616.74 Manner of obtaining company license; fee.
(1) No certificate of authority shall be issued by the commissioner until the company has filed with the commissioner the following:
(a) A formal application in such form and detail as the commissioner may require, executed under oath by its president or other principal officer;
(b) A certified copy of its charter or articles of incorporation and its bylaws, if any;
(c) A certificate from the department of financial institutions, if it is a nonprofit corporation, that it has complied with the corporation laws of this state; if it is a corporation the stock of which has been or is being sold to the general public, a certificate from the division of securities that it has complied with the requirements of the securities law of this state.
(2) No certificate of authority shall be issued by the commissioner until the company has paid to the commissioner the fee required by s. 601.31 (1) (b).
(3) Every certificate of authority issued hereunder shall expire annually on July 1, of each year, unless sooner revoked or suspended, as hereinafter provided.
History: 1971 c. 307; 1977 c. 339 s. 8; Stats. 1977 s. 616.74; 1979 c. 102 s. 237; 1991 a. 316; 1995 a. 27.
Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 616 - Miscellaneous insurers.
616.03 - Designation of a mutual insurer as a school benefit insurer.
616.06 - Continuation of existing school benefit plans.
616.07 - Certificate of authority.
616.08 - Organization of new insurers.
616.09 - Applicability of other statutes.
616.10 - Exemption from taxation.
616.14 - Limitations applicable to plans under s. 616.06.
616.18 - Restrictions on transactions.
616.54 - Requirements for doing business.
616.56 - Form filing and required disclosures.
616.60 - Record-keeping requirements.
616.71 - Motor club service; definitions.
616.72 - License to sell motor club service.
616.74 - Manner of obtaining company license; fee.
616.76 - Form of service contract.
616.77 - Execution of service contract.
616.78 - Contents of contract.
616.79 - Only agents to solicit business.
616.80 - Misrepresentations forbidden.