New Jersey Statutes 17:27-5.1. Merger of 2 or more mutual insurance corporations
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 17:27-5.1
- Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
- 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.
- State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
They may merge or consolidate into 1 corporation under the name of 1 or more of such corporations or such other name as may be approved by the Commissioner of Banking and Insurance. Such corporations may enter into and make an agreement of such merger or consolidation under their respective corporate seals and prescribing its terms and conditions. The agreement shall contain the charter under which the business is to be conducted, which may conform to the provisions of either 1 or more of the charters of the merging or consolidating corporations or to the provisions of the laws of this State governing corporations transacting the kinds of insurance specified in such charter, and which shall be the charter of the corporation resulting from the merger without further amendment. Every such proposed agreement shall before the execution thereof be presented to the Commissioner of Banking and Insurance for his tentative approval.
L.1956, c. 149, p. 615, s. 1.