Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 22:162

  • Attorney-in-fact: A person who, acting as an agent, is given written authorization by another person to transact business for him (her) out of court.
  • 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.
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • person: includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 1:10
  • subscriber: means the participant or policyholder; "attorney-in-fact" means the representative of the subscribers through whom reciprocal insurance is exchanged; and "reciprocal insurer" means the organization or group of all the subscribers. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 22:161
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.

Any person, partnership, private corporation, board, association, estate, trustee, or fiduciary may be a subscriber of a reciprocal insurer.  All reciprocal or inter-insurance contracts exchanged among such subscribers shall be executed by an attorney-in-fact common to all subscribers.

Acts 1958, No. 125; Redesignated from La. Rev. Stat. 22:432 by Acts 2008, No. 415, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.

NOTE:  Former La. Rev. Stat. 22:162 redesignated as La. Rev. Stat. 22:751 by Acts 2008, No. 415, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.