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Home » US Law » 2022 Iowa Code » Title XIII - COMMERCE » Chapter 508 - LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES

Section 508.1 – Level premium and natural premium plan companies.

508.1 Level premium and natural premium plan companies. Every life insurance company upon the level premium or the natural premium plan, created under the laws of this or any other state or country, shall, before issuing policies in the state, comply with the provisions of this chapter applicable to such companies. [C73, §1161; C97, §1768; […]

Section 508.10 – Foreign companies — capital or surplus — investments.

508.10 Foreign companies — capital or surplus — investments. 1. A company incorporated by or organized under the laws of any other state or government shall not transact business in this state unless it is possessed of the actual amount of capital and surplus required of any company organized by the laws of this state, […]

Section 508.11 – Annual statement.

508.11 Annual statement. The president or vice president and secretary or actuary, or a majority of the directors of each company organized under this chapter, shall annually, on or before the first day of March, prepare under oath and file in the office of the commissioner of insurance or a depository designated by the commissioner […]

Section 508.12 – Redomestication of insurers.

508.12 Redomestication of insurers. 1. An insurer which is organized under the laws of any state and has created or will create jobs in this state or which is an affiliate or subsidiary of a domestic insurer, and is admitted to do business in this state for the purpose of writing insurance authorized by this […]

Section 508.13 – Annual certificate of authority.

508.13 Annual certificate of authority. 1. On receipt of an application for a certificate of authority or renewal of a certificate of authority, fees, the deposit provided in section 511.8, subsection 16, and the statement, and the statement and evidence of investment of foreign companies, the commissioner of insurance shall issue a certificate or a […]

Section 508.15 – Violation by foreign company.

508.15 Violation by foreign company. Companies organized and chartered by the laws of a foreign state or country, failing to file the evidence of investment and statement within the time fixed, or failing to timely file any financial statement required by rule of the commissioner of insurance, shall forfeit and pay five hundred dollars, to […]

Section 508.15A – Suspension and summary suspension.

508.15A Suspension and summary suspension. The commissioner may do one or more of the following: 1. For a violation of Title XIII, subtitle 1, after a hearing provided pursuant to chapter 17A, order the suspension of the license or authority to transact the business of insurance within the state. 2. Upon three days’ notice, if […]

Section 508.16 – Examination.

508.16 Examination. The commissioner of insurance at any time may make a personal examination of the books, papers, securities, and business of any life insurance company doing business in this state, or authorize any other suitable person to make the same, and the commissioner or the person so authorized may examine under oath any officer […]

Section 508.18 – Decree.

508.18 Decree. The court, on the final hearing, may make the decree subject to the provisions of section 508.19 as to the appointment of a receiver, the disposition of the deposits of the company in the hands of the commissioner, and its dissolution, if a domestic company. [C73, §1172; C97, §1777; C24, 27, 31, 35, […]

Section 508.19 – Securities.

508.19 Securities. The securities that are on deposit of a defaulting or insolvent company, or a company against which proceedings are pending under section 508.18, shall vest in the state for the benefit of all policyholders of the company. [C73, §1173; C97, §1778; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8663; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, […]

Section 508.2 – Articles — approval — bylaws.

508.2 Articles — approval — bylaws. The articles of incorporation, and any subsequent amendments, of a company shall be filed with and approved by the commissioner of insurance before filing with the secretary of state. A company shall file with the commissioner bylaws and subsequent amendments to the bylaws within thirty days of adoption of […]

Section 508.20 – Reinsurance securities — title vested in commissioner.

508.20 Reinsurance securities — title vested in commissioner. The title to all securities deposited with the commissioner of insurance by any domestic life insurance company or association which has been, or hereafter shall be, reinsured by a foreign life insurance company, shall be vested in the commissioner for the use and benefit of only the […]

Section 508.21 – Amount to be deposited.

508.21 Amount to be deposited. The reinsuring company shall at all times maintain such deposits in at least the amount of the net reserve, as determined by the commissioner of insurance, on all policies reinsured. [C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §508.21]

Section 508.22 – Insolvency of company — procedure.

508.22 Insolvency of company — procedure. In the event of insolvency or receivership of such reinsuring company or its successors, the commissioner shall be appointed by the district court of the state in and for Polk county as receiver of said insolvent reinsuring company, and shall proceed, subject to the court’s approval, to reinsure said […]

Section 508.25 – Policy forms — approval.

508.25 Policy forms — approval. It shall be unlawful for any insurance company transacting business within this state, under the provisions of this chapter, to write or use any form of policy or contract of insurance, on the life of any individual in this state, until a copy of such form of policy or contract […]

Section 508.26 – Failure to file copy.

508.26 Failure to file copy. Should any company decline to file a copy of its form of policies or contracts, the commissioner of insurance shall suspend its authority to transact business within the state until such forms of policies or contracts have been so filed and approved. [S13, §1783-c; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8669; […]

Section 508.28 – Approval by commissioner — contestability of policy.

508.28 Approval by commissioner — contestability of policy. The commissioner of insurance shall decline to approve any such form of policy or contract of insurance unless the same shall, in all respects, conform to the laws of this state applicable thereto. The policy shall be incontestable after it shall have been in force during the […]

Section 508.29 – Authority to write other insurance.

508.29 Authority to write other insurance. 1. Any life insurance company organized on the stock or mutual plan and authorized by its charter or articles of incorporation so to do, may in addition to such life insurance, insure, either individually or on the group plan, the health of persons and against personal injuries, disablement or […]