Vermont § 4855 Merger or conversion

Vermont Statutes

§ 4855 — Merger or conversion

Vermont § 4855

Title 8Title 8: Banking and Insurance

Ch. 132Chapter 132: Reciprocal Insurers

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Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 8, § 4855 (2026).

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(a)A domestic reciprocal insurer, upon affirmative vote of not less than two-thirds of its subscribers who vote on such merger pursuant to due notice and the approval of the Commissioner of the terms therefor, may merge with another reciprocal insurer or be converted to a stock or mutual insurer.

(b)Such a stock or mutual insurer shall be subject to the same capital or surplus requirements and shall have the same rights as a like domestic insurer transacting like kinds of insurance.

(c)The Commissioner shall not approve any plan for merger or conversion that is inequitable to subscribers, or that, if for conversion to a stock insurer, does not give each subscriber preferential right to acquire stock of the proposed insurer proportionate to his or her interest in the reciprocal insurer a

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(a) A domestic reciprocal insurer, upon affirmative vote of not less than two-thirds of its subscribers who vote on such merger pursuant to due notice and the approval of the Commissioner of the terms therefor, may merge with another reciprocal insurer or be converted to a stock or mutual insurer.
(b) Such a stock or mutual insurer shall be subject to the same capital or surplus requirements and shall have the same rights as a like domestic insurer transacting like kinds of insurance.
(c) The Commissioner shall not approve any plan for merger or conversion that is inequitable to subscribers, or that, if for conversion to a stock insurer, does not give each subscriber preferential right to acquire stock of the proposed insurer proportionate to his or her interest in the reciprocal insurer as determined in accordance with section 4854 of this chapter and a reasonable length of time within which to exercise such right.