2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 33. Insurance and Insurance Companies › Chapter 3. Domestic Stock and Mutual Insurers › Part 6. Dissolution and Liquidation › 33-3-601. Voluntary dissolution of domestic insurers -- plan of dissolution

33-3-601. Voluntary dissolution of domestic insurers -- plan of dissolution.
(1) At least 60 days before a domestic stock insurer or a for-profit domestic mutual insurer submits a proposed voluntary dissolution to shareholders or policyholders under 35-14-1402 or voluntarily dissolves under 35-14-1401, the insurer shall file the plan for dissolution with the commissioner. The commissioner may require the submission of additional information to establish the financial condition of the insurer or other facts relevant to the proposed dissolution. If the shareholders or policyholders adopt the resolution to dissolve, the commissioner shall, within 30 days after the adoption of the resolution, begin to examine the insurer. The commissioner shall approve the dissolution unless, after a hearing, the commissioner finds the insurer is insolvent or may become insolvent in the process of dissolution. If the commissioner approves the voluntary dissolution, the insurer may dissolve under 35-14-1401 through 35-14-1409. The papers required by 35-14-1401 through 35-14-1404 to be filed with the secretary of state must instead be filed with the commissioner. The duties required by 35-14-125 to be performed by the secretary of state must instead be performed by the commissioner. If the commissioner does not approve the voluntary dissolution, the commissioner shall petition the court for liquidation or rehabilitation under Title 33, chapter 2, part 13.
(2) At least 60 days before a nonprofit domestic mutual insurer submits a proposed voluntary dissolution to the board or members under 35-2-721 or voluntarily dissolves under 35-2-720, the insurer shall file the plan for dissolution with the commissioner. The commissioner may require the submission of additional information to establish the financial condition of the insurer or other facts relevant to the proposed dissolution. If the board or members adopt the resolution to dissolve, the commissioner shall, within 30 days after the adoption of the resolution, begin to examine the insurer. The commissioner shall approve the dissolution unless, after a hearing, the commissioner finds the insurer is insolvent or may become insolvent in the process of dissolution. If the commissioner approves the voluntary dissolution, the insurer may dissolve under Title 35, chapter 2, part 7, except that 35-2-728(1)(d) does not apply. The papers required by 35-2-720 through 35-2-725 to be filed with the secretary of state must instead be filed with the commissioner. The duties required by 35-2-119 to be performed by the secretary of state must instead be performed by the commissioner. If the commissioner does not approve the voluntary dissolution, the commissioner shall petition the court for liquidation or rehabilitation under Title 33, chapter 2, part 13.
History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 389, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 189, Ch. 368, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 12, Ch. 151, L. 2017; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 62, L. 2019; amd. Sec. 233, Ch. 271, L. 2019.