After the date of filing any such resolution with the commissioner, the company shall not make or declare or pay in any form any dividend upon its capital stock, exceeding eight percent per annum thereupon and six percent per annum upon the surplus funds to be formed hereunder, until after its guaranty surplus fund and its special reserve fund shall have together accumulated to an amount equal to its capital stock or to the sum of $2,000,000; and any part of the surplus profits of the company above this annual dividend may be equally divided between and set apart to constitute the guaranty surplus fund and the special reserve fund, which funds shall be held and used as hereinafter provided, and not otherwise. Any company doing business under sections 65A.16 to 65A.24, whose guaranty surplus fund and special reserve fund shall have together accumulated to an amount equal to its capital stock or to the sum of $2,000,000, may, from time to time, declare dividends out of its surplus profits in such amounts as its board of directors may prescribe, subject only to the limitation that the payment of these dividends shall not deplete its capital, nor reduce the aggregate amount of the guaranty surplus and special reserve funds to an amount less than the amount of its capital stock, or if its capital stock exceeds $2,000,000, to an amount less than $2,000,000; and, subject to the further limitation that no dividends exceeding ten percent upon the capital stock shall be declared in any year if the payment thereof would reduce the aggregate amount of all surplus funds, including guaranty surplus and special reserve funds, below an amount equal to 30 percent of its unearned premiums. Any company doing business under sections 65A.16 to 65A.24, which shall declare or pay any dividend contrary to the provisions herein contained, shall be liable to be proceeded against under chapter 60B for its dissolution.
1967 c 395 art 6 s 18; 1969 c 708 s 63; 1997 c 7 art 1 s 19
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 59A - 79A — Insurance
Chapter 65A — Fire And Related Insurance
Section 65A.01 — Minnesota Standard Fire Insurance Policy.
Section 65A.02 — Joint Policy.
Section 65A.03 — Binders, Temporary Insurance.
Section 65A.04 — Effect On Section 65a.08.
Section 65A.05 — Nuclear Reaction, Radiation Or Radioactive Contamination; Endorsement.
Section 65A.06 — Motor Vehicle, Ocean And Inland Marine Policies.
Section 65A.061 — Creditors Limited To Existing Insurance.
Section 65A.07 — Cancellation Of Fire Policy.
Section 65A.08 — Special Provisions.
Section 65A.09 — Insurance In Excess Of Replacement Cost.
Section 65A.11 — Payment To Mortgagee.
Section 65A.12 — Waiver Of Right To Appraisal.
Section 65A.13 — Liability Of Company.
Section 65A.14 — Person Who Procures An Application Agent Of Issuing Company.
Section 65A.16 — Guaranty Surplus And Special Reserve Fund.
Section 65A.17 — Action Of Stockholders Filed With Commissioner.
Section 65A.18 — Dividends Declared Out Of Surplus Profits.
Section 65A.20 — Items Considered In Estimating Profit.
Section 65A.21 — Investment Of Guaranty Surplus.
Section 65A.22 — Investment Of Special Reserve Fund.
Section 65A.23 — When Claims Exceed Guaranty Surplus And Capital Stock.
Section 65A.24 — Stockholders To Make Up Impairment.
Section 65A.26 — Hail Insurance, Policies, Loss Adjustment.
Section 65A.28 — Disclosure And Filing Requirements.
Section 65A.285 — Surcharge Prohibition.
Section 65A.29 — Cancellation; Nonrenewal; Refusal To Write.
Section 65A.295 — Homeowner's Insurance Coverage.
Section 65A.296 — Proof Of Loss.
Section 65A.30 — Day Care Services; Coverage.
Section 65A.301 — Adult Foster Care Services; Coverage.
Section 65A.302 — Flood Insurance Coverage; Disclosure Of Noncoverage.
Section 65A.31 — Minnesota Fair Plan Act.
Section 65A.34 — Plan Coverage.
Section 65A.35 — Administration.
Section 65A.36 — Underwriting.
Section 65A.37 — Policy Forms.
Section 65A.38 — Policy Cancellation.
Section 65A.40 — Education Programs.
Section 65A.42 — Immunity From Liability.
Section 65A.45 — Residential Renter's Insurance Policy.
Section 65A.50 — Trust Or Escrow Accounts; Insured Real Property Fire Or Explosion Loss Proceeds.