§431:4-307 - Mutual accident and health or sickness insurer.

     §431:4-307  Mutual accident and health or sickness insurer.  (a)  When applying for a certificate of authority, a domestic mutual accident and health or sickness insurer shall:

     (1)  Have at least five hundred applications from at least five hundred persons for individual accident and health or sickness insurance providing not more than $1,000 of accidental death benefit and not more than $25 of weekly indemnity for each applicant;

     (2)  Have collected from each applicant the proper premium for one year, and have so received from all applicants premiums aggregating at least $25,000; and

     (3)  Have a surplus over all liabilities, as at completion of issuance of the insurance contracts so applied for, amounting to not less than $450,000.

     (b)  In lieu of the applications, premiums, and surplus, it is required to have a surplus amounting to not less than $675,000 over all liabilities. [L 1987, c 347, pt of §2 as superseded by c 348, §9; am L 2002, c 155, §10]