District of Columbia Code
Chapter 44 - Domestic Life Companies
§ 31–4421. Directors — Annual election; qualifications; limitation on proxies

The stock, property, and business of every company organized under this subdivision shall be managed by the directors who shall, except for the 1st year, be annually elected, at such time and place as shall be determined by the bylaws of the company. All proxies used in the election of directors of such companies shall be valid for a period not exceeding 1 year from the election for which they were signed and in which they were authorized to be voted.
(June 19, 1934, 48 Stat. 1149, ch. 672, ch. III, § 21; Mar. 8, 2007, D.C. Law 16-232, § 205(b)(2), 54 DCR 368.)
1981 Ed., § 35-621.
1973 Ed., § 35-521.
This section is referenced in § 31-735.
D.C. Law 16-232 deleted the second sentence, which had read: “Every director of such a stock company shall be a stockholder thereof, and every director of such a mutual company shall be a policyholder thereof.”
Mutual insurance holding company, membership interest, see § 31-735.
Quo warranto proceedings to question right to corporate office, see § 16-3501 et seq.

Structure District of Columbia Code

District of Columbia Code

Title 31 - Insurance and Securities

Chapter 44 - Domestic Life Companies

§ 31–4401. Formation — Required contents of articles of incorporation

§ 31–4402. Formation — Filing, notice and bond requirements

§ 31–4403. Formation — Corporate powers during completion of organization; issuance of certificate of authority

§ 31–4404. Formation — Authority to solicit stock subscriptions or insurance applications

§ 31–4405. Formation — Disposition of sums paid upon stock subscriptions

§ 31–4406. Formation — Examination of company; revocation and reinstatement of company’s permit or agent’s authority

§ 31–4407. Formation — Time limitation for issuance of policies

§ 31–4408. Minimum capital and surplus requirements

§ 31–4409. Amendment of articles of incorporation

§ 31–4410. Increase of capital stock

§ 31–4411. Decrease of capital stock

§ 31–4412. Liability of stockholders; rights of fiduciary stockholders and persons pledging stock

§ 31–4413. Payments for capital stock

§ 31–4414. Capital stock transfers

§ 31–4415. Capital stock records

§ 31–4416. Mutual companies — Corporations, boards, or associations as agents or members thereof

§ 31–4417. Mutual companies — Requirements before doing business

§ 31–4418. Reincorporation of existing corporations

§ 31–4419. Conversion of stock companies into mutual life companies

§ 31–4420. Applicability of provisions to existing corporations

§ 31–4421. Directors — Annual election; qualifications; limitation on proxies

§ 31–4422. Directors — Power to make bylaws

§ 31–4423. Directors — General election procedure

§ 31–4424. Directors — Cumulative voting in stock company election

§ 31–4425. Voting powers under group policies

§ 31–4426. Liability of directors

§ 31–4427. Salaries to be authorized by directors

§ 31–4428. Limitation of payments to stockholders and policyholders

§ 31–4429. Election or appointment of officers; required security

§ 31–4430. Officers and directors not to be pecuniarily interested in transactions

§ 31–4431. Voting-trust agreements

§ 31–4432. Maximum and contingent premiums of mutual companies. [Repealed]

§ 31–4433. Classification of risks and members, payment of dividends, and creation of surplus by mutual companies

§ 31–4434. Power of mutual company to borrow or assume liability

§ 31–4435. Investments and loans. [Repealed]

§ 31–4436. Domestic company real-estate holdings. [Repealed]

§ 31–4437. Reinsurance by domestic companies in authorized companies. [Repealed]

§ 31–4438. Reinsurance of risks. [Repealed]

§ 31–4439. Vouchers or affidavits as evidence of disbursements

§ 31–4440. Manner of keeping books, records, accounts, and vouchers

§ 31–4441. Acquisition of own capital stock. [Repealed]

§ 31–4442. Variable or modified guaranteed contracts

§ 31–4443. Effect of merger or consolidation

§ 31–4444. Procedure for merger of domestic companies

§ 31–4445. Procedure for consolidating domestic companies

§ 31–4446. Merger or consolidation of domestic and foreign companies

§ 31–4447. Merger or consolidation — Approval by Mayor

§ 31–4448. Merger or consolidation — Procedures before voting

§ 31–4449. Merger or consolidation — Approval by shareholders

§ 31–4450. Merger or consolidation — Rights of dissenting shareholders

§ 31–4451. Articles of merger or consolidation

§ 31–4452. Date merger or consolidation completed