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DIVISION 2. CLASSES OF INSURANCE 1880-12880.8›PART 1. FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE 1880-10108.1›CHAPTER 4. General Mutual Insurers 4010-4097.20›ARTICLE 10. Conversion of an Incorporated Medical Malpractice Mutual Insurer into an Incorporated Stock Insurer 4097-4097.20

§ 4097

California Insurance Code · 2026 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

(a) A domestic incorporated medical malpractice mutual insurer, issuing nonassessable policies on a reserve basis may be converted into an incorporated stock insurer issuing, on a reserve basis, nonassessable policies either by demutualization or by establishing a mutual holding company. To that end, it may provide and carry out a plan for the conversion by complying with the requirements of this article.

(b) A mutual holding company may be converted into a stock corporation. To that end, it may provide and carry out a plan for the conversion by complying with the requirements of this article.

(c) As part of the conversion authorized in this section, a domestic incorporated medical malpractice mutual insurer may merge with an incorporated stock insurer, if the merging insurers comply with the provisions of Article 9 (commencing with Section 4090) applicable to their participation in the merger, or may transfer its domicile to any other state, if the insurer complies with Section 709.5.

(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 421, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1999.)

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