(a) No domestic mutual insurer shall be converted, changed, or reorganized as a stock corporation.

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:4-503

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • 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.
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
(b) Such an insurer may be wholly reinsured in, its assets transferred to, and its liabilities assumed by another mutual or stock insurer under such terms and conditions as are approved by the commissioner in advance of such reinsurance.
(c) The commissioner shall not approve any such reinsurance agreement which does not determine the amount of and make adequate provision for paying to policyholders of the mutual insurer, reasonable compensation for their equities as owners of the insurer, such compensation to be apportioned to policyholders as identified and in the manner prescribed in section 431:4-326.