508C.6 Creation of association.
1. A nonprofit legal entity is created to be known as the Iowa life and health insurance guaranty association. All member insurers shall be and shall remain members of the association as a condition of their authority to transact insurance or health maintenance organization business in this state. The association shall perform its functions under the plan of operation established and approved under section 508C.10 and shall exercise its powers through the board of directors established in section 508C.7. For purposes of administration and assessment, the association shall maintain all of the following accounts:
a. A health account.
b. A life insurance account.
c. An annuity account, which shall include annuity contracts owned by a governmental retirement plan, or the plan’s trustee, established under section 401, 403(b), or 457 of the United States Internal Revenue Code, but shall otherwise exclude unallocated annuities.
d. An unallocated annuity contract account, which shall exclude contracts owned by a governmental retirement benefit plan, or the plan’s trustee, established under section 401, 403(b), or 457 of the United States Internal Revenue Code.
2. The association is subject to the immediate supervision of the commissioner and the applicable provisions of the insurance laws of this state.
87 Acts, ch 223, §6; 88 Acts, ch 1135, §7, 8; 2008 Acts, ch 1123, §15; 2019 Acts, ch 12, §9, 35, 36
Referred to in §508C.5, 508C.9
2019 amendment applies beginning March 29, 2019; 2019 Acts, ch 12, §35, 36
Structure Iowa Code
Chapter 508C - IOWA LIFE AND HEALTH INSURANCE GUARANTY ASSOCIATION
Section 508C.4 - Construction.
Section 508C.6 - Creation of association.
Section 508C.7 - Board of directors.
Section 508C.8 - Powers and duties of association.
Section 508C.8A - Principal place of business — determination.
Section 508C.10 - Plan of operation.
Section 508C.11 - Duties and powers of commissioner.
Section 508C.12 - Prevention of insolvencies.
Section 508C.13 - Miscellaneous provisions.
Section 508C.14 - Examination of association — annual report.
Section 508C.15 - Tax exemptions.
Section 508C.16 - Immunity — indemnification.
Section 508C.17 - Stay of proceedings — reopening default judgments.
Section 508C.18 - Prohibited advertisements.
Section 508C.18A - Notice to policyholders — summary of chapter and disclosure.