Every corporation doing business under sections 377.010 to 377.190 shall annually, on or before the first day of February, return to the director of the department of commerce and insurance, in such manner and form as he shall prescribe, a statement of its affairs for the year ending on the preceding thirty-first day of December, and the director, in person or by deputy, shall have the power of visitation of and examination into the affairs of any such corporation, which is conferred upon him in the case of life insurance companies by the laws of this state; and all companies are hereby declared to be subject to and required to conform to the provisions of chapters 374 and 375, and sections 376.291 to 376.330, 376.580, 376.610 and 376.620, and governed and controlled by all the provisions in said sections contained; provided, always, that nothing herein contained shall subject any corporation doing business under sections 377.010 to 377.190 to any other provisions or requirements of the general insurance laws of this state, except as distinctly herein set forth and provided.