611.07 General corporate powers and procedures.
(1) Powers. Subject to s. 611.63, s. 180.0302 applies to stock corporations and s. 181.0302 (intro.), (1) to (15), (18) and (19) applies to mutuals.
(2) Effect of unauthorized corporate acts. Section 180.0304 applies to stock corporations and s. 181.0304 applies to mutuals, except that references to “attorney general" shall be read as “commissioner".
(4) Waiver of notice and informal action by shareholders, policyholders or directors. Sections 180.0704, 180.0706, 180.0821, and 180.0823 apply to stock corporations and ss. 181.0704, 181.0706, 181.0821, and 181.0823 apply to mutuals. Section 180.0821 also applies to a committee of the board of a stock corporation and s. 181.0821 also applies to a committee of the board of a mutual, except that, in both cases, references to “board" shall be read as “committee" and “directors" shall mean members of the board appointed to serve on the committee.
(6) Power to hold assets as trustee. A life insurance corporation may hold assets under s. 632.42 (1) as trustee or as general corporate assets.
(7) Correcting filed document. Section 180.0124 applies to stock corporations.
History: 1971 c. 260; 1973 c. 128 ss. 25, 30; 1973 c. 184, 336; 1975 c. 373 s. 40; 1975 c. 375 s. 44; 1975 c. 422; 1979 c. 110; 1987 a. 13; 1989 a. 303; 1997 a. 79, 252; 2015 a. 90.
Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 611 - Domestic stock and mutual insurance corporations.
611.03 - Orders imposing and relaxing restrictions.
611.07 - General corporate powers and procedures.
611.10 - Reservation of corporate name.
611.13 - Organization permit and certificate of incorporation.
611.14 - Powers under organization permit.
611.15 - Deposit of proceeds of subscriptions.
611.16 - Termination of organization permit and payment of organization expenses.
611.18 - Incorporators' liability and organization expenses.
611.19 - Initial capital and surplus requirements.
611.20 - Certificate of authority.
611.22 - Accelerated organization procedure.
611.223 - Transfer of an insurer's place of domicile.
611.23 - Municipal insurance mutuals.
611.24 - Segregated accounts in general.
611.25 - Special provisions for separate accounts for variable contracts.
611.28 - Changes in business plan.
611.29 - Amendment of articles.
611.31 - Securities regulation.
611.33 - Authorized securities.
611.34 - Corporate repurchase of shares.
611.36 - Number of shareholders.
611.40 - Shareholders' meetings.
611.41 - Communications to shareholders or policyholders and commissioner's attendance at meetings.
611.42 - Mutual policyholders' voting rights.
611.425 - Mutual policyholders' proxy voting.
611.426 - Remote participation in policyholder meetings.
611.43 - Annual report to mutual policyholders.
611.52 - Election and removal of directors and officers of stock corporations.
611.53 - Selection and removal of directors and officers of mutuals.
611.54 - Supervision of management changes.
611.55 - Continuity of management in emergencies.
611.56 - Committees of directors.
611.57 - Interlocking directorates and other relationships.
611.60 - Transactions in which directors and others are interested.
611.61 - Transactions of insurers with affiliates.
611.62 - Directors' and officers' liability and indemnification.
611.63 - Executive compensation.
611.66 - Exclusive agency contracts.
611.67 - Management contract services.
611.69 - Dividends and other distributions.
611.71 - Acquisition of all of the shares or of a class of shares of an insurance corporation.
611.72 - Merger or other acquisition of control of a stock insurance corporation.
611.74 - Voluntary dissolution of domestic insurance corporations.
611.75 - Conversion of a domestic stock corporation into a mutual.
611.76 - Conversion of a domestic mutual into a stock corporation.
611.77 - Conversion of assessable to nonassessable and nonassessable to assessable mutuals.
611.78 - Transfer of business or assets.
611.79 - Conversion of a domestic mutual life insurance company into a fraternal.