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WA Rev Code § 48.35.130 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 48 - Insurance|Chapter 48.35 - Alien Insurers.|48.35.130 - Trusteed assets—Commissioner's approval of withdrawals.

RCW 48.35.130 Trusteed assets—Commissioner's approval of withdrawals.(1) The trust agreement must provide that the commissioner shall authorize and approve in writing all withdrawals of trusteed assets in advance except as follows:(a) Any or all income, earnings, dividends, or interest accumulations of the trusteed assets may be paid over to the United States manager of the insurer upon request of the insurer or the manager;(b) Withdrawals coincident with substitutions of securities or assets that are at least equal in value to those being withdrawn, if the substituted securities or assets would be eligible for investment by domestic insurers, and the insurer's United States manager requests the withdrawal in writing under a general or specific written authority previously given or delegated by the insurer's board of directors, or other similar governing body, and a copy of such authority has been filed with the trustee;(c) For the purpose of making deposits required by another state in which the insurer is, or becomes, an authorized insurer and for the protection of the insurer's policyholders or creditors, or both, in the state or United States, if the withdrawal does not reduce the insurer's deposit in this state to an amount less than the minimum deposit required. The trustee shall transfer any assets withdrawn and in the amount required to be deposited in the other state, directly to the depositary required to receive the deposit as certified in writing by the public official having supervision of insurance in that state; and(d) For the purpose of transferring the trusteed assets to an official liquidator, conservator, or rehabilitator under an order of a court of competent jurisdiction.(2) The commissioner shall authorize a withdrawal of only those assets that are in excess of the amount of assets required to be held in trust, or as may otherwise be consistent with the provisions of this chapter.(3) If at any time the insurer becomes insolvent or if its assets held in the United States are less than required as determined by the commissioner, the commissioner shall order in writing the trustee to suspend the withdrawal of assets until a further order of the commissioner releasing the assets.[ 1991 c 268 § 13.]
WA Rev Code § 48.35.140 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 48 - Insurance|Chapter 48.35 - Alien Insurers.|48.35.140 - Trusteed assets—Substitution of trustee.

RCW 48.35.140 Trusteed assets—Substitution of trustee.A new trustee may be substituted for the original trustee of trusteed assets in the event of a vacancy or for other proper cause. Any such substitution is subject to the commissioner's approval.[ 1991 c 268 § 14.]
WA Rev Code § 48.35.150 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 48 - Insurance|Chapter 48.35 - Alien Insurers.|48.35.150 - Trusteed assets—Compensation and expenses of trustees.

RCW 48.35.150 Trusteed assets—Compensation and expenses of trustees.The insurer shall provide for the compensation and expenses of the trustees of assets of an alien insurer under this chapter in an amount, or on a basis, as agreed upon by the insurer and the trustees in the trust agreement, subject to the prior approval of the commissioner.[ 1991 c 268 § 15.]
WA Rev Code § 48.35.160 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 48 - Insurance|Chapter 48.35 - Alien Insurers.|48.35.160 - United States manager—Mexican or Canadian insurers.

RCW 48.35.160 United States manager—Mexican or Canadian insurers.The provisions of this chapter applicable to a United States manager shall, in the case of insurers domiciled in Mexico or Canada, be deemed to refer to the president, vice president, secretary, or treasurer of the Mexican or Canadian insurer.[ 1991 c 268 § 16.]
WA Rev Code § 48.35.170 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 48 - Insurance|Chapter 48.35 - Alien Insurers.|48.35.170 - Domestication of alien insurer—Commissioner's approval.

RCW 48.35.170 Domestication of alien insurer—Commissioner's approval.(1) Upon compliance with this chapter, an alien insurer authorized to do business in this state may, with the prior written approval of the commissioner, domesticate its United States branch by entering into an agreement in writing with a domestic insurer providing for the acquisition by the domestic insurer of all of the assets and the assumption of all of the liabilities of the United States branch.(2) The acquisition of assets and assumption of liabilities of the United States branch by the domestic insurer is effected by filing with the commissioner an instrument or instruments of transfer and assumption in form satisfactory to the commissioner and executed by the alien insurer and the domestic insurer.[ 1991 c 268 § 17.]
WA Rev Code § 48.35.180 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 48 - Insurance|Chapter 48.35 - Alien Insurers.|48.35.180 - Domestication agreement—Necessary authorization.

RCW 48.35.180 Domestication agreement—Necessary authorization.(1) The domestication agreement shall be authorized, adopted, approved, signed, and acknowledged by the alien insurer in accordance with the laws of the country under which it is organized.(2) In the case of a domestic insurer, the domestication agreement shall be approved, adopted, and authorized by its board of directors and executed by its president or a vice president and attested by its secretary or assistant secretary under its corporate seal.[ 1991 c 268 § 18.]
WA Rev Code § 48.35.190 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 48 - Insurance|Chapter 48.35 - Alien Insurers.|48.35.190 - Domestication agreement—Commissioner's approval of corporate proceedings.

RCW 48.35.190 Domestication agreement—Commissioner's approval of corporate proceedings.An executed counterpart of the domestication agreement, together with certified copies of the corporate proceedings of the domestic insurer and the alien insurer, approving, adopting, and authorizing the execution of the domestication agreement, shall be submitted to the commissioner for approval. The commissioner shall thereupon consider the agreement, and, if the commissioner finds that the same is in accordance with the provisions hereof and that the interests of the policyholders of the United States branch of the alien insurer and of the domestic insurer are not materially adversely affected, the commissioner shall approve the domestication agreement and authorize the consummation thereof.[ 1991 c 268 § 19.]
WA Rev Code § 48.35.200 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 48 - Insurance|Chapter 48.35 - Alien Insurers.|48.35.200 - Domestication—When effective—Deposits—Transfer of assets.

RCW 48.35.200 Domestication—When effective—Deposits—Transfer of assets.(1) Upon the filing with the commissioner of a certified copy of the instrument of transfer and assumption pursuant to which a domestic company succeeds to the business and assets of the United States branch of an alien insurer and assumes all its liabilities, the domestication of the United States branch is deemed effective; and all the rights, franchises, and interests of the United States branch in and to every species of property and things, in actions thereunder belonging, are deemed as transferred to and vested in the domestic insurer, and simultaneously the domestic insurer is deemed to have assumed all of the liabilities of the United States branch. The domestic insurer is considered as having the age as the oldest of the two parties to the domestication agreement for purposes of laws relating to age of company.(2) All deposits of the United States branch held by the commissioner, or by state officers, or other state regulatory agencies pursuant to requirements of state laws, are deemed to be held as security for the satisfaction by the domestic insurer of all liabilities to policyholders within the United States assumed from the United States branch; and the deposits are deemed to be assets of the domestic insurer and are reported as such in the annual financial statements and other reports that the domestic insurer may be required to file. Upon the ultimate release by a state officer or agency of a deposit, the securities and cash constituting the released deposit is delivered and paid over to the domestic insurer as the lawful successor in interest to the United States branch.(3) Contemporaneously with the consummation of the domestication of the United States branch, the commissioner shall direct the trustee, if any, of the United States branch's trusteed assets, as set forth in RCW 48.35.020, to transfer and deliver to the domestic insurer all assets, if any, held by such trustee.[ 1991 c 268 § 20.]
WA Rev Code § 48.36A.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 48 - Insurance|Chapter 48.36A - Fraternal Benefit Societies.|48.36A.010 - Fraternal benefit society defined.

RCW 48.36A.010 Fraternal benefit society defined.Any incorporated society, order, or supreme lodge, without capital stock, including one exempted under the provisions of RCW 48.36A.370(1)(b) whether incorporated or not, conducted solely for the benefit of its members and their beneficiaries and not for profit, operated on a lodge system with ritualistic form of work, having a representative form of government, and which provides benefits in accordance with this chapter, is hereby declared to be a fraternal benefit society.[ 1987 c 366 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 48.36A.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 48 - Insurance|Chapter 48.36A - Fraternal Benefit Societies.|48.36A.020 - Lodge system—Lodges for children.

RCW 48.36A.020 Lodge system—Lodges for children.(1) A society is operating on the lodge system if it has a supreme governing body and subordinate lodges into which members are elected, initiated, or admitted in accordance with its laws, rules, and ritual. Subordinate lodges shall be required by the laws of the society to hold regular meetings at least once in each month in furtherance of the purposes of the society.(2) A society may, at its option, organize and operate lodges for children under the minimum age for adult membership. Membership and initiation in local lodges shall not be required of the children, nor shall they have a voice or vote in the management of the society.[ 1987 c 366 § 2.]
WA Rev Code § 48.36A.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 48 - Insurance|Chapter 48.36A - Fraternal Benefit Societies.|48.36A.030 - Representative form of government.

RCW 48.36A.030 Representative form of government.A society has a representative form of government when:(1) It has a supreme governing body constituted in one of the following ways:(a) The supreme governing body is an assembly composed of delegates elected directly by the members or at intermediate assemblies or conventions of members or their representatives, together with other delegates as may be prescribed in the society's laws. A society may provide for election of delegates by mail. The elected delegates shall constitute a majority in number and shall not have less than two-thirds of the votes and not less than the number of votes required to amend the society's laws. The assembly shall be elected and shall meet at least once every four years and shall elect a board of directors to conduct the business of the society between meetings of the assembly. Vacancies on the board of directors between elections may be filled in the manner prescribed by the society's laws; or(b) The supreme governing body is a board composed of persons elected by the members, either directly or by their representatives in intermediate assemblies, and any other persons prescribed in the society's laws. A society may provide for election of the board by mail. Each term of a board member may not exceed four years. Vacancies on the board between elections may be filled in the manner prescribed by the society's laws. Those persons elected to the board shall constitute a majority in number and not less than the number of votes required to amend the society's laws. A person filling the unexpired term of an elected board member shall be considered to be an elected member. The board shall meet at least quarterly to conduct the business of the society;(2) The officers of the society are elected either by the supreme governing body or by the board of directors;(3) Only benefit members are eligible for election to the supreme governing body and the board of directors; and(4) Each voting member shall have one vote. No vote may be cast by proxy.[ 1987 c 366 § 3.]
WA Rev Code § 48.36A.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 48 - Insurance|Chapter 48.36A - Fraternal Benefit Societies.|48.36A.040 - Definitions.

RCW 48.36A.040 Definitions.As used in this chapter, the following terms have the meanings indicated unless the context clearly requires otherwise:(1) "Benefit contract" means the agreement for provision of benefits authorized by RCW 48.36A.160, as that agreement is described in RCW 48.36A.190(1).(2) "Benefit member" means an adult member who is designated by the laws or rules of the society to be a benefit member under a benefit contract.(3) "Certificate" means the document issued as written evidence of the benefit contract.(4) "Premiums" means premiums, rates, dues or other required contributions by whatever name known, which are payable under the certificate.(5) "Laws" means the society's articles of incorporation, constitution, and bylaws, however designated.(6) "Rules" means all rules, regulations, or resolutions adopted by the supreme governing body or board of directors which are intended to have general application to the members of the society.(7) "Society" means fraternal benefit society, unless otherwise indicated.(8) "Lodge" means subordinate member units of the society, known as camps, courts, councils, branches, or by any other designation.[ 1987 c 366 § 4.]
WA Rev Code § 48.36A.050 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 48 - Insurance|Chapter 48.36A - Fraternal Benefit Societies.|48.36A.050 - Beneficial operations—Laws and rules.

RCW 48.36A.050 Beneficial operations—Laws and rules.(1) A society shall operate for the benefit of members and their beneficiaries by:(a) Providing benefits as specified in RCW 48.36A.160; and(b) Operating for one or more social, intellectual, educational, charitable, benevolent, moral, fraternal, patriotic, or religious purposes for the benefit of its members, which may also be extended to others.These purposes may be carried out directly by the society, or indirectly through subsidiary corporations or affiliated organizations.(2) Every society may adopt laws and rules for the government of the society, the admission of its members, and the management of its affairs. It may change, alter, add to, or amend such laws and rules and has such other powers as are necessary and incidental to carrying into effect the objects and purposes of the society.[ 1987 c 366 § 5.]
WA Rev Code § 48.36A.060 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 48 - Insurance|Chapter 48.36A - Fraternal Benefit Societies.|48.36A.060 - Membership classes, rights, grievances.

RCW 48.36A.060 Membership classes, rights, grievances.(1) A society shall specify in its laws or rules:(a) Eligibility standards for each and every class of membership, provided that if benefits are provided on the lives of children, the minimum age for adult membership shall be set at not less than age fifteen and not greater than age twenty-one;(b) The process for admission to membership for each membership class; and(c) The rights and privileges of each membership class, provided that only benefit members shall have the right to vote on the management of the insurance affairs of the society.(2) A society may also admit social members who have no voice or vote in the management of the insurance affairs of the society.(3) Membership rights in the society are personal to the member and are not assignable.(4) A society may provide in its laws or rules for grievance or complaint procedures for members.[ 1987 c 366 § 6.]
WA Rev Code § 48.36A.070 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 48 - Insurance|Chapter 48.36A - Fraternal Benefit Societies.|48.36A.070 - Location of office and meetings—Official publications, annual statement.

RCW 48.36A.070 Location of office and meetings—Official publications, annual statement.(1) The principal office of any domestic society shall be located in this state. The meetings of its supreme governing body may be held in any state, district, province, or territory where the society has at least one subordinate lodge, or in such other location as determined by the supreme governing body, and all business transacted at the meetings is as valid in all respects as if the meetings were held in this state. The minutes of the proceedings of the supreme governing body and of the board of directors shall be in the English language.(2) (a) A society may provide in its laws for an official publication in which any notice, report, or statement required by law to be given to members, including notice of election, may be published. Required reports, notices, and statements shall be printed conspicuously in the publication. If the records of a society show that two or more members have the same mailing address, an official publication mailed to one member is deemed to be mailed to all members at the same address unless a member requests a separate copy.(b) Not later than June 1st of each year, a synopsis of the society's annual statement providing an explanation of the facts concerning the condition of the society thereby disclosed shall be printed and mailed to each benefit member of the society or, in lieu thereof, the synopsis may be published in the society's official publication.[ 1987 c 366 § 7.]
WA Rev Code § 48.36A.090 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 48 - Insurance|Chapter 48.36A - Fraternal Benefit Societies.|48.36A.090 - Nonwaiver provisions.

RCW 48.36A.090 Nonwaiver provisions.The laws of the society may provide that no subordinate body, nor any of its subordinate officers or members shall have the power or authority to waive any of the provisions of the laws of the society. Such provision shall be binding on the society and every member and beneficiary of a member.[ 1987 c 366 § 9.]
WA Rev Code § 48.36A.110 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 48 - Insurance|Chapter 48.36A - Fraternal Benefit Societies.|48.36A.110 - Amendment of society's laws.

RCW 48.36A.110 Amendment of society's laws.(1) A domestic society may amend its laws in accordance with the provisions thereof by action of its supreme governing body at any regular or special meeting thereof or, if its laws so provide, by referendum. The referendum may be held in accordance with the provisions of its laws by the vote of the voting members of the society, by the vote of delegates or representatives of voting members, or by the vote of local lodges. A society may provide for voting by mail. No amendment submitted for adoption by referendum shall be adopted unless, within six months from the date of submission, a majority of the members voting shall have signified their consent to the amendment by one of the specified methods.(2) No amendment to the laws of any domestic society shall take effect unless approved by the commissioner. The commissioner shall approve the amendment if the commissioner finds that it has been duly adopted and is not inconsistent with any requirement of the laws of this state or with the character, objects, and purposes of the society. Unless the commissioner disapproves any amendment within sixty days after the filing of same, the amendment shall be considered approved. The approval or disapproval by the commissioner shall be in writing and mailed to the secretary or corresponding officer of the society at its principal office. In case the commissioner disapproves the amendment, the reasons for the disapproval shall be stated in the written notice.(3) Within ninety days from the approval by the commissioner, all amendments, or a synopsis thereof, shall be furnished to all members of the society either by mail or by publication in full in the official publication of the society. The affidavit of any officer of the society or of anyone authorized by it to mail any amendments or synopsis thereof, stating facts which show that same have been duly addressed and mailed, shall be prima facie evidence that the amendments or synopsis thereof, have been furnished to the addressee.(4) Every foreign or alien society authorized to do business in this state shall file with the commissioner a certified copy of all amendments of, or additions to, its laws within ninety days after their enactment.(5) Printed copies of the laws as amended, certified by the secretary or corresponding officer of the society, shall be prima facie evidence of their legal adoption.[ 1987 c 366 § 11.]
WA Rev Code § 48.36A.120 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 48 - Insurance|Chapter 48.36A - Fraternal Benefit Societies.|48.36A.120 - Not-for-profit institutions authorized—Funeral homes prohibited.

RCW 48.36A.120 Not-for-profit institutions authorized—Funeral homes prohibited.(1) A society may create, maintain, and operate, or establish organizations to operate, not-for-profit institutions to further the purposes permitted by RCW 48.36A.050(1)(b). The institutions may furnish services free or at a reasonable charge. Any real or personal property owned, held or leased by the society for this purpose shall be reported in every annual statement.(2) No society shall own or operate funeral homes or undertaking establishments.[ 1987 c 366 § 12.]
WA Rev Code § 48.36A.130 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 48 - Insurance|Chapter 48.36A - Fraternal Benefit Societies.|48.36A.130 - Reinsurance.

RCW 48.36A.130 Reinsurance.(1) A domestic society may, by a reinsurance agreement, transfer any individual risk or risks in whole or in part to an insurer, other than another fraternal benefit society, having the power to make such reinsurance and authorized to do business in this state, or if not so authorized, one which is approved by the commissioner, but no domestic society may reinsure substantially all of its insurance in force without the written permission of the commissioner. It may take credit for the reserves on the transferred risks to the extent reinsured, but no credit shall be allowed as an admitted asset or as a deduction from liability, to a transferring society for reinsurance made, transferred, renewed, or otherwise becoming effective after January 1, 1988, unless the reinsurance is payable by the assuming insurer on the basis of the liability of the transferring society under the contract or contracts reinsured without diminution because of the insolvency of the transferring society.(2) Notwithstanding the limitation in subsection (1) of this section, a society may reinsure the risks of another society in a consolidation or merger approved by the commissioner under RCW 48.36A.140.[ 1987 c 366 § 13.]