Louisiana § RS 22:340 - Procedure following merger or consolidation
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§ RS 22:340. Procedure following merger or consolidation
A. Whenever a foreign or alien insurer authorized to transact business in this state shall be the surviving insurer of a statutory merger permitted by the laws of the state or country under which it is organized, and the merger is not subject to the provisions of R.S. 22:73 and 96, Subpart H of Part III of this Chapter, R.S. 22:731 et seq., and Chapter 9 of this Title, R.S. 22:2001 et seq., it shall immediately file with the commissioner of insurance:
(1) One copy of the agreement and certificate of merger duly authenticated by the proper official of the state or country under the laws of which the statutory merger was effected which shall be retained by the commissioner of insurance.
(2) If any of the insurers party to such merger were not admitted to transact business in this state, a statement of the financial condition and business of each of such insurers, as of the end of the preceding calendar year complying as to form, content and verification with the requirements of this Code for annual statements, or a financial statement as of such later date as the commissioner of insurance may require.
B. It shall not be necessary for such surviving insurer to procure a new certificate of authority to transact business in this state nor an amended certificate unless the name of such insurer be changed thereby or unless the insurer desires to transact in this state a kind or kinds of business other than those which it is then authorized to transact.
C. Whenever a foreign or alien insurer authorized to transact business in this state shall be a party to a statutory merger and such insurer shall not be the surviving insurer, or if such foreign or alien insurer shall be a party to a consolidation, then the certificate of authority of such foreign or alien insurer shall terminate upon such merger or consolidation, and the surviving insurer, if not previously authorized to transact business in this state, or the new insurer, in the case of consolidation, shall be subject to the same requirements for admission to transact business in this state as any other foreign or alien insurer.
Acts 1958, No. 125. Amended by Acts 1960, No. 391, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 22:990 by Acts 2008, No. 415, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2009, No. 503, §1; Acts 2019, No. 108, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2020.
NOTE: Former R.S. 22:340 redesignated as R.S. 22:200 by Acts 2008, No. 415, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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