V.I. Code tit. 22, § 1409 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 22 - Insurance|Chapter 55 - Virgin Islands International Insurers Act|Subchapter I - Virgin Islands International Insurers Act|§ 1409. Formation of International Insurance Companies in the Virgin Islands

 (a) A Single-parent International Insurance Company shall be incorporated as a stock insurer with its capital divided into shares and held by the stockholders. (b) An Association International Insurance Company or an Industrial Insured International Insurance Company may be incorporated: (1) as a stock insurer with its capital divided into shares and held by the stockholders; or (2) as a mutual insurer without capital stock, the governing body of which is elected by its member organizations or the members of its association. (c) An International Insurance Company shall have not less than three incorporators, of whom not less than one shall have been a resident of the Virgin Islands for a minimum of one year. (d) Before the articles of incorporation are transmitted to the Office of the Lieutenant Governor, the incorporators shall petition the SAM to issue a certificate setting forth his finding that the establishment and maintenance of the proposed International Insurance Company will promote the general good of the Virgin Islands. In arriving at such finding the SAM shall consider: (1) the character, reputation, financial responsibility, insurance experience, and business qualifications of the officers and directors of the company; and (2) such other aspects as the SAM shall deem appropriate. (e) The articles of incorporation, such certificate, and the organization fee shall be presented to the SAM which shall thereupon file both the articles of incorporation and the certificate with the Office of the Lieutenant Governor-Division of Corporations and Trademarks. (f) The capital stock of an International Insurance Company incorporated as a stock insurer shall be issued at not less than par value, if so stated. (g) At least one of the members of the board of directors of an International Insurance Company incorporated in this Territory shall have been a resident of the Virgin Islands for a minimum period of one year. (h) Any International Insurance Company formed under the provisions of this chapter shall be organized in accordance with, and shall have the privileges and be subject to the provisions of the General Corporation Law, Title 13, Chapter 1, Virgin Islands Code, as well as the applicable provisions contained in this chapter. In the event of conflict between the provisions of said General Corporation Law, Title 13, Chapter 1, Virgin Islands Code, and the provisions of this chapter, the provisions of this chapter shall govern. The provisions of Title 22 of the Virgin Islands Code pertaining to dissolutions, mergers, consolidations, conversions, and mutualizations shall apply in determining the procedures to be followed by International Insurance Companies formed under this chapter in carrying out any of the transactions described therein, except that the SAM may waive or modify the requirements for public notice and hearing in accordance with rules which the SAM may adopt. (i) The SAM and the Office of the Lieutenant Governor, Division of Corporations and Trademarks, shall coordinate the various filings in their respective offices with the objective of finalizing the various applications for licenses and other requests for approvals so that the International Insurance Company or Branch Exempt International Insurer is formed as expeditously as possible.