36 OK Stat § 36-110 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 36. Insurance|§36-110. Application as to particular types of insurers.

|No provision of the Oklahoma Insurance Code, Section 101 et seq. of this title, shall apply to: |1. Nonprofit hospital service and medical indemnity corporations, except as stated in Sections 601 et seq. and 2601 et seq. of this title;2. Fraternal benefit societies, except as stated in Section 2701.1 et seq. of this title;3. Farmers' mutual fire insurance associations, except as stated in Section 2801 et seq. of this title;4. Mutual benefit associations, except as stated in Section 2401 et seq. of this title;5. Domestic burial associations;6. Any domestic association organized subject to the supervision or by the authority of any incorporated Grange Order of Patrons of Husbandry, when the association is formed exclusively for the mutual benefit of the members of such order. Effective January 1, 1982, The Oklahoma State Union of the Farmers' Educational and Cooperative Union of America shall comply with all provisions of the Oklahoma Insurance Code;7. Trust companies organized pursuant to the provisions of Title 6 of the Oklahoma Statutes except that the title insurance and surety insurance business of such trust companies shall be subject to the Oklahoma Insurance Code;8. Soliciting agents of mutual insurance corporations or associations, operating only in this state, that issue no stock or other form of security, do not operate for profit, and have none of their funds inure to the benefit of individuals except in the form of less expensive insurance and necessary expenses of operation, if provisions are made in the bylaws of the insurer for the election of any soliciting agents by a majority of the policyholders in the area where the soliciting agent solicits insurance;9. The Mutual Aid Association of the Church of the Brethren or the Mutual Aid Association of the Mennonite and Brethren in Christ;10. Incorporated or unincorporated banking associations having been in existence for over fifteen (15) years and consisting of more than seventy-five (75) member banks within this state for issuance of blanket fidelity bonds for banks within this state for each bank's own use, or any nonprofit trust sponsored by such associations' member banks providing employee benefits such as life, health, accident, disability, pension and retirement benefits for banks, bank holding companies and subsidiaries thereof, the associations' employees and associate members;11. A religious organization, or members of the organization, if the organization:a.is a nonprofit religious organization,b.is limited to participants who are members of the same religion,c.acts as an organizational clearinghouse for information between participants who have financial, physical or medical needs and participants with the present ability to pay for the benefit of those participants with present financial or medical needs. Nothing in this subparagraph shall prevent the organization from establishing qualifications of participation relating to the health of the prospective participant, nor shall it prevent the participants from limiting the financial or medical needs that may be eligible for payment among the participants,d.provides for the financial or medical needs of a participant through payments directly from one participant to another, ande.suggests amounts that participants may voluntarily give with no assumption of risk or promise to pay either among the participants or between the participants and the organization. Nothing in this subparagraph shall prevent the organization from cancelling the membership of a participant if the participant indicates unwillingness to participate by failing to make a payment to another participant for a period in excess of sixty (60) days; or12. Charitable organizations that:a.are described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and Section 170(c) of the Internal Revenue Code,b.issue qualified charitable gift annuity contracts,c.have a minimum of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) in unrestricted assets that are exclusive of the assets comprising its qualified charitable gift annuities, andd.have been in continuous operation for at least three (3) years or are successors or affiliates of a charitable organization that has been in continuous operation for at least three (3) years,except as stated in the Oklahoma Charitable Gift Annuity Act.Added by Laws 1957, p. 216, § 110. Amended by Laws 1975, c. 334, § 1, emerg. eff. June 12, 1975; Laws 1979, c. 56, § 1, emerg. eff. April 11, 1979; Laws 1982, c. 190, § 1, operative Oct. 1, 1982; Laws 1984, c. 110, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1984; Laws 1988, c. 83, § 3, emerg. eff. March 25, 1988; Laws 1993, c. 34, § 1, emerg. eff. April 2, 1993; Laws 1994, c. 118, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1994; Laws 1996, c. 249, § 1, emerg. eff. May 28, 1996; Laws 1997, c. 418, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1997; Laws 1998, c. 141, § 13, emerg. eff. April 21, 1998; Laws 2008, c. 352, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2008.