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Home » US Law » 2022 New York Laws » Consolidated Laws » ISC - Insurance » Article 80 - Mutual Holding Company » 8007 – Approval of Plan by Superintendent; Hearing.
§   8007.   Approval   of   plan   by   superintendent;  hearing.  The
superintendent shall order a public hearing on the plan to be held prior
to the plan being submitted to the policyholders for their approval. The
reorganizing insurer  shall  give  written  notice  of  the  hearing  to
policyholders  whose  policies or contracts are in force on the adoption
date, sent by mail or electronic transmission to the last known  mailing
or electronic addresses of such policyholders as shown on the records of
the  reorganizing  insurer.  Such summary notice shall be subject to the
approval of the superintendent, shall include the date, time  and  place
of the hearing, and shall include both a website address and a toll-free
telephone  number  through  which members may obtain, if not included in
the summary notice, a full notice of the hearing and either a  true  and
correct  copy  of  the  plan,  or  a  summary  thereof  approved  by the
superintendent,  and  such  other   explanatory   information   as   the
superintendent  shall approve or require. The reorganizing insurer shall
also post a copy of such notice on its website.  Such  notice  shall  be
sent at least thirty days before the date specified for the hearing. The
hearing shall be held at a time and location in this state deemed by the
superintendent  to  be most convenient to the greatest number of persons
affected by such plan. At such hearing any person may be heard in  favor
of,  or against, the terms of the plan. The plan of reorganization shall
be made available for public inspection at one office of the  department
in  each city in this state where the department maintains an office and
at the principal office of the reorganizing insurer. The  superintendent
shall approve the plan if the superintendent finds that:

(a) the plan is fair and equitable to policyholders;

(b) the plan does not violate this article; and

(c) after giving effect to the reorganization, the reorganized insurer will have an amount of capital and surplus the superintendent deems to be reasonably necessary for its future solvency.