,
shall be extinguished on the effective date of the
conversion:
(i) The voting rights of the subscribers provided
under the policies.
(ii) The right to share in the surplus of the
reciprocal insurer provided for under the policies.
(iii) The assessment provisions provided for under
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the policies.
(3) The grant of subscription rights to eligible
subscribers, including all of the following:
(i) A provision that each eligible subscriber is to
receive, without payment, nontransferable subscription
rights to purchase a portion of the capital stock of the
stock company and that, in the aggregate, the eligible
subscribers may, prior to the right of any other party,
purchase 100% of the capital stock of the stock company,
exclusive of the shares of capital stock required to be
sold or distributed to the holders of surplus notes or
the shares of capital stock required to be sold or
distributed to subscribers under the reciprocal insurer's
constituent documents.
(ii) As an alternative to subscription rights in the
stock company, the plan may provide that each eligible
subscriber is to receive, without payment,
nontransferable subscription rights to purchase a portion
of the capital stock of one of the following:
(A) the attorney or a holding company that will
act as the holding company for the stock company and,
in either case, will hold the stock of the stock
company; or
(B) an insurance company or other corporation
that will purchase all the stock of or otherwise
acquire the stock company.
(iii) A provision that the subscription rights shall
be allocated in whole shares among the eligible
subscribers using a fair and equitable formula. This
formula may, but need not, take into account how the
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different classes of policies of the eligible subscribers
contributed to the surplus of the reciprocal insurer or
any other factors that may be fair or equitable.
(b) Oversubscription.--The plan shall provide a fair and
equitable means for allocating shares of capital stock in the
event of an oversubscription to shares by eligible subscribers
exercising subscription rights received under subsection (a)(3).
(c) Shares not subscribed.--The plan shall provide that a
share of capital stock not subscribed to by an eligible
subscriber exercising subscription rights received under
subsection (a)(3) shall be sold in a public offering through an
underwriter or in another transaction approved by the
commissioner. If the number of shares of capital stock not
subscribed by eligible subscribers is so small in number or
other factors exist that do not warrant the time or expense of a
public offering, the plan of conversion may provide for sale of
the unsubscribed shares through a private placement or other
alternative method approved by the commissioner that is fair and
equitable to eligible subscribers.
(d) Market value of capital stock.--The following shall
apply:
(1) The plan shall set the price of the capital stock
equal to the estimated pro forma market value of the stock
company as successor to the reciprocal insurer based upon an
independent evaluation by a qualified expert.
(2) The pro forma market value may be the value that is
estimated to be necessary to attract full subscription for
the shares, as indicated by the independent evaluation and
may be stated as a range of pro forma market value.
(3) If the attorney is a party to the conversion either
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as the entity that grants subscription rights to subscribers
or the attorney is simultaneously acquired by the stock
company in connection with the conversion, the incremental
value of the attorney shall be included in the estimate of
pro forma market value of the stock company as successor to
the reciprocal insurer.
(4) The qualified expert shall consider the effect on
the pro forma market value of a right of subscribers to a
return of capital contained in the subscriber agreement or
other operative document of the reciprocal insurer.
(e) Purchase price of capital stock and minimum subscription
amount.--The plan shall set the purchase price per share of
capital stock equal to a reasonable amount. The minimum
subscription amount required of an eligible subscriber, however,
cannot exceed $500, but the plan may provide that the minimum
number of shares a person may purchase under the plan is 25
shares.
(f) Limitation on amount of capital stock purchase.--The
plan shall provide that a person or group of persons acting in
concert may not acquire, in the public offering or under the
exercise of subscription rights, more than 5% of the capital
stock of the stock company or the stock of another corporation
that is participating in the conversion plan, as provided in
subsection (a)(3)(i), except with the approval of the
commissioner. The limitation does not apply to an entity that is
to purchase 100% of the capital stock of the converted company
as part of the plan of conversion approved by the commissioner.
(g) Limitation on directors and officers.--The plan shall
provide that a director or officer or person acting in concert
with a director or officer of the reciprocal insurer or the
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attorney may not acquire capital stock of the stock company or
the stock of another corporation that is participating in the
conversion plan, as provided in subsection (a)(3)(i), for three
years after the effective date of the plan, except through a
broker-dealer, without the permission of the commissioner. This
subsection does not prohibit the directors and officers from
making a block purchase of 1% or more of the outstanding common
stock:
(1) other than through a broker-dealer if approved in
writing by the department;
(2) through the exercise of subscription rights received
under the plan; or
(3) from participation in a stock benefit plan approved
by shareholders under section 3509(b) (relating to conflict
of interest).
(h) Sale of stock by directors and officers.--The plan shall
provide that a director or officer may not sell stock purchased
under this section or section 3504(a) (relating to optional
provisions of plan of conversion) w ithin one year after the
effective date of the conversion.
(i) Holders of surplus notes.--The plan shall provide that
the rights of a holder of a surplus note to participate in the
conversion shall be governed by the terms of the surplus note
and the rights of subscribers to a return of capital shall be
governed by the subscriber agreement or other operative document
of the reciprocal insurer.
(j) Repurchase of capital stock.--The plan shall provide
that, without the prior approval of the commissioner, a stock
company, or a corporation participating in the conversion plan
under subsection (a)(3)(i), may not for a period of three years
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from the date of the completion of the conversion repurchase any
of its capital stock from a person. The restriction under this
subsection shall not apply to either:
(1) a repurchase on a pro rata basis under an offer made
to the shareholders of the stock company or a corporation
participating in the conversion plan under subsection (a)(3)
(i); or
(2) a purchase in the open market by a tax-qualified or
nontax-qualified employee stock benefit plan in an amount
reasonable and appropriate to fund the plan.
§ 3504. Optional provisions of plan of conversion.
(a) Subscription rights.--The plan may provide that the
directors and officers of the attorney and the reciprocal
insurer shall receive, without payment, nontransferable
subscription rights to purchase capital stock of the stock
company or the stock of another corporation that is
participating in the conversion plan, as provided in section
3503(a)(3)(ii) (relating to contents of plan of conversion) . The
subscription rights shall be allocated among the directors and
officers by a fair and equitable formula and shall be
subordinate to the subscription rights of eligible subscribers.
This chapter may not require the subordination of subscription
rights received by directors and officers in their capacity as
eligible subscribers.
(b) Maximum share purchase by directors and officers.--The
aggregate total number of shares that may be purchased by
directors and officers of the attorney and the reciprocal
insurer in their capacity under subsection (a) and in their
capacity as eligible subscrib ers under section 3503(a)(3) may
not exceed 35% of the total number of shares to be issued if
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total assets of the reciprocal insurer are less than $50,000,000
or 25% of the total number of shares to be issued if total
assets of the reciprocal insurer are more than $500,000,000. For
reciprocal companies with total assets of or between $50,000,000
and $500,000,000, the percentage of the total number of shares
that may be purchased shall be interpolated.
(c) Liquidation account.--The plan may provide for the
creation of a liquidation account for the benefit of subscribers
in the event of voluntary liquidation subsequent to conversion
in an amount equal to the surplus of the reciprocal insurer,
exclusive of the principal amount of a surplus note, on the last
day of the quarter immediately preceding the date of adoption of
the plan.
§ 3505. Alternative plan of conversion.
A plan of conversion may be adopted that does not rely in
whole or in part upon issuing nontransferable subscription
rights to subscribers to purchase stock of the stock company if
the commissioner finds that the plan does not prejudice the
interests of the subscribers, is fair and equitable and is not
inconsistent with the purpose and intent of this chapter. An
alternative plan may:
(1) Include the acquisition or merger of the stock
company or a corporation participating in the conversion plan
under section 3503(a)(3)(ii) (relating to contents of plan of
conversion) by or into a domestic or foreign stock company.
(2) Provide for issuing stock, cash or other
consideration to subscribers instead of subscription rights.
(3) Set forth another plan containing any other
provisions approved by the commissioner.
§ 3506. Effective date of plan.
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A plan is effective when the following have been completed:
(1) The commissioner has approved the plan.
(2) The eligible subscribers have approved the plan.
(3) If the stock company becomes successor to the
reciprocal insurer by merger, the eligible subscribers have
approved the merger of the reciprocal insurer with and into
the stock company and the articles of merger have been filed
with the Secretary of the Commonwealth.
§ 3507. Rights of subscribers whose policies are issued after
adoption of plan and before effective date.
(a) Notice.--A subscriber shall be sent a written notice
regarding the plan upon issuance of a policy if the subscriber's
policy is issued after the later of:
(1) the date the proposed plan has been adopted; or
(2) if different, the record date for establishing
subscribers eligible to vote on the plan.
The notice shall be sent before the effective date of the plan.
(b) Cancellation and refund.--A subscriber entitled to
receive the notice provided for in subsection (a) shall be
advised of the subscriber's right of cancellation and to a pro
rata refund of unearned premiums.
(c) Limitation on subscribers.--A subscriber who has made or
filed a claim under the subscriber's insurance policy may not
receive a refund under subsection (b). A person who has
exercised the rights provided under subsection (b) may not make
or file a claim under the subscribers insurance policy.
§ 3508. Corporate existence.
On the effective date of the conversion, the corporate
existence of the reciprocal insurer continues in the stock
company. On the effective date of the conversion, the assets,
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rights, franchises and interests of the reciprocal insurer in
and to every species of real, personal and mixed property and
the accompanying things in action, are vested in the stock
company, without a deed or other instrument of transfer and the
stock company assumes the obligations and liabilities of the
reciprocal insurer.
§ 3509. Conflict of interest.
(a) Compensation.--A director, officer, agent or employee of
the attorney or reciprocal insurer may not receive a fee,
commission or other valuable consideration, other than his usual
regular salary or compensation, for aiding, promoting or
assisting in a conversion under this chapter except as provided
for in the plan approved by the commissioner. This subsection
does not prohibit the payment of reasonable fees and
compensation to counsel, accountants and actuaries for services
performed in the independent practice of their professions, even
if the counsel, accountant or actuary is also a director or
officer of the attorney or the reciprocal insurer.
(b) Stock benefit plan.--For a period of two years after the
effective date of the conversion, a stock company may not
implement a nontax-qualified stock benefit plan unless the plan
is approved by a majority of votes eligible to be cast at a
meeting of shareholders held not less than six months after the
effective date of the conversion.
(c) Costs and expenses.--The costs and expenses connected
with a plan of conversion shall be paid for or reimbursed by the
reciprocal insurer or the stock company. If the plan provides
for participation by another corporation or stock company in the
plan under section 3503(a)(3)(ii) (relating to contents of plan
of conversion), the corporation or stock company may pay for or
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reimburse all or a portion of the costs and expenses connected
with the plan.
§ 3510. Failure to give notice.
If the reciprocal insurer complies substantially and in good
faith with the notice requirements of this chapter, the
reciprocal insurer's failure to send a subscriber the required
notice does not impair the validity of an action taken under
this chapter.
§ 3511. Limitation on actions.
An action challenging the validity of or arising out of acts
taken or proposed to be taken under this chapter shall be
commenced no later than 30 days after the later of the approval
of the plan by the commissioner or the deemed approval of the
plan by a vote of the eligible subscribers.
§ 3512. Reciprocal insurer insolvent or in hazardous financial
condition.
(a) Waiver of requirements.--If a reciprocal insurer seeking
to convert is insolvent or is in hazardous financial condition
according to information supplied in its most recent annual or
quarterly statement filed with the department or as determined
by a financial examination performed by the department under
Article IX of the act of May 17, 1921 (P.L.789, No.285), known
as The Insurance Department Act of 1921, the requirements of
this chapter, including notice to and policyholder approval of
the plan of conversion, may be waived at the discretion of the
commissioner, if requested by the attorney or the reciprocal
insurer. If a waiver under this section is ordered by the
commissioner, the reciprocal insurer shall specify the following
in its plan of conversion:
(1) The method and basis for the issuance of the stock
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company's shares of its capital stock to an independent party
in connection with an investment by the independent party in
an amount sufficient to restore the stock company, as
successor to the reciprocal insurer, to a sound financial
condition.
(2) That the conversion shall be accomplished without
granting subscription rights or other consideration to the
past, present or future subscribers.
(b) Authority of commissioner.--This section shall not alter
or limit the authority of the commissioner under the provisions
of law, including, but not limited to, Article V of The
Insurance Department Act of 1921.
§ 3513. Rules and regulations.
The commissioner may promulgate rules and regulations to
administer and enforce this chapter.
§ 3514. Laws applicable to stock company.
(a) Control of stock company.--A reciprocal insurer may not
convert under this chapter if as a direct result of the
conversion a person or the person's affiliates acquire control
of the stock company, unless that person and the person's
affiliates comply with the provisions of section 1402 of the act
of May 17, 1921 (P.L.682, No.284), known as The Insurance
Company Law of 1921. For purposes of this subsection, the term
"control" shall have the meaning provided in section 1401 of The
Insurance Company Law of 1921.
(b) Stock insurance company rules.--Except as otherwise
specified in this chapter, a stock company resulting from the
conversion of a reciprocal insurer under this chapter shall have
and may exercise the rights and privileges and shall be subject
to the requirements and regulations imposed upon stock insurance
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companies formed under this act and other laws of this
Commonwealth relating to the regulation and supervision of
insurance companies, but it may not exercise rights or
privileges that other stock insurance companies may not
exercise.
§ 3515. Licensing of stock company and commencement of business
as an insurance company.
The commissioner may waive the minimum surplus requirement of
a stock company in connection with the initial licensing of a
stock company that will be the successor to a reciprocal
insurer. The stock company may not engage in the business of
insurance as a stock company until the completion of the merger
with the reciprocal insurer and compliance with the provisions
of this chapter.
§ 3516. Amendment of policies.
By endorsement or rider approved by the commissioner and sent
to the policyholder, a reciprocal insurer may simultaneously
with or after the adoption of a plan of conversion amend an
outstanding insurance policy for the purpose of extinguishing a
right of the holder of the policy to share in the surplus of the
reciprocal insurer. This amendment shall be void if the plan of
conversion is not submitted to the commissioner or, if
submitted, is disapproved by the commissioner or, if approved by
the commissioner, is not approved by the eligible subscribers on
or before the first anniversary of its approval by the
commissioner.
§ 3517. Prohibition on acquisitions of control.
Except as otherwise specifically provided in section 3503
(relating to contents of plan of conversion), from the date a
plan of conversion is adopted until the effective date of the
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plan of conversion, a person may not directly or indirectly
offer to acquire, make an announcement to acquire or acquire in
any manner, including making a filing with the department for
acquisition under a statute or regulation of this Commonwealth,
the beneficial ownership of 10% or more of a class of a voting
security of the attorney or the stock company that will be the
successor of the reciprocal insurer or of a person that controls
the voting securities of the attorney or the stock company that
will be the successor of the reciprocal insurer.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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