§ 26.1-12.1-06 — Hearing by commissioner - General duties

North Dakota § 26.1-12.1-06

• Jurisdiction: North Dakota
• Title 26.1: Insurance
• Ch. 26.1-12.1: Mutual Insurance Company Reorganization

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The commissioner shall conduct a public hearing regarding a proposed reorganization plan
within sixty days after submission of a completed plan of reorganization to the commissioner,
unless the commissioner and reorganizing insurer agree to extend the sixty days or unless the
commissioner and the reorganizing insurer, based upon the facts and circumstances of the
transaction, agree that a hearing may be waived. If a hearing is held, the commissioner shall
give the reorganizing insurer at least twenty days' notice of the hearing. At the hearing, the
reorganizing insurer, its policyholders, and any other person whose interests may be affected by
the proposed reorganization may present evidence, examine and cross-examine witnesses, and
offer oral and written arguments and comments according to the procedure for contested cases
under chapter 28-32. The commissioner, in making the determination as to a plan of
reorganization under this chapter, shall consider whether:
1. The reorganizing insurer's surplus in regard to policyholders following a plan of
reorganization is reasonable in relation to the reorganizing insurer's outstanding
liabilities and adequate to its financial needs;
2. Under a plan of reorganization that materially affects the membership interest of
eligible members in the reorganizing insurer, the eligible members will receive a
membership interest in a mutual holding company commensurate with an equitable
share of the value of the reorganizing insurer;
3. After the reorganization, the reorganized insurance company will be able to satisfy the
requirements for the issuance of a certificate of authority to write the lines of insurance
for which it was licensed before the reorganization; and
4. The plan of the reorganization is fair, reasonable, and equitable to the policyholders of
the reorganizing insurer.