Section 26-24-138 - Nonassessable Policies.

WY Stat § 26-24-138 (2019) (N/A)
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26-24-138. Nonassessable policies.

(a) A domestic mutual insurer while maintaining unimpaired surplus funds not less in amount than the minimum paid-in capital stock and surplus required to be maintained by a domestic stock insurer, formed under this code, for authority to transact the same kinds of insurance, upon receipt of the commissioner's order so authorizing, may extinguish the contingent liability to assessment of its members as to all its policies in force and may omit provisions imposing contingent liability in all policies currently issued.

(b) The commissioner shall not authorize a domestic insurer to extinguish the contingent liability of any of its members or in any of its policies to be issued, unless it qualifies to and does extinguish the liability of all its members and in all its policies for all kinds of insurance it transacted.

(c) A foreign or alien mutual insurer may issue nonassessable policies to its members in this state pursuant to its charter and the laws of its domicile.