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WY Stat § 26-29-229 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 26 - Insurance Code|Chapter 29 - Fraternal Benefit Societies|Article 2 - Societies|Section 26-29-229 - Foreign or Alien Society; Admission.

26-29-229. Foreign or alien society; admission.| (a) No foreign or alien society shall transact business in this state without a license issued by the commissioner. Any foreign or alien society desiring admission to this state shall comply substantially with the requirements and limitations of this chapter applicable to domestic societies and may be licensed to transact business in this state upon filing with the commissioner:  (i) A duly certified copy of its articles of incorporation;  (ii) A copy of its bylaws, certified by its secretary or corresponding officer;  (iii) A power of attorney to the commissioner as prescribed in W.S. 26-29-235;  (iv) A statement of its business under oath of its president and secretary or corresponding officers in a form prescribed by the commissioner, duly verified by an examination made by the supervising insurance official of its home state or other state, territory, province or country, satisfactory to the commissioner of this state;  (v) Certification from the proper official of its home state, territory, province or country that the society is legally incorporated and licensed to transact business therein;  (vi) Copies of its certificate forms;  (vii) A written statement showing that its assets are invested in accordance with the provisions of this chapter; and  (viii) Other information as the commissioner deems necessary.  (b) Any foreign or alien society desiring admission to the state shall have the qualifications required of domestic societies organized under this chapter.
WY Stat § 26-29-231 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 26 - Insurance Code|Chapter 29 - Fraternal Benefit Societies|Article 2 - Societies|Section 26-29-231 - Suspension, Revocation or Refusal of License of Society.

26-29-231. Suspension, revocation or refusal of license of society.| (a) The commissioner shall at once provide written notification to a society when the commissioner upon investigation finds that a society transacting or applying to transact business in this state:  (i) Has exceeded its powers;  (ii) Has failed to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter;  (iii) Has become insolvent;  (iv) Is not fulfilling its contracts in good faith; or  (v) Is conducting its business fraudulently or in a manner hazardous to its members or creditors or the public.  (b) The commissioner shall notify the society of the deficiency as provided in subsection (a) of this section and state in writing the reasons why he believes the deficiency exists. The commissioner shall at once issue a written notice to the society requiring that the deficiency be corrected. After the notice the society has thirty (30) days in which to comply with the commissioner's request for correction, and if the society fails to comply, the commissioner shall notify the society of findings of noncompliance and require the society to show cause on a date named why its license should not be suspended, revoked or refused. If on that date the society does not present a good and sufficient reason why its authority to do business in this state should not be suspended, revoked or refused, the commissioner may suspend or refuse the license of the society to do business in this state until satisfactory evidence is furnished to the commissioner that the suspension or refusal should be withdrawn or the commissioner may revoke the authority of the society to do business in this state.  (c) Nothing contained in this section shall be taken or construed as preventing any society from continuing in good faith all contracts made in this state during the time such society was legally authorized to transact business herein.  (d) In making the finding allowed by subsection (a) of this section, the commissioner may consider the factors specified in W.S. 26-3-116(c) and 26-3-132(a) and, upon finding a deficiency, may issue an order consistent with W.S. 26-3-132(b) and pursuant to the procedure established in W.S. 26-3-132(c).
WY Stat § 26-29-232 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 26 - Insurance Code|Chapter 29 - Fraternal Benefit Societies|Article 2 - Societies|Section 26-29-232 - Injunction.

26-29-232. Injunction.| No application or petition for injunction against any domestic, foreign or alien society, or lodge thereof, shall be recognized in any court of this state unless made by the attorney general upon request of the commissioner.
WY Stat § 26-29-233 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 26 - Insurance Code|Chapter 29 - Fraternal Benefit Societies|Article 2 - Societies|Section 26-29-233 - Licensing of Agents.

26-29-233. Licensing of agents.| (a) Agents of societies shall be licensed in accordance with the provisions of the laws regulating the licensing, revocation, suspension or termination of license of resident and nonresident agents, provided that no examination shall be required of any agent licensed prior to the effective date of this act.  (b) No examination or license shall be required of any regular salaried officer, employee or member of a licensed society who devotes substantially all of his services to activities other than the solicitation of fraternal insurance contracts from the public, and who receives for the solicitation of those contracts no commission or other compensation directly dependent upon the amount of business obtained.  (c) Any agent or representative of a society who devotes, or intends to devote, less than fifty percent (50%) of his time to solicitation and procurement of insurance contracts for the society is exempt from the requirements of subsection (a) of this section. Any person who in the immediately preceding calendar year solicited and procured life insurance contracts on behalf of any society in an amount of insurance in excess of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00), or, in the case of any other kinds of insurance which the society writes, on the persons of more than ten (10) individuals and who received or will receive a commission or other compensation therefor, is presumed to be devoting or intending to devote, fifty percent (50%) of his time to the solicitation or procurement of insurance contracts for the society. The person shall report sales of insurance under this subsection as required by the commissioner.
WY Stat § 26-29-234 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 26 - Insurance Code|Chapter 29 - Fraternal Benefit Societies|Article 2 - Societies|Section 26-29-234 - Unfair Methods of Competition; Unfair and Deceptive Acts and Practices.

26-29-234. Unfair methods of competition; unfair and deceptive acts and practices.| Every society authorized to do business in this state is subject to chapter 13 of title 26, the Unfair Trade Practices Act, provided, that nothing in that act shall be construed as applying to or affecting the right of any society to determine its eligibility requirements for membership, or be construed as applying to or affecting the offering of benefits exclusively to members or person eligible for membership in the society by a subsidiary corporation or affiliated organization of the society.
WY Stat § 26-29-235 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 26 - Insurance Code|Chapter 29 - Fraternal Benefit Societies|Article 2 - Societies|Section 26-29-235 - Service of Process.

26-29-235. Service of process.| (a) Every society authorized to do business in this state shall appoint in writing the commissioner to be its true and lawful attorney upon whom all lawful process in any action or proceeding against it shall be served, and shall agree in the writing that any lawful process against it which is served on the commissioner shall be of the same legal force and validity as if served upon the society, and that the authority shall continue in force so long as any liability remains outstanding in this state. Copies of the appointment, certified by the commissioner, shall be deemed sufficient evidence thereof and shall be admitted in evidence with the same force and effect as the original.  (b) Service shall only be made upon the commissioner, or if absent, upon the person in charge of the commissioner's office. It shall be made in duplicate and shall constitute sufficient service upon the society. When legal process against a society is served upon the commissioner, the commissioner shall forthwith forward one (1) of the duplicate copies by registered mail, prepaid, directed to the secretary or corresponding officer. No service shall require a society to file its answer, pleading or defense in less than thirty (30) days from the date of mailing the copy of the service to a society. Legal process shall not be served upon a society except in the manner herein provided. At the time of serving any process upon the commissioner, the plaintiff or complainant in the action shall pay to the commissioner a fee as provided in W.S. 26-4-101.
WY Stat § 26-29-236 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 26 - Insurance Code|Chapter 29 - Fraternal Benefit Societies|Article 2 - Societies|Section 26-29-236 - Review.

26-29-236. Review.| All decisions and findings of the commissioner made under the provisions of this chapter shall be subject to review by proper proceedings in any court of competent jurisdiction in this state.
WY Stat § 26-29-237 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 26 - Insurance Code|Chapter 29 - Fraternal Benefit Societies|Article 2 - Societies|Section 26-29-237 - Penalties.

26-29-237. Penalties.| (a) Any person who willfully makes a false or fraudulent statement in or relating to an application for membership or for the purpose of obtaining money from or a benefit in any society is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) or more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), or imprisonment for not less than thirty (30) days or more than one (1) year, or both.  (b) Any person who willfully makes a false or fraudulent statement in any verified report or declaration under oath required or authorized by this chapter, or of any material fact or thing contained in a sworn statement concerning the death or disability of a member for that purpose of procuring payment of a benefit named in the certificate, is guilty of perjury punishable as provided by law.  (c) Any person who solicits membership for, or in any manner assists in procuring membership in, any society not licensed to do business in this state, upon conviction, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) or more than two hundred dollars ($200.00).  (d) Any person guilty of a willful violation of, or neglect or refusal to comply with this chapter for which a penalty is not otherwise prescribed, upon conviction is subject to the penalties provided by W.S. 26-1-107.
WY Stat § 26-29-238 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 26 - Insurance Code|Chapter 29 - Fraternal Benefit Societies|Article 2 - Societies|Section 26-29-238 - Exemption of Certain Societies.

26-29-238. Exemption of certain societies.| (a) Nothing contained in this chapter shall be so construed as to affect or apply to:  (i) Grand or subordinate lodges of societies, orders or associations now doing business in this state which provide benefits exclusively through local or subordinate lodges;  (ii) Orders, societies or associations which admit to membership only persons engaged in one (1) or more crafts or hazardous occupations, in the same or similar lines of business, insuring only their own members and their families, and the ladies' societies or ladies' auxiliaries to such orders, societies or associations;  (iii) Domestic societies which limit their membership to employees of a particular city or town, designated firm, business house or corporation which provide for a death benefit of not more than four hundred dollars ($400.00) or disability benefits of not more than three hundred fifty dollars ($350.00) to any person in any one (1) year, or both; or  (iv) Domestic societies or associations of a purely religious, charitable or benevolent description, which provide for a death benefit of not more than four hundred dollars ($400.00) or for disability benefits of not more than three hundred fifty dollars ($350.00) to any one (1) person in any one (1) year, or both.  (b) Any society or association described in paragraph (a)(iii) or (iv) of this section which provides for death or disability benefits for which benefit certificates are issued, and any society or association included in paragraph (a)(iv) of this section which has more than one thousand (1,000) members, shall not be exempted from the provisions of this chapter but shall comply with all requirements thereof.  (c) No society which, by the provisions of this section, is exempt from the requirements of this chapter, except any society described in paragraph (a)(ii) of this section, shall give or allow, or promise to give or allow to any person any compensation for procuring new members.  (d) Every society which provides for benefits in case of death or disability resulting solely from accident, and which does not obligate itself to pay natural death or sick benefits shall have all of the privileges and be subject to all the applicable provisions and regulations of this chapter except that the provisions relating to medical examination, valuations of benefit certificates, and incontestability, shall not apply to that society.  (e) The commissioner may require from any society or association, by examination or otherwise, such information as will enable the commissioner to determine whether the society or association is exempt from the provisions of this chapter.  (f) Societies, exempted under this section, shall also be exempt from all other provisions of the general insurance laws of this state.
WY Stat § 26-29-239 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 26 - Insurance Code|Chapter 29 - Fraternal Benefit Societies|Article 2 - Societies|Section 26-29-239 - Application of Wyoming Insurance Corporate Governance Annual Disclosure Act.

26-29-239. Application of Wyoming Insurance Corporate Governance Annual Disclosure Act.| The Wyoming Insurance Corporate Governance Annual Disclosure Act, W.S. 26-54-101 through 26-54-108, shall apply to domestic fraternal benefit societies regulated under this chapter.
WY Stat § 26-32-101 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 26 - Insurance Code|Chapter 32 - Prepaid or Prearranged Funeral Contracts|Article 1 - Regulation of Prepaid and Prearranged Funeral Contracts|Section 26-32-101 - Supervision and Audit of Funds; Approval of Investment; Promulgation of Rules and Regulations; Licenses.

26-32-101. Supervision and audit of funds; approval of investment; promulgation of rules and regulations; licenses.| (a) The department shall supervise and audit the funds derived by any person either residing in or doing business within the state, from prepaid or prearranged funeral contracts providing for the sale of caskets, burial vaults, monuments or memorials or any burial supplies and equipment and funeral services, if the sale is made, either outright or on the installment basis, prior to the demise of the person purchasing them or for whom they are purchased, with the merchandise or service, or both, to be delivered at a future date at time of need. All funds received from these contracts or arrangements by any person either residing in or doing business within this state shall be received, invested and withdrawn according to requirements the department approves. Investment in a bank, trust company or federal building and loan association in Wyoming is an approved investment.  (b) The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations for the purposes specified in subsection (a) of this section to include regulation of contract provisions and funds thereunder.  (c) A person shall not sell prepaid or prearranged funeral contracts in this state unless the person is licensed by the department in accordance with W.S. 26-9-203.
WY Stat § 26-32-102 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 26 - Insurance Code|Chapter 32 - Prepaid or Prearranged Funeral Contracts|Article 1 - Regulation of Prepaid and Prearranged Funeral Contracts|Section 26-32-102 - Exemption From Attachment or Garnishment.

26-32-102. Exemption from attachment or garnishment.| In the absence of fraud no interest of any participant in such fund, contract or investment is liable to attachment, garnishment, or other processes, or shall be seized, taken, appropriated or applied by any legal or equitable process or operation of law to pay any debt or liability of the participant, or any other person who may have a right thereunder. Any funds received and invested as stipulated in this chapter shall be as a trust and are not liable to attachment, garnishment or other processes, nor shall they be seized, taken or appropriated or applied by any legal or equitable processes or operation of law to pay any debt or liability of the person issuing the prepaid or prearranged funeral contract, or both.
WY Stat § 26-32-103 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 26 - Insurance Code|Chapter 32 - Prepaid or Prearranged Funeral Contracts|Article 1 - Regulation of Prepaid and Prearranged Funeral Contracts|Section 26-32-103 - Penalty.

26-32-103. Penalty.| Any person who violates any provision of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, or both.
WY Stat § 26-32-201 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 26 - Insurance Code|Chapter 32 - Prepaid or Prearranged Funeral Contracts|Article 2 - Life Insurers Contracts for Funeral Services|Section 26-32-201 - Life Insurers Contracts for Funeral Services; Rules.

26-32-201. Life insurers contracts for funeral services; rules.| (a) A life insurer may contract or agree with any person, funeral director, mortuary or undertaker for the sole purpose of the funeral director, mortuary or undertaker conducting the funeral of any insured of the insurer.  (b) The commissioner shall by rule regulate contracts authorized under this section.
WY Stat § 26-35-101 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 26 - Insurance Code|Chapter 35 - Cancellation, Renewal and Nonrenewal of Policies|Article 1 - In General|Section 26-35-101 - Manner of Providing Notice.

26-35-101. Manner of providing notice.| Notices required by this chapter shall be personally delivered to the insured and the agent or shall be mailed to the insured and the agent at their addresses last of record with the insured. If mailed, notice shall be deemed given when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid. Proof of mailing shall be sufficient proof of notice.
WY Stat § 26-35-102 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 26 - Insurance Code|Chapter 35 - Cancellation, Renewal and Nonrenewal of Policies|Article 1 - In General|Section 26-35-102 - Refund of Unearned Premium Upon Cancellation.

26-35-102. Refund of unearned premium upon cancellation.| Any insurer who cancels a policy of insurance in accordance with this chapter shall, prior to cancellation, refund any unearned premium to the policyholder.
WY Stat § 26-35-103 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 26 - Insurance Code|Chapter 35 - Cancellation, Renewal and Nonrenewal of Policies|Article 1 - In General|Section 26-35-103 - Prohibited Practices.

26-35-103. Prohibited practices.| (a) It is unlawful for any insurer to cancel, nonrenew or renew a policy of insurance except in compliance with the requirements of this chapter.  (b) Mid-term cancellation of an entire block, line or class of business is presumed to be unfair, inequitable, deceptive, contrary to the public interest or a method and practice rendering the further transaction of insurance in this state injurious to policyholders or to the public and is hereby declared to be unlawful.  (c) If a policy has been issued for a term longer than one (1) year, and for additional premium consideration an annual premium has been guaranteed, it shall be unlawful for the insurer to increase that annual premium during the term of that policy.
WY Stat § 26-35-104 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 26 - Insurance Code|Chapter 35 - Cancellation, Renewal and Nonrenewal of Policies|Article 1 - In General|Section 26-35-104 - Penalties.

26-35-104. Penalties.| Any insurer who violates this chapter is subject to monetary penalties or license revocation or suspension as provided in W.S. 26-1-107 and 26-3-116.
WY Stat § 26-35-105 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 26 - Insurance Code|Chapter 35 - Cancellation, Renewal and Nonrenewal of Policies|Article 1 - In General|Section 26-35-105 - Issuance or Renewal With Exclusions.

26-35-105. Issuance or renewal with exclusions.| An insurer may in lieu of nonissuance, cancellation, nonrenewal or premium increase offer to issue, continue or renew a motor vehicle insurance policy but to exclude from coverage, by name, the person whose claim experience or driving record would have justified the nonissuance, premium increase, cancellation or nonrenewal.
WY Stat § 26-35-106 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 26 - Insurance Code|Chapter 35 - Cancellation, Renewal and Nonrenewal of Policies|Article 1 - In General|Section 26-35-106 - Transfers of Policies Resulting From Mergers, Acquisitions or Restructuring or Resulting in Broader Coverage; Notice Not Required.

26-35-106. Transfers of policies resulting from mergers, acquisitions or restructuring or resulting in broader coverage; notice not required.| (a) Subject to the provisions of W.S. 26-35-204, a nonrenewal or cancellation notice shall not be required if a policy is transferred from an insurer to an affiliated insurer under common management and control:  (i) As a result of a merger, acquisition or company restructuring; or  (ii) If the transfer results in the same or broader coverage.  (b) Nothing in this section shall be construed as limiting the right of an insured to cancel a policy.
WY Stat § 26-35-201 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 26 - Insurance Code|Chapter 35 - Cancellation, Renewal and Nonrenewal of Policies|Article 2 - Property and Casualty Insurance Policies|Section 26-35-201 - Scope of Article.

26-35-201. Scope of article.| This article applies to all property and casualty insurance as defined in W.S. 26-5-104 and 26-5-106, except this article does not apply to binders and other temporary contracts for temporary insurance provided for under W.S. 26-15-119 or personal lines auto policies.