613.51 Board of directors.
(1) General. The affairs of a corporation shall be managed by a board of directors. Directors need not be residents of this state or members of the corporation unless the articles of incorporation or bylaws so require. The articles of incorporation or bylaws may prescribe other qualifications for directors.
(2) Number, selection and classification of directors. Section 611.51 (2) and the first sentence of s. 611.51 (5) apply to service insurance corporations. Sections 181.0803 to 181.0811 apply to service insurance corporations except as modified by ss. 613.53 and 613.54.
(3) Inside directors. Employees and representatives of a service insurance corporation may not constitute a majority of its board.
(3m) Subsidiaries and closely held corporations. Subsection (3) and s. 611.51 (2) (a) do not apply to an insurance subsidiary authorized under s. 613.26 nor to a nonstock insurance corporation with a single voting member or all of whose voting members are either members of or are individually represented on the board.
(4) Unlawful delegation. The board shall manage the business and affairs of the corporation and may not delegate its power or responsibility to do so, except to the extent authorized by ss. 181.0841 and 613.56.
(5) Quorum and voting. Section 181.0824 applies to service insurance corporations, except as modified by s. 613.60.
(6) Books and records. Sections 181.1601 to 181.1605 apply to service insurance corporations.
(7) Place and notice of directors' meetings. Sections 181.0820, 181.0822 and 181.0823 apply to service insurance corporations.
History: 1975 c. 223; 1997 a. 79; 2021 a. 258.
Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 613 - Service insurance corporations.
613.03 - Applicability of other laws to service insurance corporations.
613.04 - Orders imposing and eliminating restrictions.
613.07 - General corporate powers and procedures.
613.10 - Reserved and registered names.
613.13 - Certificate of incorporation and authority.
613.19 - Financial and contractual resources.
613.20 - Alteration of certificate of authority.
613.24 - Segregated asset and special accounts.
613.28 - Changes in business plan.
613.29 - Amendment of articles.
613.31 - Securities regulation.
613.33 - Authorized securities.
613.40 - Members and meetings.
613.41 - Communications to members or policyholders and attendance at meetings.
613.51 - Board of directors.
613.53 - Policyholder or public members of board of directors.
613.54 - Supervision of management changes.
613.55 - Continuity of management in emergencies.
613.56 - Committees of directors.
613.57 - Interlocking directorates and other relationships.
613.58 - Policyholders' committee.
613.60 - Transactions with affiliates in which directors and others are interested.
613.62 - Directors' and officers' liability and indemnification.
613.63 - Executive compensation.
613.66 - Exclusive agency contracts.
613.67 - Management contracts.
613.72 - Merger of service insurance corporations.
613.74 - Voluntary dissolution of solvent service insurance corporations.
613.75 - Conversion of a service insurance corporation into a stock or mutual insurance corporation.
613.78 - Transfer of business or assets.