South Carolina § 38-19-470 Nonassessable policies.

South Carolina Statutes

§ 38-19-470 — Nonassessable policies.

South Carolina § 38-19-470

Title 38INSURANCE

Ch. 19DOMESTIC MUTUAL INSURERS

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S.C. Code Ann. § 38-19-470 (2026).

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A domestic mutual insurer, after it has established a surplus not less than the minimum capital and surplus required of a stock insurer to transact like kinds of insurance and for so long as it maintains this surplus, may extinguish the contingent liability of its members to assessment and omit provisions imposing contingent liability in all policies currently issued. Any deposit made with the director or his designee as a prerequisite to the insurer's certificate of authority may be included as part of the surplus referred to in this section. When the surplus has been established and the director or his designee has so ascertained, he shall issue to the insurer, at its request, his certificate authorizing the extinguishment of the contingent liability of its members and the issuance of po

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A domestic mutual insurer, after it has established a surplus not less than the minimum capital and surplus required of a stock insurer to transact like kinds of insurance and for so long as it maintains this surplus, may extinguish the contingent liability of its members to assessment and omit provisions imposing contingent liability in all policies currently issued. Any deposit made with the director or his designee as a prerequisite to the insurer's certificate of authority may be included as part of the surplus referred to in this section. When the surplus has been established and the director or his designee has so ascertained, he shall issue to the insurer, at its request, his certificate authorizing the extinguishment of the contingent liability of its members and the issuance of policies free from contingent liability.

Legislative History

HISTORY: Former 1976 Code SECTION 38-11-670 [1947 (45) 322; 1952 Code SECTION 37-407; 1962 Code SECTION 37-407] recodified as SECTION 38-19-470 by 1987 Act No. 155, SECTION 1; 1993 Act No. 181, SECTION 554.