California Insurance Code 1559 – (a) For all purposes for a merger in which the surviving entity …
(a) For all purposes for a merger in which the surviving entity is a domestic reciprocal insurer and a domestic incorporated insurer is not a constituent corporation as that term is defined under § 161 of the Corporations Code, a copy of the certificate of merger duly certified by the commissioner is conclusive evidence of the merger of the constituent reciprocal insurers, either by themselves or together with any foreign incorporated insurers, into the surviving reciprocal insurer.
(b) For all purposes for a merger in which the surviving entity is a domestic reciprocal insurer and a domestic incorporated insurer is a “constituent corporation” as that term is defined under § 161 of the Corporations Code, a copy of the certificate of merger duly certified by the Secretary of State is conclusive evidence of the merger of the constituent reciprocal insurers, either by themselves or together with constituent incorporated insurers, into the surviving reciprocal insurers.
Terms Used In California Insurance Code 1559
- Commissioner: means the Insurance Commissioner of this State. See California Insurance Code 20
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Domestic: means organized under the laws of this State, whether or not admitted. See California Insurance Code 26
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Foreign: means not organized under the laws of this State, whether or not admitted. See California Insurance Code 27
- State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Insurance Code 28
(c) For all purposes for a merger in which the surviving entity is a domestic incorporated insurer and the disappearing entity is a domestic reciprocal insurer, a copy of the certificate of merger duly certified by the Secretary of State is conclusive evidence of the merger of the constituent insurers.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 728, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1996.)