Minnesota Statutes
Chapter 61A — Life Insurance
Section 61A.40 — Qualifications For License; Number Of Members.

No corporation not now authorized to transact business in this state shall be licensed to transact the business of life or casualty insurance, or both, upon the cooperative or assessment plan, until at least 300 persons eligible to membership have made individual applications, in writing, containing warranties of age, health, and other required conditions of membership, and the corporation has on deposit with the commissioner, as security for all its policyholders, stocks or bonds of this state or of the United States, or bonds of any of the municipalities of this state, or personal obligations secured by first mortgage on real estate within this state, worth, exclusive of buildings, the amount of the lien, and bearing interest of not less than three percent per annum, to an amount the actual market value of which, exclusive of interest, shall never be less than $100,000; provided, that any corporation which has heretofore procured and filed with the commissioner a part of the total number of applications required by law shall only be required to deposit securities of the market value of $5,000; and provided, that a corporation that confines its membership exclusively to the members of volunteer fire departments shall be required to have not less than 100 individual applications, in writing, from persons eligible to membership and the sum of at least $1,000, which amount shall be liable only for death or indemnity claims made under its policy or membership certificate contracts.
1967 c 395 art 2 s 40; 1978 c 465 s 10

Structure Minnesota Statutes

Minnesota Statutes

Chapters 59A - 79A — Insurance

Chapter 61A — Life 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.08 — Exceptions.

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.13 — Definitions.

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.20 — Rules.

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.258 — Preneed Insurance Products; Minimum Mortality Standards For Reserves And Nonforfeiture Values.

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.50 — Application.

Section 61A.51 — Insolvency.

Section 61A.52 — Reserve Required.

Section 61A.53 — Definitions.

Section 61A.54 — Exemptions.

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.

Section 61A.74 — Annual Certifications.

Section 61A.745 — Penalties.