Subdivision 1. Cooperative plan. Every corporation, society, or association which issues a certificate or policy or makes an agreement with its members by which, upon the decease of a member, any money is to be paid to, or benefit conferred upon, the legal representatives or designated beneficiaries of such member, or reaching a certain age, to pay any money or benefit to the member, such money or benefit to be derived from voluntary donations, admission fees, dues, or assessments to be collected from its members or any class thereof, and which reserves the right to make any additional assessments, or without the consent of the certificate or policyholder to increase the premium named therein, shall be deemed to be engaged in the business of life insurance upon the cooperative or assessment plan. Every corporation which likewise agrees, in case of accident, sickness, or other physical disability, or reaching a certain age, to pay money or confer benefits likewise derived and issuing certificates or policies with similar conditions with reference to the payment of dues or assessments, shall be deemed to be engaged in the business of casualty insurance upon the cooperative or assessment plan, and shall, except as herein otherwise specified, be subject to the provisions of sections 61A.39 to 61A.42 and 61A.44 to 61A.50.
Subd. 2. Continued corporate existence. Notwithstanding the repeal of sections 63.01, 63.011, and 63.02 to 63.35 pursuant to Laws 1983, chapter 104, section 1, any corporation, society or association formed or having existed under Laws 1933, chapter 241, whether or not it amended its articles of incorporation in accordance with Laws 1945, chapter 178, as amended by Laws 1951, chapter 257, and which has transformed itself into a cooperative life insurance company to engage in business under the cooperative plan, shall be and continue to exist as a corporation by virtue of the provisions hereof and may exercise and shall continue to have and to hold all the rights, privileges and powers which it had, prior to the repeal of such sections, including those derived under Laws 1945, chapter 178, section 1, as amended by Laws 1951, chapter 257, section 2.
1967 c 395 art 2 s 39; 1984 c 602 s 1; 1986 c 444
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 59A - 79A — Insurance
Section 61A.01 — Life Insurance Company Defined.
Section 61A.011 — Interest On Unpaid Benefits.
Section 61A.02 — Forms Of Policy.
Section 61A.021 — Sale Of Life Insurance And Annuity As Single Policy Prohibited.
Section 61A.03 — Required Provisions; Life Insurance Policies.
Section 61A.031 — Suicide Provisions.
Section 61A.04 — Spendthrift Provisions.
Section 61A.05 — Life Policies To Contain Entire Contract.
Section 61A.06 — Aviation And War Risk Exclusion Permitted.
Section 61A.07 — Prohibited Provisions.
Section 61A.071 — Applications.
Section 61A.072 — Accelerated Benefits.
Section 61A.09 — Group Life Insurance.
Section 61A.091 — Employee Group Life Insurance Plans.
Section 61A.092 — Continuation Of Coverage For Life Insurance.
Section 61A.093 — Certificate Of Insurance.
Section 61A.10 — Extension Of Time For Payment Of Premiums.
Section 61A.11 — Misstatement, When Not To Invalidate Policy.
Section 61A.12 — Beneficiaries.
Section 61A.14 — Companies Entitled To Issue Contracts; Accounts; Investments.
Section 61A.15 — Contract Provisions.
Section 61A.16 — Contract Provisions.
Section 61A.17 — Filing Of Contracts.
Section 61A.18 — Disapproval Of Contracts.
Section 61A.19 — Company Requirements.
Section 61A.21 — Application Of Other Laws.
Section 61A.22 — Contracts To Specify Benefits And Consideration.
Section 61A.23 — Provisions In Policies; Laws Of Other States.
Section 61A.24 — Standard Nonforfeiture Law For Life Insurance.
Section 61A.245 — Standard Nonforfeiture Law For Individual Deferred Annuities.
Section 61A.25 — Standard Valuation Law.
Section 61A.255 — Smoker And Nonsmoker Mortality Tables.
Section 61A.257 — Preferred Mortality Tables For Use In Determining Minimum Reserve Liabilities.
Section 61A.27 — Contingency Reserve; Limitations.
Section 61A.276 — Funding Agreements.
Section 61A.28 — Domestic Companies, Investments.
Section 61A.281 — Investments; Subsidiaries.
Section 61A.282 — Investments In Name Of Company Or Nominee And Prohibitions.
Section 61A.283 — Admitted Assets.
Section 61A.284 — Investments; Capital Stock Of Other Insurance Companies.
Section 61A.29 — Foreign Investments.
Section 61A.30 — Joint Investments.
Section 61A.31 — Real Estate Holdings.
Section 61A.315 — Investments And Holdings; Limitations.
Section 61A.39 — Cooperative Life And Casualty Companies.
Section 61A.40 — Qualifications For License; Number Of Members.
Section 61A.41 — Reserve Fund; Reciprocal Provisions.
Section 61A.42 — Payments; Liens; Assessments; Policies To Be Labeled.
Section 61A.43 — Accumulations; Amendment To Articles Or Bylaws.
Section 61A.44 — Limitation On Expenses; Life Insurance.
Section 61A.45 — Limitation On Expenses; Companies With Reserve Deposits.
Section 61A.46 — Net Rates; Reserve Fund; Limitation Of Expenses.
Section 61A.47 — Reinsurance Or Consolidation.
Section 61A.48 — Change To Legal Reserve Or Level Premium Companies.
Section 61A.52 — Reserve Required.
Section 61A.55 — Duties Of Agents And Brokers.
Section 61A.56 — Duties Of All Insurers.
Section 61A.57 — Duties Of Insurers That Use Agents Or Brokers.
Section 61A.58 — Duties Of Insurers With Respect To Direct Response Sales.
Section 61A.59 — Enforcement; Effect Of Compliance.
Section 61A.60 — Required Replacement Notice And Form.
Section 61A.70 — Applicability And Scope.
Section 61A.705 — Definitions.
Section 61A.71 — Policies To Be Illustrated.
Section 61A.715 — General Rules And Prohibitions.
Section 61A.72 — Standards For Basic Illustrations.
Section 61A.725 — Standards For Supplemental Illustrations.
Section 61A.73 — Delivery Of Illustration And Record Retention.
Section 61A.735 — Annual Report; Notice To Policy Owners.