Terms Used In Iowa Code 518C.4

  • Association: means the Iowa county and state mutual insurance guaranty association established pursuant to section 518C. See Iowa Code 518C.3
  • Board: means the engineering and land surveying examining board provided by this chapter. See Iowa Code 542B.2
  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of insurance. See Iowa Code 518C.3
  • Insurer: means a person licensed to transact insurance business in this state under either chapter 518 or chapter 518A either at the time the policy was issued or when the insured event occurred. See Iowa Code 518C.3
  • Person: means an individual, corporation, partnership, association, or voluntary organization. See Iowa Code 518C.3
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Transaction: means a sale, trade, exchange, transfer, payment, or conversion of a digital asset or any other property or any other action or set of actions occurring between two or more persons relating to the conduct of business, commercial, or governmental affairs. See Iowa Code 554E.1
 An Iowa county and state mutual insurance guaranty association is established as a nonprofit unincorporated legal entity. An insurer shall be a member of the association as a condition of the insurer’s authority to transact insurance business in this state. The association shall perform its functions under a plan of operation established and approved pursuant to section 518C.7 and shall exercise its powers through a board of directors established under section 518C.5. Except as otherwise provided in such plan of operation, an annual or special meeting of members of the association may be held on call as directed by the association’s board of directors or by the commissioner of insurance. Written notice shall be given not less than ten days prior to the meeting by ordinary mail to each member at the member’s principal office as shown by the records in the commissioner’s office. The notice shall state the time and place, and in the case of a special meeting, the purpose of the meeting. Members may vote in person and ten members present in person shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business.